An IN THE AIR Excerpt: “Silap Inua” by Joanna Koch

The palace of the Frost King was as silent as snow. A library towered through the core of the mountain to its tallest peak. Not books or words or pages, but amorphous crystalline shapes in a calligraphic dance spoke from the volumes extending on shelves up through the sky and out to the stars. Movement…

The Hunt by Joanna Koch

Stories, like hunger, drive us to fulfill them. Outlining, researching, free-writing, and editing are tools we use to hunt for the story’s essence, but the joke’s on us. We’re constructing our own traps. We’re the prey. The story hunts and catches us. I’ve become aware of the hunt as I’ve gained more experience writing. Story…

Joanna Koch, an IN THE AIR Author Interview

On the verge of a new anthology, we are celebrating IN THE AIR with a behind the scenes view of authors and their stories. Here’s a look at Joanna Koch and her story “Silap Inua.”   ABOUT THE STORY Tell me a little about your story and the world you’ve created. “Silap Inua” is a story…