This literary collection of prose pieces and poetry includes…
Thus Saith Eve
UnMythed
Deare Sister
Soliloquies: the lady doth indeed protest
Snow White Gets Her Say

Epistles, myths, history, soliloquies, and fairy tales re/imagined through a (second-wave) feminist lens

Many of the pieces are suitable for theatrical performance and audition; they also work very well as classroom material.

Magenta 2011 (first published 1988)

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“… an excellent and much recommended pick for unique fiction collections.”  Michael Dunford,  Midwest Book Review

“I recently finished Satellites Out of Orbit and found it to be a remarkably imaginative and thought-provoking collection. … Our members especially appreciated how the collection gives voice to women who have long been marginalized, transforming familiar narratives into powerful reflections on identity, agency, equality, and self-determination. The blend of wit, insight, and creativity made for engaging discussions, while the dramatic monologues and reimagined tales invited readers to reconsider history and literature from an entirely new perspective.” Patrick, Leamington Feminist Book Club (possibly an AI-assisted scam)

“Satellites Out of Orbit does something that most authors in the feminist literary revisioning space genuinely struggle to do: it organizes its ambition. Five distinct formal modes, epistles, myths, letters, soliloquies, fairy tales each applied to a different tradition, each asking the same fundamental question from a different angle, gives the collection a structural argument as well as an aesthetic one. … You gave Eve and Pandora and Juliet and Cinderella and Mozart’s mother and Freud’s wife the feminist consciousness they were denied … [Recommended for those] who have loved Angela Carter and Anne Carson and Margaret Atwood’s mythological work .” Lenore Bedwell

“… I love the idea of telling the story from the woman’s perspective, especially when the woman is only mentioned in passing in the official story, or not mentioned at all although it is understood that such a woman must have been in the background of the story (I’m thinking of Noah’s wife and Cain’s wife in particular here). I’m excited to have discovered this, and can’t wait to get a copy and read it.”   Shana – Tales of Minor Interest

“Satellites out of Orbit  is an entertaining read. To get the most out of it, the reader requires an open mind. It needs to be taken for what it is: a subjective view on the subjectivity of literature and history. Wind exposes how the simple stories that are often considered ‘romantic’, or are the basis for belief systems, can be used for the subjugation of women. The pieces also point out that there is still a paradox in our society as women have greater freedom outside of the home, but are still expected to attain certain ‘ideals’.”  Isabel Ischenko, smashwords

Note to Reader

I.  Epistles

Eve
Lilith
Abel
Cain’s wife
Noah’s wife
Hagar
Zipporah
the certain woman
Delilah
Eshta
Ruth
The Queen of Sheba
Vashti
Judith
Mary, mother of God
Mary, of Bethany
Mary Magdalen
Thecla
Satan

II. Myths

Gaia
Narcissus
Pandora
Daphne
Daedalus
Ismene
Poseidon
Athena and Orestes
Circe
The Muses
Omphale
Hyacinth
Philomel
Clytie
Eurydice
The Danaids
Amphion
Galatea
Gorgons
Dido
Menelaus
Psyche
Hylas
Atalanta
Penelope
Macha
Jason – I
Penthisilea
Persephone
Adonis
Ares
Siren
Acrisius
Iphigenia – I
Thetis
Chryseis and Briseis
Jason – II
Chiron
Artemis
Bellerophon
Iphigenia – II
Prometheus
Sisyphus

III. Letters

The Portrait
The Protest
The Ride
The Experiment
The Patent
The Model
The Stone
The Ring
The Grapes
The Dialogue

IV. Soliloquies

Ophelia
Lady MacBeth
Regan
Desdemona
Kate
Isabella
Juliet
Marina
Miranda

V. Fairy Tales

Gretel
Cinderella
The youngest princess
Little Red Riding Hood
Snow White
Alice
The Wicked Stepmother
Greystrands
Catherine
The King’s Daughter
Sleeping Beauty
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Note to Reader

Synopses and References