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First, seanan_mcguire is giving away another ARC of Rosemary and Rue for the price of one comment. If you're a fan of urban fantasy, detective stories, fairy tales, or bad-ass Fae... you want to read this book! Comment here for a chance to win. Check out her website to learn more about the series.

Secondly, ysabetwordsmith has put up an interesting poll on cyberfunded/ ( Read more... )

Catherynne M. Valente, famous for her fabulous fairy tales embodied in The Orphan's Tales: In the Night Garden and In the Cities of Coin and Spice, recently published Palimpsest, a searing and erotic work about a viral city. I wasn't totally enamored of the book, but one thing that emphatically did enchant me was her references to a fictional young ( Read more... )

Tales from the Wishing Well is on hiatus, effective immediately ( Read more... )

Sometimes, this project is difficult. This is most often the case when I have eleventy-billion things to do and yet refuse to drop any commitments, especially this one. Sometimes, this project is difficult because the ideas that occur don't want to be limited to such a short form. They entice me, whisper how much more they could be. That was the ( Read more... )

Today's installment that, at first, seemed to want to be a poem then wanted to be prose again. I obliged it, fickle beast. I should note that I've finally managed to keep to my word count with this story, so hurrah!

Today's prompt was provided by quadrivium, a fellow Alabamian! I hope she enjoys it ( Read more... )

First a note: I apologize that this installment has appeared so late in the day. Also, I went over my self-imposed word limit again. This story came in at approximately 1150 words, when I keep meaning to cap these at 750. I swear, this is an experiment in getting me to write under word limitations as well as deadlines. 0_o ( Read more... )

I truly regret having to make this post, especially since my Tales from the Wishing Well project hasn't technically seen a full week yet. However, it's become painfully obvious that it is necessary.

Tales from the Wishing Well will be on a new schedule, effective immediately. From this point on, installments will be published each MondayI really ( Read more... )

Here concludes the first installment of Tales from the Wishing Well. If you've missed what's happening here, see this post for an explanation. If you've missed Part I of "In Extremis", you can read it here.

Read, enjoy, tip if you're moved, and comments are welcome!

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In Extremis
Part II
by Deborah J. Brannon I have played the penitent ( Read more... )

Welcome to the first installment of Tales from the Wishing Well, inspired by you! I am surprised (yet pleased) to tell you that the first story has actually gone over my word limit and will be split into two posts. You get the first half of "In Extremis" today and the second half on Monday ( Read more... )