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Authors Write Back Against Cancer
Raw Dog Screaming Press and international award-winning editor Heidi Ruby Miller present the charity anthology LIKE SUNSHINE AFTER RAIN an anthology of uplifting fiction published to benefit the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.
To celebrate the launch of this anthology contributors will read their pieces. Registration includes a copy of the paperback edition, with free shipping in the United States.
FROM THE FOREWORD BY HEIDI RUBY MILLER:
"When someone I loved was diagnosed with stage 4 leukemia in the middle of the pandemic, I spiraled into an existential disquiet. Everything was going wrong everywhere, and I felt helpless. The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society was there for my family in so many ways, including guidance and emotional support. I wanted to help them and also give myself purpose. I did what I do best, I wrote…and I asked others for their writing with only two requests:
It must be upbeat.
It must be under 1500 words.
I heard the groans right through my email. That’s a pretty tight word limit. And, even those writers who weren’t part of the horror scene said they didn’t exactly go for upbeat in their projects. But they all agreed to try. And something unforeseen happened. My writing friends were experimenting with forms and genres, writing out of their comfort zones, sharing personal connections to cancer, to fear, to overcoming their sadness, and they thanked me for it.
Their willingness to search for the positive became an unexpected time capsule of perseverance and pushing onward when so many of us struggled to make it through one day at a time."
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