Portable Magic : The Authors First Anthology

Lou Aronica

ISBN 10: 1611882133 / ISBN 13: 9781611882131

Published by Simon & Schuster Distribution Clients Jul 2015, 2015

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Neuware - The 2014 Authors First writing contests brought submissions from a wide range of profound and wildly entertaining talent. From this group of nearly a thousand entrants, we have chosen seventeen works of short fiction that will dazzle the imagination and thrill the heart. What happens when the most remarkable woman you ve ever met disappears for weeks at a time leaving only magic and mystery in her wake What happens when a hostel worker slowly loses his sense of identity What happens when a woman s reinvention leads her away from her husband and children What happens when a veteran rocker meets the inspiration for one of his biggest hits his long-estranged daughter You d be surprised. PORTABLE MAGIC is a rich anthology of rewarding stories from names you re going to want to remember.ABOUT AUTHORS FIRST We believe in authors, and we understand that building a community for authors to explore and improve their craft is key to a vibrant future for books. To support this belief, in 2013 The Story Plant launched the website Authors First to provide a home for writers created by writers who understand all of the iterations of the writing life.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Portable Magic : The Authors First Anthology
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster Distribution Clients Jul 2015
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1611882133
• ISBN 13: 9781611882131
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 213W x 140H x 25D millimeters 213 millimeters width by 140 millimeters height by 25 millimeters depth
• Weight: 386 grams

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Synopsis

The 2014 Authors First writing contests brought submissions from a wide range of profound and wildly entertaining talent. From this group of nearly a thousand entrants, we have chosen seventeen works of short fiction that will dazzle the imagination and thrill the heart. What happens when the most remarkable woman you’ve ever met disappears for weeks at a time leaving only magic and mystery in her wake? What happens when a hostel worker slowly loses his sense of identity? What happens when a woman’s reinvention leads her away from her husband and children? What happens when a veteran rocker meets the inspiration for one of his biggest hits – his long-estranged daughter? You’d be surprised.

PORTABLE MAGIC is a rich anthology of rewarding stories from names you’re going to want to remember.

ABOUT AUTHORS FIRST

We believe in authors, and we understand that building a community for authors to explore and improve their craft is key to a vibrant future for books. To support this belief, in 2013 The Story Plant launched the website Authors First to provide a home for writers created by writers who understand all of the iterations of the writing life.

About the Author

Lou Aronica is the author of the USA Today bestselling novel The Forever Year and the national bestsellers Blue, When You Went Away, The Journey Home, and Leaves. He collaborated on the New York Times nonfiction bestsellers The Element and Finding Your Element (both with Sir Ken Robinson) and Limitless (with Jim Kwik), and the USA Today bestsellers The Greatest You (with Trent Shelton) and The Culture Code (with Clotaire Rapaille). Aronica is a long-term book publishing veteran and is currently Chief Literary Officer of The Story Plant. He is a past president of the writers organization Novelists Inc. He has four children and two grandchildren and lives with his wife in Stamford, CT.