Bridges of Longing and Other Strange Passageways

Fiction & Literature, Poetry, Short Stories

• Author: Marsheila Rockwell
• ISBN: 9781301746255
• Publisher: Marsheila Rockwell
• Publication: February 18, 2013
• Imprint: Smashwords Edition
• Language: English

“…one of the few writers whose work I'll read immediately, upon publication,
in hardcover if necessary.” -– Elaine Cunningham, New York Times best-selling author of Dark Journey

What do a broom-wielding wizard’s apprentice, a goddess with postpartum depression, a sentient electric chair, a Navy Chop on planetside rotation, and a boy with Downs Syndrome who is more than what he seems – at least some of the time – have in common? They’re all characters waiting for you on the other side of Bridges of Longing and Other Strange Passageways, a collection of twelve stories and fourteen poems from multiple-award nominee Marsheila Rockwell.

Once you venture across that mist-shrouded bridge and step through the swirling portal, you’ll discover:

•1994 Dell Award Honoree, “Auf Widdershins,”
•2006 Rhysling Award Nominee, “Fairy Tale Ending,”
•2008 Rhysling Award Nominees, “Brothers in Arms” and “Those Who Wait,”
•2010 Rhysling Award Nominee, “Of Amaranth and Honey,”
•2013 Rhysling Nominee "Enter Persephone,"
•…and many more, including brand new horror stories “Catechism” and “The Thing at the Foot of the Bed,” as well as an ode to a god too clever for his own good, “I, Alone.”

So, come, cross the bridge, enter those strange passageways, and explore the magical worlds you find there – worlds you’ll never want to leave.

“Every time I re-read “The Short Bus” I wish I’d written it. One of the best, most moving short stories I’ve ever read, in a collection of amazing stories and poems, from one of my favorite, must-read authors? That’s an automatic must-buy!” -– Gini Koch, author of the Alien/Katherine “Kitty” Katt series