WordgatheringA Journal of Disability Poetry and Literature |
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Fiction in this IssueIncreasingly Wordgathering is trying to bring new work in disability short fiction to readers. While it is encouraging that more mainstream publications are picking up disability-related short stories, they can still be relatively difficult to locate. By contrast, this journal and others like it, such as Breath & Shadow, Kaleidoscope and Pentimento, provide venues that readers can always count on to be looking for new disability fiction. This issue serves up work by four writers. Short pieces come from writers Kelley A Pasmanick, Linda Fuchs, and Raymond Luczak. Fuchs, normally a poet, offers a piece of flash fiction about a split second decision. Pasmanick, a writer new to readers of this journal, fashions a retro-style Biblical myth about disability. Luczak takes up the theme of being a Native American in the contemporary United States. The final fiction writer is Kristen Harmon. Harmon's story, "What Lay Ahead", is composed of three shorter pieces centered on young adults who use sign language. Wordgathering brings you the first one, "Wrestling Daddy" in this issue, and the following two in subsequent issues.
Wordgathering is always seeking new work of fiction by writers with disabilities. We also accept disability-related fiction by writers without disabilities that counters stereotypes of disability, including stories of cure or overcoming. Those interested in writing fiction that includes characters with disabilities may be interested in looking at the discussion of Patricia Dunn's recent book, Disabling Characters in the book reviews section of this issue. Return to Top |
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