Rhonda Parrish
Author, Editor and Hydra-tamer


I have the attention span of a magpie and am constantly distracted by shiny things.
I’m the editor of many anthologies and author of plenty of books, stories and poems. I live with my husband and our three cats in Edmonton, Alberta, where I can often be found playing Dungeons and Dragons, bingeing crime dramas, doing crafty stuff or cheering on the Oilers.
As for that ‘hydra-taming’ thing? I call my to-do list The Hydra because every time I knock one thing off it two more spring up in its place. If you check out the illustrations spread across this website you may discover a story about how I went from a hydra-slayer to a hydra-tamer 🙂
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Behind The Curtain
My latest anthology, Saltwater Sorrows came out earlier this month. One way I'm celebrating that is by sharing a series of blog posts by myself and some of my authors. So today, I am pleased to share this guest post by Laura VanArendonk Baugh which offers a bit of a...
Hauntings and Hoarfrost Deadline Extension
My latest anthology is just newly released into the world, spreading its fledgling wings and hopefully finding its way into the libraries of those people who will appreciate it. While it does that, its successor is almost ready to open to submissions. I love using...
Songs for a Lost Daughter
My latest anthology, Saltwater Sorrows came out last week. One way I'm celebrating that is by sharing a series of blog posts by myself and some of my authors. So today, I am pleased to share this guest post by Elin Olausson about the playlist she used while writing...
“Rhonda Parrish is a shapeshifter with talents to match her every incarnation- magpie tenacity for picking the shiniest submissions, nightingale notes for crafting tales, and bright, feline eyes for seeking out her photographic subjects. She balances on the knife-edge of darkness and light, a sorceress of both realms.”