Soul Walls

by Julia H. West

Overview

Tiva was apprenticed to Yongosona, who painted soul walls for the village. But she was never allowed to paint--just gather materials and prepare them. Would she ever learn what she needed to know to become a painter?

Fantasy novelette originally published in Marion Zimmer Bradley's Sword and Sorceress XXIV, edited by Elisabeth Waters, Norilana Books, November 2009.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940012996022
Publisher:	Callihoo Publishing
Publication date:	09/05/2011
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	227 KB

About the Author

As writers seem to, Julia H. West has held many arcane jobs. She's been a quality control technician for ultrasound heart machines (video recordings of ultrasound cross sections of her heart were shipped all over the world with the machines). She's been a genealogical researcher, an office manager, a secretary, a desktop publisher, a digger at an archaeological dig, a quality assurance tech, a webmaster, an aircraft electrician for the Air Force Reserves, and a keyer for the United States Post Office.

Julia loves music, and sings with the Utah Filk Organization (that's not a typo: filk is the music of the science fiction and fantasy community). She was a founding member of the local chapter of the Society for Creative Anachronism and still enjoys researching medieval culture. She has been an active member of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America for over ten years, and has been awarded the Service to SFWA Award. She is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons).

Julia graduated Magna Cum Laude from the University of Utah with a BA in Anthropology. When people asked her what she would do with that degree, she'd tell them, "Write science fiction." Many of her stories incorporate fascinating bits of culture she discovered while studying. "Soul Walls" is loosely based on Hopi culture--the importance of running, the various spiritual guides, even the animals who aided Tiva.

Editorial Reviews

". . . brilliantly fuses magic, art and Native American mysticism."

Publishers Weekly