Featured Works: Week of July 17 (Life Cycle)

By on Jul 16, 2017 in Issue Archives

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Life is a series of moments: all of them important. This week our contributors provide glimpses of moments along the path of life.

The First Minutes” by Josh Karaczewski provides a unique perspective on a crucial life moment.

The Red Panda” by Aaron Sokoloff follows a zoo animal on the search for love and adventure.

Off the Road to Hana” and “The Sky is Bursting with Rainlight” by Tim Staley shows how one person processes the loss of a family member.

Last Days of Uncle Arnold” by Ayaz Daryl Nielsen depicts moments at the end of a lifetime.

About

Alyce Wilson is the editor of Wild Violet and in her copious spare time writes humor, non-fiction, fiction and poetry and infrequently keeps an online journal. Her first chapbook, Picturebook of the Martyrs; her e-book/pamphlet, Stay Out of the Bin! An Editor's Tips on Getting Published in Lit Mags ; her book of essays and columns, The Art of Life; her humorous nonfiction ebook, Dedicated Idiocy: How Monty Python Fandom Changed My Life, and her newest poetry collection, Owning the Ghosts, can all be ordered from her Web site, AlyceWilson.com. In late 2019, she published a volume of poetry by her third great-grandfather, Reading's Physician Poet: Poems by Dr. James Meredith Mathews, which also contains genealogical information about the Mathews family. She lives with her husband and son in the Philadelphia area and takes far too many photos of her handsome, creative son, nicknamed Kung Fu Panda.