Tanya Žilinskas
Tanya Žilinskas lives in Northern California. Her work appears in Southern Humanities Review, Puerto del Sol, the Florida Review, Porter House Review, Meetinghouse, and elsewhere. She is working on a novel about internet conspiracies in the aughts and a linked story collection set in a surreal version of Marin County.
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The Winter Guests
Rachel’s father framed this as something they had come up with together. She was flying home from Smith for winter break, and he would pick her up at the airport. On the drive home to Davis, they would stop in Miwok Valley and spend a week at The Mountain Inn and Resort, a historic bed-and-breakfast […]
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From “The Summer People” to “The Winter Guests”
Tanya Žilinskas, author of “The Winter Guests” from Volume 72.2, recounts her inspiration for her story revealing the behind-the-scenes of the setting of Mount Imola and the main character’s intentions. Shirley Jackson’s short story “The Summer People” revolves around an aging couple, Mr. and Mrs. Allison, who decide to stay on at their […]