Isobel, A Witch’s Life

In 1619, Scotland, Isobel, like most teens plays kissing games -with her coven! Experiments with drugs-to learn how to fly her broomstick! And after 400 years Isobel has become quite the wizard- sending Swann, (Isobel was Swann in a past life) outside for a peak experience!

Isobel tells Swann (2013) about her life worth living in 1619; her tragic ending (this is where the witch hunters come in); and how she has changed over the last 400 years.

Shelley Marlow (Their/her/sir) Their novel, Two Augusts In a Row In a Row, was published by Publication Studio, Portland; with art editions by Publication Studio, Hudson, NY and Publication Studio, London(2017). Belladonna* Collective recently published Halloween in Edinburgh, chapters from Shelley Marlow’s The Wind Blew Through Like A Chorus Of Ghosts as part of their Lesbian All Stars series. Excerpts from Two Augusts In a Row In a Row were performed in NYC, Rotterdam, and London. Marlow received an Acker Award and a MacDowell fellowship. Marlow’s work appeared in Brooklyn Rail, Hyperallergic, Lambda Literary, St. Petersburg Review, Resist Much/Obey Little Anthology, and LTTR.

Love and Other Hard Truths

Surprise! Heartbreak! Transformation! And some sexy stuff too…Valarie, a lesbian of a certain age, shares stories about love. Valarie share life from her perspective, Queer, Black and Gifted. Valarie challenges you to see yourself reflected in her eyes. Are we are the same?  How are we different?  And how do we learn from all of it?

Valarie Walker (she/her) is an educator, actress, writer and storyteller. Her credits include a featured role in “The Watermelon Woman”, a national Sears commercial, and PSAs. An accomplished storyteller, her story of meeting her childhood hero Ruby Bridges was featured on the Moth Radio Hour. In Nov 2023 she won a Moth Grand Slam competition. A more recent visual artist, she published an adult coloring book for lesbians. She received a storytelling residency with Keepsake House for the 2023 and participated in the EMERGENYC 2024 fellowship.