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Where the Veil Is Thin Kickstarter Launch
Feb. 4th, 2020 04:56 pmI am so pleased to announce that Where the Veil is Thin just launched on Kickstarter!
The idea for this anthology came out of a conversation with Alan Bahr about how his wife loved stories about fairies. We talked about what might have been a two book anthology series, playing Good Fairy/Bad Fairy or Seelie/Unseelie, but the more I thought about it, the more I wanted more out of fairy tales than the stories I already knew. I love traditional fairy court stories, but I also love the stories of humans's encounters with things that are just beyond the reach of their understanding, with the world beyond the shadows. And I knew that those types of stories weren't just out of the Victorian or Celtic or German fairy story traditions. I wanted to reach for stories from different traditions and voices.
So I reached out to Cerece Rennie Murphy, one of the founders and editors of Narazu, a site for indie science fiction and fantasy. I'd loved the articles I saw posted there, and I knew that Cerece knew a whole different pool of writers than I did. Between the two of us, we reached out to a dream team of writers, whose stories, I am delighted to say, are absolutely amazing. There are so many different types of supernaturals within the pages of this anthology—and so many different responses of the humans who encounter them. Some play with the seelie/unseelie angle. Others are fairy stories from completely different traditions. And two take on the tooth fairy legend in ways that shocked and delighted me.
I am so excited for you to read them.
Below is the official announcement from the Outland Entertainment newsletter. I hope that you'll be enticed by the description and will spread the word about our project.
I can't wait for these stories to be out in the world.
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Where the Veil is Thin is an anthology of faerie tales from a diverse collection of authors that might push the boundaries of what you expect a faerie tale should or could be. It will be published by Outland Entertainment and will be a 211 page trade paperback measuring 5.5"x8.5".
Around the world, there are tales of creatures that live in mist or shadow, hidden from humans by only the slightest veil. In Where the Veil Is Thin, these creatures step into the light. Some are small and harmless. Some are bizarre mirrors of this world. Some have hidden motives, while others seek justice against humans who have wronged them.
In these pages, you will meet blood-sucking tooth fairies and gentle boo hags, souls who find new shapes after death and changelings seeking a way to fit into either world. You will cross the veil—but be careful that you remember the way back.
Including stories from Seanan McGuire, Glenn Parris, David Bowles, Minsoo Kang, Carlos Hernandez, C.S.E. Cooney, Gwendolyn N. Nix, Alethea Kontis, Shanna Swendson, Grey Yuen, Linda Robertson, L. Penelope, Zin E. Rocklyn, with an introduction by Jim C. Hines.
Edited by Cerece Rennie Murphy and Alana Joli Abbott.
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Back the project now on Kickstarter!
The idea for this anthology came out of a conversation with Alan Bahr about how his wife loved stories about fairies. We talked about what might have been a two book anthology series, playing Good Fairy/Bad Fairy or Seelie/Unseelie, but the more I thought about it, the more I wanted more out of fairy tales than the stories I already knew. I love traditional fairy court stories, but I also love the stories of humans's encounters with things that are just beyond the reach of their understanding, with the world beyond the shadows. And I knew that those types of stories weren't just out of the Victorian or Celtic or German fairy story traditions. I wanted to reach for stories from different traditions and voices.
So I reached out to Cerece Rennie Murphy, one of the founders and editors of Narazu, a site for indie science fiction and fantasy. I'd loved the articles I saw posted there, and I knew that Cerece knew a whole different pool of writers than I did. Between the two of us, we reached out to a dream team of writers, whose stories, I am delighted to say, are absolutely amazing. There are so many different types of supernaturals within the pages of this anthology—and so many different responses of the humans who encounter them. Some play with the seelie/unseelie angle. Others are fairy stories from completely different traditions. And two take on the tooth fairy legend in ways that shocked and delighted me.
I am so excited for you to read them.
Below is the official announcement from the Outland Entertainment newsletter. I hope that you'll be enticed by the description and will spread the word about our project.
I can't wait for these stories to be out in the world.
--
Where the Veil is Thin is an anthology of faerie tales from a diverse collection of authors that might push the boundaries of what you expect a faerie tale should or could be. It will be published by Outland Entertainment and will be a 211 page trade paperback measuring 5.5"x8.5".
Around the world, there are tales of creatures that live in mist or shadow, hidden from humans by only the slightest veil. In Where the Veil Is Thin, these creatures step into the light. Some are small and harmless. Some are bizarre mirrors of this world. Some have hidden motives, while others seek justice against humans who have wronged them.
In these pages, you will meet blood-sucking tooth fairies and gentle boo hags, souls who find new shapes after death and changelings seeking a way to fit into either world. You will cross the veil—but be careful that you remember the way back.
Including stories from Seanan McGuire, Glenn Parris, David Bowles, Minsoo Kang, Carlos Hernandez, C.S.E. Cooney, Gwendolyn N. Nix, Alethea Kontis, Shanna Swendson, Grey Yuen, Linda Robertson, L. Penelope, Zin E. Rocklyn, with an introduction by Jim C. Hines.
Edited by Cerece Rennie Murphy and Alana Joli Abbott.
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Back the project now on Kickstarter!
