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Frail Little Embers: Stories
Published by Neem Tree Press
The myths and monsters of childhood legend aren’t trapped inside our storybooks. They’re just around the corner of that old familiar street, in the city park as the gates swing shut at dusk, sitting in the darkest corner of your favourite neighbourhood bar.
In this debut collection, a graduate student leaves her thesis behind when she crosses into fairyland; a child becomes separated from their home beneath the waves; a grieving woman uses cocoa beans to open a door between worlds. In “Fox Song”, an ageing grandmother recounts her post-war encounter with a shapeshifter who brought out new desires, and in “An Ephemeral Quality”, a young woman unearths a masquerade mask that reveals her innermost secrets. Myth, folklore, and literature come together in 21 stories of hope, transformation, and finding light within the dark.
This collection includes:
"Spinning Sugar"
"Life, Death, and Other Complications"
"To the Waters and the Wild"
"Temperance in a Teapot"
"Dear Audrey"
"Running With Wolves"
"Waking the Witch"
"The Road to Faërie"
"Lost Men"
"An Ephemeral Quality"
"Fox Song"
"Last Wish"
"September Sunsets"
"The Edge of Morning"
"The Selkie and the Swan Maiden"
"After the Fall"
"Apple Seeds"
"The Fleeting Ones"
"Songbird"
"One Hundred Words For Loss"
"The Story Doctor"
You can preview the collection by reading "Spinning Sugar" over at Crow & Cross Keys!
In this debut collection, a graduate student leaves her thesis behind when she crosses into fairyland; a child becomes separated from their home beneath the waves; a grieving woman uses cocoa beans to open a door between worlds. In “Fox Song”, an ageing grandmother recounts her post-war encounter with a shapeshifter who brought out new desires, and in “An Ephemeral Quality”, a young woman unearths a masquerade mask that reveals her innermost secrets. Myth, folklore, and literature come together in 21 stories of hope, transformation, and finding light within the dark.
This collection includes:
"Spinning Sugar"
"Life, Death, and Other Complications"
"To the Waters and the Wild"
"Temperance in a Teapot"
"Dear Audrey"
"Running With Wolves"
"Waking the Witch"
"The Road to Faërie"
"Lost Men"
"An Ephemeral Quality"
"Fox Song"
"Last Wish"
"September Sunsets"
"The Edge of Morning"
"The Selkie and the Swan Maiden"
"After the Fall"
"Apple Seeds"
"The Fleeting Ones"
"Songbird"
"One Hundred Words For Loss"
"The Story Doctor"
You can preview the collection by reading "Spinning Sugar" over at Crow & Cross Keys!