Tornado

When award-winning author Mary Anne Mohanraj learned she had breast cancer, she immediately began recording the details in her blog. Tornado is her honest, day-by-day account of diagnosis, chemo, surgery, radiation, and reconstruction, over a three-year period.

One out of eight women gets breast cancer. You know someone who has it, or work with someone, or may have been diagnosed yourself. This is a book for all of us, but especially for anyone facing a breast cancer diagnosis for yourself, or for someone you love.

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Who knew rose ghosts would be a thing?

I had a bunch of Blaze climbing rose petals left after making the table this summer, so a few days ago, I went a little over-the-top making rose pumpkins and ghosts. Guess it was a good decision, as half of them sold the day I brought them into the shop. Will have to see if I have enough petals left to make a few more. 🙂 Who knew rose ghosts would be a thing?

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Futzing with plants

I have masses of e-mail to deal with, so of course, I spent the first hour of the morning futzing with plants. In my defense, I’m going out of town on Wednesday for 5 days (World Fantasy Convention in Niagara Falls, restaurant and sightseeing recommendations welcome!), temperatures have abruptly dropped, and I need to bring the outdoor tropicals in today. Anand helped me with moving the furniture — this is also when I do the

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World Fantasy folks — quick question

World Fantasy folks — quick question. I had some vague thoughts of trying to host a Strange Horizons / SLF party, mostly to celebrate SH’s first Hugo, yay! But I don’t see any info on the website about parties, and I’m wondering if World Fantasy just doesn’t do that? I can’t remember — help? I sent an e-mail to the con a few days ago, but no response yet.

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Mary Anne Mohanraj

Mary Anne Mohanraj is author of A Feast of Serendib, Bodies in Motion, The Stars Change, and twelve other titles. Other recent publications include stories for George R.R. Martin’s Wild Cards series, Perennial: A Garden Romance (Tincture), stories at Clarkesworld, Asimov’s, and Lightspeed, and an essay in Roxane Gay’s Unruly Bodies.

 

Mohanraj founded Hugo-nominated and World Fantasy Award-winning speculative literature magazine Strange Horizons, and serves as Executive Director of both DesiLit (desilit.org) and the Speculative Literature Foundation (speclit.org).  She is Clinical Associate Professor of fiction and literature at the University of Illinois at Chicago.  www.maryannemohanraj.com

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Current Books Progress

Vegan Serendib 99%
Jump Space 95%
Cancer Log 50%