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Valya Dudycz Lupescu

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Valya Dudycz Lupescu has been making magic with food and words for more than 20 years, incorporating folklore from her Ukrainian heritage with practices that honor the Earth. Valya is the author of The Silence of Trees (Wolfsword Press) and founding editor of Conclave: A Journal of Character. Along with Stephen Segal, she is the co-author of Forking Good (Quirk Books) and Geek Parenting (Quirk Books) , and co-founder of the Wyrd Words storytelling laboratory. Valya earned her MFA in Writing from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and her publications include, The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Kenyon Review, Culture, and Strange Horizons. ...more

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	The Silence of Trees 3.96 avg rating — 2,944 ratings — published 2010	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Geek Parenting: What Joffrey, Jor-El, Maleficent, and the McFlys Teach Us about Raising a Family by Stephen H. Segal (Goodreads Author), Valya Dudycz Lupescu (Goodreads Author) 3.61 avg rating — 238 ratings — published 2016 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Forking Good: A Cookbook Inspired by The Good Place by Valya Dudycz Lupescu (Goodreads Author), Stephen H. Segal (Goodreads Author) 3.72 avg rating — 130 ratings — published 2019 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Embroidered Worlds: Fantastic Fiction from Ukraine and the Diaspora by Valya Dudycz Lupescu (Goodreads Author), Olha Brylova (editor), Iryna Pasko (editor) 4.32 avg rating — 28 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mother Christmas, Volume 1: The Muse by Valya Dudycz Lupescu (Goodreads Author), Victória Terra (Illustrator) 3.59 avg rating — 22 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Conclave: A Journal of Character 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2008	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Conclave: A Journal of Character (Issue 2) by Valya Dudycz Lupescu (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Scott Markwell (Editor) 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2010	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ukrainian American Poets Respond by Valya Dudycz Lupescu (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Ksenia Rychtycka (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Olena Jennings (Editor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2022	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Conclave a journal of character issue 5 by Valya Dudycz Lupescu (Goodreads Author) (editor), Savannah Thorne (Goodreads Author) (Editor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Je suis ton père : Petit manuel des parents dans les oeuvres geeks (Over the Pop) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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New Story in Bourbon Penn: “The Light in the Heart: A Haunting”

I’m so happy that my story, “The Light in the Heart: A Haunting” found a home in Bourbon Penn alongside so many wonderful stories.

This one is near to my heart—it’s short and bittersweet, and you can read it online. I invite you to check out the entire collection.

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The Honey Month

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The Wedding of the Dead: Ritual, Poetics, and Popular Culture in Transylvania (Studies on the History of Society and Culture)

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Stories: All-New Tales

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“Remember that stories are more than just words, more than fairy tales. They are magic.”
― Valya Dudycz Lupescu, The Silence of Trees

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“Shared joy is double joy," he said brushing a tear from my cheek, "and shared sorrow is half the sorrow.”
― Valya Dudycz Lupescu, The Silence of Trees

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“When he looks into your eyes, tells you he loves you-and the pickled herring and onions are stronger than his voice-yet you still smile. You still want to be close to him. Yes, then you have found love.”
― Valya Dudycz Lupescu, The Silence of Trees

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Which Christmas-themed graphic novel should we read for December 2022?

This poll will open at 12:01 am Eastern time on Wednesday, November 9,
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Klaus by Grant Morrison & Dan Mora

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Krampus: A Yuletide Adventure by Ron Riley, Dean Kotz, & Brian Joines

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Marley's Ghost by Harvey Kurtzman

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Mother Christmas, Volume 1: The Muse by Valya Dudycz Lupescu & Victória Terra

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“You must have chaos within you to give birth to a dancing star.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche

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“The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion that stands at the cradle of true art and true science.”
― Albert Einstein, The World As I See It

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“In a time of destruction, create something.”
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“It is what you read when you don't have to that determines what you will be when you can't help it.”
― Oscar Wilde

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