Lisa Voorhees, Author at The Hyacinth Review https://hyacinthreview.org Literary Arts Journal Mon, 05 Aug 2024 05:44:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://i0.wp.com/hyacinthreview.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/cropped-Hyacinth-H-Favicon.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Lisa Voorhees, Author at The Hyacinth Review https://hyacinthreview.org 32 32 199531397 Spirit Of The Dance https://hyacinthreview.org/lisa-voorhees-spirit-of-the-dance/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=lisa-voorhees-spirit-of-the-dance Wed, 16 Apr 2025 03:00:00 +0000 https://hyacinthreview.org/?p=6961 “The dance is strong magic. The dance is a spirit. It turns the body to liquid steel. It makes it vibrate like a guitar. The body can fly without wings. It can sing without voice. The dance is strong magic: The dance is life.” Pearl Primus Astrid had visited Willow Branch Dance Academy’s headmistress only…

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]]> 6961 The Forest King https://hyacinthreview.org/lisa-voorhees-the-forest-king/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=lisa-voorhees-the-forest-king Tue, 16 Aug 2022 03:00:00 +0000 https://hyacinthreview.org/?p=3109 The Great Feast had begun. From the far end of the table, Malin Tamm watched her father, King Borys of Direwood, rip into a leg of roast pheasant. The juices dribbled down his chin and vanished into his beard. Servants scrambled up and down the table, working to keep plates full and goblets overflowing with…

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