Quarrtsiluni is "an experiment in online literary and artistic collaboration. The title comes from an Alaskan Inuit word for sitting together in the darkness, waiting for something to burst." (So the blog's main page says, anyway.) It's somewhere between group blog and literary 'zine; each month the editors offer a theme, and accept submissions of prose, poetry, photography, and art relating to that theme.

The first few posts have recently gone live, on a September theme that brings the blog's title into clearer focus. I'm delighted to be able to say that one of them is mine, a very short piece called Ready! It's either a micro-essay or a prose poem (call it whichever works for you). I'm honored to be in such fine company -- the other inaugural posts have come from Dave of Via Negativa and Beth of The Cassandra Pages. Perhaps yours will be next?

Check it out, enjoy what's there, leave comments for the writers, and look to see what might be inside you, waiting to burst forth.

In entirely unrelated news, I'm off to Boston today for the nuptials of Wendy and Joey. I'm expecting a fantastic time, naturally. See you on the other side!

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