{"id":122,"date":"2014-10-25T12:55:26","date_gmt":"2014-10-25T18:55:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.erikaholt.com\/?page_id=122"},"modified":"2014-10-25T12:55:26","modified_gmt":"2014-10-25T18:55:26","slug":"story-sale-euryale-rising","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.erikaholt.com\/?page_id=122","title":{"rendered":"Story Sale! &#8220;Euryale Rising&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.erikaholt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Not-Our-Kind.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-128\" src=\"http:\/\/www.erikaholt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Not-Our-Kind.png\" alt=\"Not Our Kind\" width=\"350\" height=\"542\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.erikaholt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Not-Our-Kind.png 350w, http:\/\/www.erikaholt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Not-Our-Kind-193x300.png 193w, http:\/\/www.erikaholt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Not-Our-Kind-322x500.png 322w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m excited to announce that my story, &#8220;Euryale Rising,&#8221; will be appearing in <em>Not Our Kind: Tales of (Not) Belonging<\/em>, forthcoming from editor Nayad Monroe and publisher Alliteration Ink, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/stevensaus\/not-our-kind-tales-of-not-belonging-new-fiction-st\" target=\"_blank\">Kickstarting<\/a> now.<\/p>\n<p>This genre-blending anthology about outsiders was a natural fit for me, as most of my stories feature characters who exist on the fringes in some way. &#8220;Euryale Rising&#8221; takes place in the near future after most of the population has been wiped out by a manmade biological agent. Hell&#8217;s denizens rise to the earth&#8217;s surface, &#8220;&#8230;free once again to roam above, to spawn myths and legends, to feel raindrops on the gnarled skin of their cheeks.&#8221; Euryale, a gorgon who&#8217;s suffered more than most at the hands of people, emerges full of hate and bent on revenge, but meets her match in an old, nearly blind farmer\u2014&#8221;Name&#8217;s Ambrose, but everyone &#8217;round here calls me Orv.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I had great fun writing this piece. It takes place in the southern Alberta countryside, and features real landmarks and sights from my day trip to the Millarville Farmer&#8217;s Market last fall. Euryale is one of three gorgons in Greek mythology, second eldest of the dreadful, brass-handed creatures and known for her bellowing cries. Orv is loosely based on my own grandpa (who&#8217;s named neither Ambrose nor Orv), a former farmer and adorable and lively man who turned 100 (!) this year. I dedicate this story to him and to my equally wonderful grandma.<\/p>\n<p>I hope you enjoy!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m excited to announce that my story, &#8220;Euryale Rising,&#8221; will be appearing in Not Our Kind: Tales of (Not) Belonging, forthcoming from editor Nayad Monroe and publisher Alliteration Ink, Kickstarting now. This genre-blending anthology about outsiders was a natural fit &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.erikaholt.com\/?page_id=122\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":115,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-122","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.erikaholt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/122","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.erikaholt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.erikaholt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.erikaholt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.erikaholt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=122"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"http:\/\/www.erikaholt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/122\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":141,"href":"http:\/\/www.erikaholt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/122\/revisions\/141"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.erikaholt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/115"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.erikaholt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=122"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}