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Welcome to the inaugural issue of the online literary magazine, Facets! Our premier issue features the short fiction and poetry of sixteen superb and distinctive writers.
Briefly, about our title: Facets alludes to the process of making art as compared to the formation of a jewel. To create a jewel, the earth is mined for raw stones, which are then washed, cut, and polished until the previously hidden, inherent brilliance of the stone itself shines through. Likewise, in a story, poem, or memoir, we mine the earth of our experience, then clean, shape, and polish it. This is what we can find in literature perhaps more than anywhere else: an ability to perceive ourselves, to plumb interior depths, and to appreciate myriad colorations in the facets of our human experience.
We believe that literature has the power to connect people, transcending superficial differences. Because literature gives voice to the powers of light and darkness within, it also has the power to heal, even to save us from what might otherwise overcome us.
We are determined that this inaugural issue is the beginning of a forum for writers' voices to be heard in the year 2001 and beyond. Facetswill be published quarterly, with our second issue scheduled to appear April 23, 2001. Please visit our site again for previews of selected work from the upcoming issue.
You may send us your comments at facetsmagazine@aol.com. We look forward to hearing from you!
Anne M. Hudson and William Routhier
The Editors
January 15, 2001