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Cheryl Markosky

Cheryl Markosky

Cheryl Markosky

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Writer in residence 2022/23
Cheryl Markosky wanted to be a lighthouse keeper, but it was tricky in the Rockies. So, she became a TV producer and journalist. Canadian-born, she now splits her time between England and the Caribbean. Cheryl’s work can be found in EllipsisZine, New Flash Fiction Review, Mslexia, Urban Tree Festival, The Cabinet of Heed, Janus Literary, and National Flash Fiction Day and Flash Fiction Festival anthologies. Cheryl's proud to be WalkListenCreate's flash fiction writer-in-residence for 2022/23.
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flakkari

“Icelandic culture is infused with stories of travel. When names were needed for modern machines, the technology that enables our imaginations to travel, words were chosen that centred on the quality of roaming. Thus the neologism for laptop is fartölva, formed from the verb far, meaning to migrate, and tölva – migrating computer’; its companion, the external hard drive, is a flakkari. The latter word can also mean ‘wanderer’ or ‘vagrant’. In the end it’s the wanderers we rely on.” From Nancy Campbell’s “The Library of Ice”.

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