Running Wild Novella Anthology Volume 9 Book 1

by Whittlesey, Henry; Vonderheide, David; Gracia Quintana, Izaskun; Beucler, Krista; Cato, James; Blackstock, Jr., Joel T; St. Pierre, Eric

• ISBN13: 9781963869057
• ISBN10: 1963869052
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2026-01-12
• Publisher: Running Wild Press

Summary

EDGE – On parent-teacher conference day in a city plagued by kidnappings, a boy learns his estranged father wants to meet him secretly. Warned against this, he shares his fear with his teacher, who hides him in her classroom. When the father and principal arrive, tension unfolds. THE KITE FLYER AT CHIMERA ISLAND – Two brothers, banished to a prison island, collect a mysterious substance called the Light. Memory, myth, and family bonds shape this dark yet touching tale of magical realism. THE NECROMANCER – Silver Nightbrace needs a date for Valentine’s dinner with her parents. Instead of finding one, she raises a suitor from the dead. What could go wrong? TESTIMONIES AFTER THE FIRE – A town governed by ancient customs reels after a violent crime and its tragic aftermath. This haunting choral narration blurs the line between reality and fiction. THE SPIDER AND THE BIRDHOUSE – Written in a dreamlike state and rediscovered years later, this surreal tale reveals its meaning only with time. THINGS UNRECKONED – A lost ice-mining ship, missing for decades, reappears. When a crew investigates, unnatural forces begin to warp reality itself.

Author Biography

Henry Whittlesey is a writer, translator and editor. He co-founded and edits perypatetik, an international aesthetic project dedicated to the potential of an alternative perspective based on process-oriented production in harmony with nature. His work has been published in journals, magazines and books such as *Comparative Literature and Culture (at Purdue University)*, *Two Lines World Writing in Translation (Vol. 17)*, *Brooklyn Rail* and many others. He is also the co-author of *Peripatetic Alterity*, the aesthetic ideology for the perypatetik project. David Vonderheide is a writer and medical school student at the University of Pennsylvania whose work has been featured in Every Day Fiction and the Colored Lens. Izaskun Gracia Quintana (Bilbao (Spain), 1977, studied Basque Philology and Graphic Design, among others. She works as a freelance translator, proofreader, editor and graphic designer and she writes articles as well as literary criticism for various media. She was editor and co-founder of the poetry publishing-house Masmé dula and she lives in Berlin (Germany) since 2011. Krista Beucler is originally from Colorado and currently pursuing an MFA in creative writing from Drexel University. Krista is a winner of the Julia Peterkin award, and her creative work has been published in *Kelp Journal*, *Mulberry Literary*, and *South 85 Journal,* among others. James Cato is an MFA candidate at the Iowa Writer’ s Workshop, and his chapbook “ Becoming Roadkill” is now available from Red Bird Chapbooks. James and David have been writing together for years with work featured in Andromeda Spaceways and other venues and have known one another since the ages of three and four. Joel’ s artistic and professional areas of interest are in neurological and phenomenological causes for the intersection of mysticism and existentialism within consciousness. Joel spends most weekends hiking and enjoying the outdoors with his wife and children. He is passionate about travel and exploring new cultures as well as new ways of being. Dedicated to his darling wife Emily, without whom nothing that he dreamed would be real, and nothing real would make him dream. Eric St. Pierre is an author, expressionist painter, and songwriter who lives and creates in New Orleans, LA.

Table of Contents

C O N T E N T S THE NECROMANCER 1 by Krista Beucler THE SPIDER AND THE BIRDHOUSE 85 by Joel T Blackstock Jr. THE KITE FLYER AT CHIMERA ISLAND 149 by Eric St. Pierre TESTIMONIES AFTER THE FIRE 215 by Izaskun Gracia Quintana THINGS UNRECKONED 283 by David Vonderheide and James Cato EDGE 353 by Henry Whittlesey Author Bios 463 About Running Wild Press 467