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    Woven Tales
    Woven Tales
    Woven Tales
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    Woven Tales

    By Rena Aliston

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    An empty screen, eerie serenade – who can resist woven tales sung by chiseled tongues?

    Woven Tales encapsulates selected poems from the Unspeakable Truths Series (Damnation Begins, 2007, and Baptism By Blood, 2009) and the Versified Series (Versified Darkness, 2008 and Versified Delusions, 2012).

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherOwl-Raven Books
    Release dateJan 19, 2024
    ISBN9798223981480
    Woven Tales
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    Rena Aliston

    Rena Aliston was born in Washington, Pennsylvania. The daughter of a musician and crafter, she grew up in a creative environment, which sparked her imagination and love of the arts. Previously writing under the name Ofira Sephiroth, Rena is the author of four poetry books – Unspeakable Truths, Volume 1: Damnation Begins; Unspeakable Truths, Volume 2: Baptism By Blood; Versified Darkness and Versified Delusions. She was first published in 2006 when two of her poems (The Eternal, Part 1: The Renderer and The Eternal, Part 2: The Surrender) were published in The Velvet Paradox, the second Dark Poetry Anthology by Jonathan Martin. Rena also writes micro-fiction, flash fiction, and short stories. Residing in Louisville, Kentucky, she is also a small business-owner (Chained Dolls) and independent electronic music artist (Envy’s Bane). When not being creative, she enjoys gardening, archery and spending time with her family. Rena’s new book of poetry, Shadows and Mirrors will be released August 18, 2023.

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