Vonnie Winslow Crist

New from Cold Moon Press:

The Greener Forest by Vonnie Winslow Crist

 Fantasy stories featuring spriggans, goblins, swan maidens, angels, dragons, ningyo, and other Faerie creatures lead the reader into The Greener Forest where all is not what it seems at first glance. There is dark and light, evil and good, and uncertain dusky gray lurking between the pages of this book-- "The world is full of mystery & magic. We just need to look, listen & believe that wondrous things are still possible." -- Vonnie

Order Your Copy of The Greener Forest:

http://astore.amazon.com/vonnwinscris-20  or http://coldmoonpress.com/quickbuy.html  

Reviews of The Greener Forest are coming in. And, so far they're good ones!

FREE Greener Forest Maze:  http://www.coldmoonpress.com/forreaders.html

*The Greener Forest was voted one of the Top Ten Books for Young Adults in the 2011 Preditors & Editors Reader's Poll. It also placed in the Top Ten for Book Cover Art in the 2011 Preditors & Editors Poll.

River of Stars

Poems & Illustrations by Vonnie Winslow Crist, Photos by Melissa Ann Crist

available from http://astore.amazon.com/vonnwinscris-20 

 "What a terrific read! Magic and myth rustle sonorously in the pages of Vonnie Winslow Crist's latest collection, River of Stars. Here is a book rich in mysteries which the poet has made tangible. Exciting stuff!" - Clarinda Harriss, English Department Chair, Towson University, and Director of New Poets Series & BrickHouse Books

"Like rivers surging toward a larger sea, details leap toward metaphors of understanding about the human condition. Crist's poems are marked by her desire to see the macrocosm in the microcosm. Through fable and myth and legend she explores the larger meanings of the human condition, the hungers of the human heart." - Michael S. Glaser, Maryland State Poet Laureate, Professor of English, St. Mary's College, and Director of St. Mary's Poetry Festival

"These poems by Vonnie Winslow Crist are populated by dark birds & wolves that haunt a nature transformed by myth & magic. Here are the rhythms of moon & tide orchestrated into a concert of language steeped in the love of mystery.... There is throughout a sense of reverence for & celebration of moment to moment life as a gift & sacrament...." - Dr. Gary Blankenburg, English Teacher, Catonsville High, and Director Eclectic Press

Essential Fables

Poems & Illustrations by Vonnie Winslow Crist

available from http://astore.amazon.com/vonnwinscris-20 

 "Roads are a continuing presence in Essential Fables - the poems offer neatly and emphatically presented observations, or scenes, almost as if the writer were hurrying by. The poems, slight of discourse, are nevertheless sharply focused, pithy, and memorable." - Mary Oliver, Pulitzer Prize winning poet

Vonnie was editor & cover artist of the following anthology:

Lower Than The Angels - Science Fact, Science Fiction & Fantasy

  Editors: Vonnie Winslow Crist & David W. Kriebel

  available from http://astore.amazon.com/vonnwinscris-20 

 You can check out the pencil drawings that eventually were used on the front & back covers on the Illustration page.

New eShort from Cold Moon Press:

Blame it On the Trees

by Vonnie Winslow Crist

http://tinyurl.com/vonnies-blame-trees-story

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Readers, For each of these books: Essential Fables, River of Stars, and/or Lower Than The Angels purchased from me, I’ve pledged $1 to Books for Boots.

If you haven’t heard of this non-profit organization, check them out. The money donated to Books for Boots is used “to help greviously wounded war heroes” in VA hospitals where it’s used for special needs and emergencies (including helping families of the soldiers with travel costs when they make a bedside visit).

Why would I be interested in donating money to this organization? First, it’s a great way to show support for veterans who were injured while serving our country. Plus, I have a son who’s recently returned from serving in Iraq. He was lucky and wasn’t seriously injured — but a number of other soldiers he served with weren’t so lucky. I feel it’s a small thing I can do for the young men and women who’ve volunteered to serve, and have been wounded doing so.

So, if you’re looking for a good collection of poetry or an anthology of science fiction & fantasy stories at a reasonable price for yourself, to give as a gift, or to donate to your local library — buy one of thee books, and I’ll make a donation to this worthy cause.

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Vonnie was editor & cover artist of the following anthology:

 Through A Glass Darkly

 An Anthology of Mystery, Gothic Horror & Dark Fantasy

 Editors: Crist, Kriebel & Kinlock

Available from http://astore.amazon.com/vonnwinscris-20