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April’s Top Readers’ Picks: Did You Make the List?

Find your next favorite writing haven among Alchemy’s diverse publications

Rui Alves
ALCHEMY
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5 min readMay 9, 2024

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Several crystals and a sheet of paper with the writing: “The way you alchemize a soulless world into a sacred world is to treat everyone as if they are sacred until the sacred in them remembers.”
Alina Vilchenko

The way you alchemize a soulless world into a sacred world is by treating everyone as if they are sacred until the sacred in them remembers.” — Sarah Durham Wilson

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On September 8, 2023, I had a dream, and from that vision came Alchemy, a haven for a polyhedral cluster of publications.

I wrote our mission statement standing up on the balcony of my home. It was as if the Legion in me was screaming in a babel of voices.

I believe every story has the potential to transform into something magical. I know how every voice is unique and how deep inside you lies an eternal flame that holds the power of transmutation. To write is to be like a moth to your inner flame.

You cherish it, and it seduces you to always come back. You’re drawn to each other by alchemical serendipity. It’s when you write that you truly become the person you’re meant to be. — by the author

I dreamed of a place where the magic of writing could genuinely transform into an alchemy between writers and readers.

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Rui Alves
ALCHEMY

Language teacher, linguist, life coach, published author (joined the Army and worked for the EU). A publisher, digital ronin, musician and alchemist of sound.