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Some Sad News…
We at 34 Orchard have just been informed that Ray Daley—author of the story “You Have Summoned a Demon,” which will appear in our Spring 2024 issue, releasing tomorrow—has passed away.
We first met Ray when we published his piece “All Clued Out” in our Autumn 2021 issue (Issue 4). Aside from its technical excellence, the story’s subtext deals with the universal anxiety that sometimes, yes, the worst can happen to each of us. Its world is beautifully rendered, we see its narrator in ourselves, and we’re viscerally struck by its bang-up of a twist ending.
Ray was meticulous about his work, and took much joy in not only his writing, but in sharing others’ writing and pieces he loved with others. He was quite accomplished, with at least one hundred pieces published in a myriad of speculative publications.
Sadly, it is always true that nothing gold can stay. Ray will always be part of the 34 Orchard family, and a piece of his passion will always stay with us. It’s a 34O tradition to have a release cocktail/mocktail hour on Zoom. At this issue’s event, we will raise a toast in his memory. We offer our deepest condolences to his family and friends, and we are grateful that we got to know him and could share some of his work with the world.
We’ll miss you, Ray. We hope that wherever you are, there is a room full of the books you love most, an endless supply of paper and pens, and finally plenty of time to finish that Hitchhikers fanfic you’ve been working on for decades.
Kristi Petersen Schoonover, Founding Editor
Announcing 34 ORCHARD’s Spring 2024 ToC!
The ToC for 34 Orchard Issue #9, Spring 2024, is here!
In this issue, twenty-one artists take stock of the nature of waiting: its anxiety, its despair, its loneliness. Its hope, drive, and passion. Its anticipation … and its futility. Featuring work from not just the US, Canada, and the UK, but also Argentina, Bangladesh, India, Japan, and the Philippines. You won’t want to miss it!
Cover Art: When the Light Dies – Keith Molden
D-Day – Norie Suzuki Read the rest of this entry
Enjoy 34 ORCHARD Issue 4’s cover? Take a gander at the artist’s other work!
If you enjoyed Issue 4 (Autumn 2021)’s cover art—Walter H. Von Egidy’s The Ghosts of the Fair—then you’ll enjoy this post, where you’ll get to see some of his other work.
His 34 Orchard bio:
Walter H. Von Egidy (Cover Art/The Ghost of the Fair) is an American artist, painter and film maker known for his Super 8 photoplays and enamel/oil paintings.
He has had his work exhibited at Gallery 13, The Burnham Library, Housatonic Art League and the White Silo. He has seven finished portrait commissions and private and public collections including a portrait of composer Franz Waxman at Byrd Library, Syracuse University. His work has won first place at various film festivals including the United States Super 8 Film Festival at Rutgers University. He is the owner of New Milford Sign Shop and Von’s Studio. Most recently, his painting “Saturday Night in the Caverns” was chosen as the cover for writer Bob Deakin’s collection, Unruly Mix (Tales of Music, Artists, Posers and Misfits. You can see more of Walter’s work and contact him at www.walterhvonegidy.com.
Every March, Von Egidy holds an exhibit of his works—many of them new—at the Burnham Library in Bridgewater, Connecticut. It’s always a stellar event, with many people we know from town as well as a chance to enjoy Walter’s work up close. One thing about his art—it’s Dali-esque, it’s colorful, and there’s always a good bet you’ll find a piece that speaks to you.