I discovered Carrie Cuinn as an editor first and a writer later. Both instances concern short story as a form and my deep appreciation to Cuinn’s talent. My introduction came with a copy sent to me as part of my gig as a reviewer for the short-lived Rise Reviews project aimed at promoting small presses and their work. Ultimately, the project failed, but what I received was one of the best anthologies in genre I’ve read – “Cthuhlurotica”. Read More [Women in Genre, Day 9] Carrie Cuinn and Dark Wonders
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After reading Cthulhurotica, the first editorial work by Carrie Cuinn I had encountered, I knew I had found an editor I’d follow into any and every project she would involve herself in. Why? It’s fairly simple. Cuinn doesn’t edit, but rather throws herself with such abandon in her vision as to how her anthologies ought to look, feel and be, the finished product has its own gravitational pull and it won’t let go until you’ve read the last page.
In my Goodread mini-comment, I describe Fish as effortless, dream-like, diverse and exquisite, which certainly holds true as I consider the anthology to be a revelation, because it’s just fish. No restrictions upon genre, no neatly defined prompt to cater to specific tastes. It’s just you and the stories and the fish. Simple and yet so risky. As you read Fish, you step further into a dark and undisturbed ocean where you see reflected light dance across scales and experience ink-black beauty with sharp teeth.
Read More Book Review: “Fish” edited by Carrie Cuinn and K.V. Taylor
Circus performers don’t know how to walk a tightrope the first time they step onto the line. It takes years of trial and error, stepping clumsily onto wooden beams, and then taught ropes a foot off the ground, before graduating to a practice line hung over safety nets which they only traverse while wearing a harness. It’s a difficult thing to do, this balancing act, and everyone falls down the first several times they try. Read More Authors Talk Shop: Carrie Cuinn on The Balancing Act of the Writer Carrie Cuinn