Arms Charlie Craigan Afterword co-written by Nick Thran

Afterword co-written by Nick Thran and Sue Sinclair

particularly in the ghazal-like title sequence

diffuse light penetrates the blind

so the poems resonate on multiple levels

letters and stories of Robbie Burns and his "Bonie Jean

Arms Charlie Craigan Afterword co-written by Nick ThranDescription We are mesmerized, enthralled. A young, armless girl, tangled in the brutal arrowhead wire of glistening ivy, stares with dead eyes. If I had arms, I would embrace my shaking body. I would lift my hands to my face, cover my eyes, hold the aching scream in my mouth. Combining Wiccan ritual magic, Gnosticism, alchemy and of course Madeline Sonik's dazzling writing and storytelling, this magic realist novella relates the story of a young