Agnidal 2018 Critique:
By Troy David Loy https://www.amazon.com/author/troyloy
https://www.amazon.com/dp/b07fddddhf
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Agnidal is the Annual Digest of Agnishtdal, here is its 2018 issue's critique:
1 Ghosted:
There’s one of my own first ghost stories, and truth to tell it needed more work that I had time for, though I dislike it less than I might. It’s a passable effort, but I can do better than that now than then. Meh.
Thanks to Agnidal’s creator for the interview. It’s not often I get to speak up on things like this. No, that’s not right: it should be: the honor of speaking on things outside of my own venues.
2 A Family Crysis:
Raghu Tells a short but sweet story of a young girl upset over something that seems scandalous at first, but turns out to be far from it. This had me smiling.
3 Life Style I grew Up With:
Dom tells a story from his past, of his upbringing and origin, and a bit of verse to boot. I found both interesting and fun.
4 Snowball:
Brieuc gives a story of his arrival in the world and first few years in Pakistan, and the curious nickname he acquired shortly after birth. As it’s a good tribute to both India and Pakistan’s people, I envy the rigor of his family’s record keeping that must have been involved in the story’s telling!
5 soul:
Hemdiva offers a short but excellent piece of verse. I find the energy-levels of both her and Agnidal’s creator to be inspirational, however beyond my current ability to emulate!
6 Pacific with a Pup:
Sherry tells some of her family history, along with a piece of art that exceeds my capacity to match in that medium. That’s why mostly I stick to something I actually get to practice, like fractals.
7 Get Em, Boys:
BP discusses zealots and anti-Muslim fear-mongering directed at Hindu women, and the problems with men who motivate them to turn to love outside their faith, despite the intent of the fear-mongers and the fallacy of the fear-mongering.
8 Should We Punch the Nazis:
Citizen Null has a few good ideas here regarding far-Right extremists, no, let’s just call them frickin’ nazis, and when combating them, with or without physical violence, is warranted.
There’s also a beautifully stylized portrait of Agnidal’s creator near the end, by Adriana Ochoa Margain. I’ve seen it elsewhere, but its beauty still wows me!
I enjoyed this issue, especially the interviews of the other contributors!
By Troy David Loy https://www.amazon.com/author/troyloy
https://www.amazon.com/dp/b07fddddhf
https://shoptly.com/i/rou
Agnidal is the Annual Digest of Agnishtdal, here is its 2018 issue's critique:
1 Ghosted:
There’s one of my own first ghost stories, and truth to tell it needed more work that I had time for, though I dislike it less than I might. It’s a passable effort, but I can do better than that now than then. Meh.
Thanks to Agnidal’s creator for the interview. It’s not often I get to speak up on things like this. No, that’s not right: it should be: the honor of speaking on things outside of my own venues.
2 A Family Crysis:
Raghu Tells a short but sweet story of a young girl upset over something that seems scandalous at first, but turns out to be far from it. This had me smiling.
3 Life Style I grew Up With:
Dom tells a story from his past, of his upbringing and origin, and a bit of verse to boot. I found both interesting and fun.
4 Snowball:
Brieuc gives a story of his arrival in the world and first few years in Pakistan, and the curious nickname he acquired shortly after birth. As it’s a good tribute to both India and Pakistan’s people, I envy the rigor of his family’s record keeping that must have been involved in the story’s telling!
5 soul:
Hemdiva offers a short but excellent piece of verse. I find the energy-levels of both her and Agnidal’s creator to be inspirational, however beyond my current ability to emulate!
6 Pacific with a Pup:
Sherry tells some of her family history, along with a piece of art that exceeds my capacity to match in that medium. That’s why mostly I stick to something I actually get to practice, like fractals.
7 Get Em, Boys:
BP discusses zealots and anti-Muslim fear-mongering directed at Hindu women, and the problems with men who motivate them to turn to love outside their faith, despite the intent of the fear-mongers and the fallacy of the fear-mongering.
8 Should We Punch the Nazis:
Citizen Null has a few good ideas here regarding far-Right extremists, no, let’s just call them frickin’ nazis, and when combating them, with or without physical violence, is warranted.
There’s also a beautifully stylized portrait of Agnidal’s creator near the end, by Adriana Ochoa Margain. I’ve seen it elsewhere, but its beauty still wows me!
I enjoyed this issue, especially the interviews of the other contributors!
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