Joanne Merriam » The Pedestal Magazine http://www.joannemerriam.com Wed, 25 Jan 2012 20:58:30 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Venus in the west. http://www.joannemerriam.com/2010/10/22/venus-in-the-west/ http://www.joannemerriam.com/2010/10/22/venus-in-the-west/#comments Fri, 22 Oct 2010 13:34:01 +0000 joannemerriam http://www.joannemerriam.com/?p=3119 Read “Starting from a Line by Monica Mayper” by David M. Harris.

]]> http://www.joannemerriam.com/2010/10/22/venus-in-the-west/feed/ 0 On and on they soared through the comforting cold of liquid space. Above them the great void; below the dense, rocky base of the world; ahead only blackness. Gliding up, then down, the congregation moved as a single entity, graceful behemoths linked by a shared resolve. http://www.joannemerriam.com/2010/02/02/on-and-on-they-soared-through-the-comforting-cold-of-liquid-space-above-them-the-great-void-below-the-dense-rocky-base-of-the-world-ahead-only-blackness-gliding-up-then-down-the-congregation-mo/ http://www.joannemerriam.com/2010/02/02/on-and-on-they-soared-through-the-comforting-cold-of-liquid-space-above-them-the-great-void-below-the-dense-rocky-base-of-the-world-ahead-only-blackness-gliding-up-then-down-the-congregation-mo/#comments Tue, 02 Feb 2010 13:06:01 +0000 joannemerriam http://www.joannemerriam.com/?p=1961 Read “Blind Faith” by Bruce Golden.

]]> http://www.joannemerriam.com/2010/02/02/on-and-on-they-soared-through-the-comforting-cold-of-liquid-space-above-them-the-great-void-below-the-dense-rocky-base-of-the-world-ahead-only-blackness-gliding-up-then-down-the-congregation-mo/feed/ 0 Suddenly the thrushes sang around her in upward spirals, psalmic, glorious sounds. Dragonflies with wings veined like cathedral windows followed them. And then with a rush, all the birds of the air flew above. http://www.joannemerriam.com/2010/01/26/suddenly-the-thrushes-sang-around-her-in-upward-spirals-psalmic-glorious-sounds-dragonflies-with-wings-veined-like-cathedral-windows-followed-them-and-then-with-a-rush-all-the-birds-of-the-air-fl/ http://www.joannemerriam.com/2010/01/26/suddenly-the-thrushes-sang-around-her-in-upward-spirals-psalmic-glorious-sounds-dragonflies-with-wings-veined-like-cathedral-windows-followed-them-and-then-with-a-rush-all-the-birds-of-the-air-fl/#comments Tue, 26 Jan 2010 13:47:09 +0000 joannemerriam http://www.joannemerriam.com/?p=1959 Read “When Elder Sister Grew Her Wings” by Jane Yolen.

]]> http://www.joannemerriam.com/2010/01/26/suddenly-the-thrushes-sang-around-her-in-upward-spirals-psalmic-glorious-sounds-dragonflies-with-wings-veined-like-cathedral-windows-followed-them-and-then-with-a-rush-all-the-birds-of-the-air-fl/feed/ 0 I was scared the first time, of course I was. It took me a long time to soften to my man. I blame my mother for that, it wasn’t like I had a choice. We sure as hell chafed and ached for a long while—why one time I even made him bleed. I remember that horrifying moment when I realized he was bleeding all over me, inside me. http://www.joannemerriam.com/2010/01/21/i-was-scared-the-first-time-of-course-i-was-it-took-me-a-long-time-to-soften-to-my-man-i-blame-my-mother-for-that-it-wasnt-like-i-had-a-choice-we-sure-as-hell-chafed-and-ached-for-a-long-while/ http://www.joannemerriam.com/2010/01/21/i-was-scared-the-first-time-of-course-i-was-it-took-me-a-long-time-to-soften-to-my-man-i-blame-my-mother-for-that-it-wasnt-like-i-had-a-choice-we-sure-as-hell-chafed-and-ached-for-a-long-while/#comments Thu, 21 Jan 2010 13:28:01 +0000 joannemerriam http://www.joannemerriam.com/?p=1963 Read “Cracked Leather” by Liz Argall.

]]> http://www.joannemerriam.com/2010/01/21/i-was-scared-the-first-time-of-course-i-was-it-took-me-a-long-time-to-soften-to-my-man-i-blame-my-mother-for-that-it-wasnt-like-i-had-a-choice-we-sure-as-hell-chafed-and-ached-for-a-long-while/feed/ 0 Protective hibersleep punctuated by work-status revivification, technically. http://www.joannemerriam.com/2010/01/17/protective-hibersleep-punctuated-by-work-status-revivification-technically/ http://www.joannemerriam.com/2010/01/17/protective-hibersleep-punctuated-by-work-status-revivification-technically/#comments Sun, 17 Jan 2010 13:33:50 +0000 joannemerriam http://www.joannemerriam.com/?p=1965 Read “Falling Forward” by Howard V. Hendrix.

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