MOTIF 2 Debut

The second annual volume in the Motif Anthology Series just arrived from the printer, and I’m so proud of the writing contained in Motif 2: Come What May, An Anthology of Writings about Chance.

We all are marked by some chance encounter, some happenstance in our lives, some bit of good luck or misfortune, a missed opportunity or a fleeting glimpse, some salvation through the kind-hearted actions of others. We might even argue that a good portion of our literary inspiration probably comes from witnessing some unplanned moment with an unusual outcome. Volume 2 of the Motif Anthology Series represents many of those random occasions. Motif 2: Come What May, An Anthology of Writings about Chance is brimming with the best short fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, and song lyrics that speak to the theme of chance. 136 writers provide their literary notions on this motif, a theme tied together with the elusive twines of accident, coincidence, fluke, prospect, and mystery.

Motif 2: Come What May is published by MotesBooks (Louisville, Ky) and is the second anthology in the annual series. Motif 1: Writing by Ear, An Anthology of Writings about Music was published in 2009. Both anthologies are available directly from the publisher.

Contributors to Motif 2: Come What May are:

Alice Hale Adams

Christopher Allen

Janice Willis Barnett

Jennifer Barton

Joseph Bathanti

David Baxter

Laura Treacy Bentley

Peter Bergquist

Chad Berry

Tara Betts

Carole A. Borges

Cathy Smith Bowers

Peg Bresnahan

Bill Brown

Bobbi Buchanan

Michael Scott Cain

Ben E. Campbell

Emily Cavan

Ann Cefola

Sherry Chandler

Amy Clark

Sandy Coomer

Judy Cooper

Chella Courington

LeAnna Crawford

Wayne Cresser

Barbara Crooker

Ann Curran

Ed Davis

Marie Davis

Cheryl Denise

Peggy Duffy

Joyce Dyer

Suzie Work Edwards

Michael Filimowicz

Erin Fitzgerald

Melissa Frederick

Katy Giebenhain

Harry Gieg

Andrew Glaze

Chris Green

Connie Jordan Green

Judy Lee Green

Ruth F.Grubbs

Ellen Hagan

Richard Hague

Paul W. Hankins

Maryanne Hannan

Pauletta Hansel

Melanie Henderson

Michael Henson

Jane Hicks

Thomas Alan Holmes

Stephen M. Holt

Michael Homolka

Randall Horton

Ron Houchin

Silas House

Elizabeth Howard

Jason Howard

M.J. Huang

Dory L. Hudspeth

Charlie G. Hughes

Laura Hunter

Lori-Lyn Hurley

Frank Jamison

Jessie Janeshek

Marilyn Kallet

Mike Karman

Erin Keane

Sandi Keaton-Wilson

Kit Kennedy

Alan King

Alison Kolodinsky

Lolette Kuby

Kate Larken

Irene Latham

Anthony A. Lee

Christina Lovin

Denton Loving

Sylvia D. Lynch

George Ella Lyon

John C. Mannone

Linda Parsons Marion

Sue Massek

Donna McClanahan

Karen Salyer McElmurray

Michael McFee

Alan McMonagle

Michael Medley

Phil Meeks

Kali Meister

Jim Minick

Felicia Mitchell

Susan J. Mitchell

Elizabeth Morelli

Irene Mosvold

Lisa Parker

E. D. Pendarvis

George Petty

Larry Pike

Lee Ann Pingel

Melva Sue Priddy

Mary Anne Reese

Joshua Robbins

Richard Roe

Jackie White Rogers

Sakabaka

Jane Sasser

Mike Schneider

Roberta Schultz

Judy Sizemore

Jimmy Dean Smith

Kathryn B. Smith

Larry Smith

Noel Smith

Anna Egan Smucker

Lex Sonne

Georgia Green Stamper

Mari Stanley

Art Stewart

Charles A. Swanson

Natalie Sypolt

John J. Trause

Larry Thacker

Frank X Walker

Amy Watkins

Julene Tripp Weaver

Robert West

Laurelyn Whitt

Dana Wildsmith

Cyndi Williams

Tiffany M. Williams

Sylvia Woods

William Kelley Woolfitt

Jeff Worley

Praise for Motif 2: Come What May:

With a passion and focus most editors only dream of, Marianne Worthington spins a bold thread through the essays, poems, stories, and songs of the second volume in the Motif series, Come What May: An Anthology of Writings About Chance. Here are brief encounters that sprout generations; split seconds of ruin; sudden migrations, lust, and strife. These pieces remind us to cling to life’s lessons with grace and humor. Worthington steers what could be an unwieldy theme through a touching and illuminating series of pirouettes. Following her deft lead, there’s a good chance this anthology will delight those lucky enough to read it.

—Neela Vaswani, author of You Have Given Me A Country

Take a chance on Come What May. You won't regret it. With remarkable insight and intelligence, 136 talented writers across a broad spectrum of geography, generations, and genres, delve deeply into the meaning and nature of synchronicity, coincidence, luck, fate, bashert, and kismet -- and the very enigma of human existence. Come What May is an important book for anyone interested in understanding humankind today, individually and collectively -- and why we act, think, and feel as we do.

—Janice Eidus, author of The War of the Rosens

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