Ragnarok's inaugural issue is now for sale on the Valhalla Press Website. We believe readers will find a wide variety of entertaining stories. The issue contains a rich cross-section of fiction and non-fiction pieces culled from winning submissions to the Valhalla Press Literary Fiction and Creative Non-fiction Contest and contributions by Valhalla Press Writers, Albert Davenport, John Pistelli, and Adrienne Terrell Washington.
In assembling the issue, we attempted to provide a wide variety of perspectives on life as seen through the eyes of our writers. First Prize winner, Jan English Leary, presents a taut narrative of suburban life in "Mother's Helper". In "People Who Choose to Run", Second Prize winner, Mary Beth Ellis, portrays a group of twenty-somethings thrown together by cyberfate at a science fiction convention. The issue features works by new writers, Jay Antani, Jaime Derkenne, and Mark Levine as well as contributions from Ecstasy of Michaela author John Pistelli, a selection from Adrienne Washington's The Ultimate Party Girl and other (very) personal essays, and stories by veteran writers, Jennifer Peckinpaugh and Davey Jones.
The issue, our first endeavor of this kind, represents the distillation of several months work. We couldn't have done it without the support of all contest entrants and their positive feedback at every step of the process. Thank you. Ragnarok's inaugural issue represents another step in our attempt to build an online writing community. Enjoy!
