F is for Fairy is coming out on May 7th. I love the story I wrote for this anthology, so of course I want to share it with all of you! My story leans toward the “fairytale” end of the spectrum, but not all the stories in the collection do. Here’s a brief description of the anthology:
Retellings of familiar favourites from new perspectives, and brand new stories share the pages of this fairy-themed collection. Within these offerings you’ll find fairy music and food, contracts (making and breaking them), changelings, circles and curses–these stories deliver all the things you already love about fairies and a few new tricks as well.
A dusting of dragons, shapeshifters and ogres accompany these tales which include feminist fairies overcoming trauma, Norse fairies breaking the rules to interfere in human affairs, intergalactic fairies hitching a ride to a new home, political satire featuring an idiot king and talking animals, a new Robin Archer story, fairy run nightclubs and so, so much more.
Altogether this anthology includes twenty-six brand new tales–one for each letter of the alphabet–from contributors Pete Aldin, Steve Bornstein, Andrew Bourelle, Stephanie A. Cain, Beth Cato, Sara Cleto, Cory Cone, Danielle Davis, Megan Engelhardt, Michael Fosburg, Joseph Halden, Lynn Hardaker, L.S. Johnson, Michael M. Jones, Jeanne Kramer-Smyth, Samantha Kymmell-Harvey, C.S. MacCath, Jonathan C. Parrish, Alexandra Seidel, Michael B. Tager, Rachel M. Thompson, Laura VanArendonk Baugh, Brittany Warman, Lilah Wild, Suzanne J. Willis and BD Wilson.
If you’d like to pre-order and make sure it appears on your ereader the day of release you can do that here:
But what if you want to read the anthology right now? Well, friends, I have an option for that, too. F is for Fairy is included in the brand new “Bad Fairy” bundle at StoryBundle! You can get F is for Fairy along with three other fairy-themed books for a price of your choosing (and potentially six more bonus books on the same theme). Check it out here:
“Anyone who believes that faeries are wee, golden-haired creatures with dragon-fly wings and sweet intentions has never met a real faerie.”
–Suzanne Willis, “A Silver Thread Between Worlds”
Do you prefer fairytales or stories that feature more a modern take on fairies?
Ramble with me!