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, two cats and a dog in Edmonton, Alberta, where I can often be found playing Dungeons and Dragons, bingeing crime dramas 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 🙂
My Patreon is the best way to keep up with everything I’m doing and support my work.
Every paid patron gets behind-the-scenes access and information, cover reveals and announcements ahead of the general public, dozens of short stories and poems and even full-length novels and anthologies.
There is also a free membership tier and also a free trial if you want to test out a higher level of access before you commit!
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Recent Releases
Recent Announcements
$1,675 Raised for the Edmonton Food Bank
Look what we did you guys. Together we raised $1,677 for the Edmonton Food Bank! The Food Bank will work their magic and translate that $1,675 into 5,025 meals. Over five. Thousand. Meals. for families who need a little extra help this season. I am so incredibly blown...
Why Giftmas?
There's one question that I have been asked a few times during this Giftmas week that I wasn't sure how to answer, and that was -- How did this all begin? Why do it? The reason why I didn't know how to answer wasn't some deeply philosophical reason, nor a deeply...
Giftmas 2025
Every year some of my friends and I organise a fundraiser to help support the Edmonton Food Bank and we use our blogs to try and signal boost it. This is that 🙂 This year we are trying to raise $1,500 for the Edmonton Food Bank. Because of their community connections...
“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.”
