Alix E. Harrow, author of the Ten Thousand Doors of January and A Spindle Splintered , returns with an Arthurian-style time travel novel sure to delight her fans. The Everlasting tells the story of Sir Una Everlasting, an orphan turned knight turned legend, and Owen Mallory, a scholarly historian obsessed with her story. Owen believes Una has saved his life on multiple occasions. Her story provided him with solace to his loneliness as a child and inspired him to join his co

We are elated to present Wildwood, our tree spirit issue! The issue is designed to move you subtly through the seasons with each story and poem. We also have non-fiction works discussing Green Man/Woman, an exploration of the Yaksha, and an interview with our cover's artist. Cover Art: Leonard Greco, detail from Adolescence of the Green Knight Scroll down for a list of featured authors and first lines for each piece in Wildwood, our Spring/Summer 2026 Issue. Click on the P

If you are looking for a collection of fairy tale themed short stories steeped in whimsy and magic, look no further than R. Max Gibson’s My Lady Witch and Other Wondrous Tales . In this collection of twenty tales readers will discover kings and queens, giants and trolls, castles overgrown by forests, and monster men who hunt for naughty children in the night and can only be distracted by gold. There are archery tournaments for the hand of a princess, pirates who earn a mermai

The Maiden and the Marrow Witch is a compelling novelette about murder and mystery in a magical, mythical world. Dedicated to the people of ancient Crete and the archeologists uncovering its beauty, the story launches directly into action with a proclamation that “The bull is dead.” This fact is unsettling to the Pasithea who rules over the kingdom. When the caretaker fails to learn how the bull has been killed and offers his own life for the ritual sacrifice to the maiden,

An extraordinary retelling of the old “animal bridegroom” tales that inform stories like East of the Sun, West of the Moon and Beauty and the Beast , Kathryn Trattner’s The Glass Palace beautifully blends love, romance, adventure, magic, and comedy. Astrid has been betrothed to a stranger for as long as she can remember, and when her father, the last member of her family, passes away, she must travel to the cold, dark regions of the north to meet her fiancé Tyhr, a brooding

In her thoughtful collection of stories dedicated to her own stepmother and to “all stepmothers who raise their families with love and fortitude,” Georgina Warren transforms dangerous tropes about blended families by replacing then with endearing tales of fully-realized women who heroically raise children not born of their bodies. Tales of Virtuous Stepmothers features twelve enticing tales that entertain readers while educating them about identity, family, love, and the ro

Only Spell Deep tells the story of Judeth Cole, a young woman descended from a long line of elemental witches. Her late grandmother, Aurelia, once cast a powerful love spell on her grandfather, a man incapable of true love, and its obsessive effects have filtered down through the generations. When the novel opens, Judeth is sixteen years old and has lost her family and their seaside estate Solidago to a fire. Tasked with rebuilding the estate and retaining her grandmother’s

Pitched as a story where Bridgerton meets Circe , Rachel Hochhauser’s Lady Tremaine far surpassed my already high expectations, easily becoming my favorite new read! Told from the breathtaking perspective of the twice-widowed Lady Etheldreda Verity Isolde Tremaine Bramley, this novel will turn your perceptions of the Cinderella story inside out while also rewriting the script of all fairy tale plots passed down through the generations. Hochhauser’s choice to filter a well-

A haunted bookshop in Scotland, a series of mysterious disappearances, and a sweet romance that unfold across the bonds of time: if these things sound intriguing to you then add Jessica Dodge’s The Messengers of Magic to the top of your TBR List! This lovely novel follows Pen Turner, a young man from the 1950’s who escapes the pain and grief of his childhood when a neighbor leaves him the deed to an old bookshop named The Feather Thorn in Scotland, and Adelaide Benson, a woma

Jess Armstrong serves up a round of murder and folklore in her latest installment of the Ruby Vaughn Mystery series The Devil in Oxford . After investigating mysterious murders and hauntings in Cornwall and Scotland in The Curse of Penryth Hall and The Secret of the Three Fates , Ruby, a disgraced American heiress and former World War I ambulance driver, accompanies her octogenarian housemate and employer Mr. Owen to Oxford for the annual meeting of his antiquarian society.