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So I was sad when the Queen died, and the events surrounding her death brought me back to reading—as I love reading actual history but especially love historical novels. I first discovered them in the book Katherine , by Anya Seton, and I’ve never looked back. To find her books, just check out her Goodreads page . I hope you’ll find this recommendation useful in this time of historical change in the UK.

Leaving the newborn with its father, the wife left her family and traveled to the land of the dead, never One evening he woke to her cries and called out, “I wish you were a stone, and could be put out and forgotten The boy grew strong in the cottage, but he also grew very lonely with only his father as company. One day during a light rain, while his father was out hunting, a pale and gnarled woman appeared at his His daughter, rather than see him in such agony, only said; “I wish you were a raven, so that you could

As a person who reads a truly ridiculous amount of books, it’s not often that I come across a book that And yet, out of the hundred and fifty books that I read in 2023, this was the best one, and I’m convinced Strange things seem to always happen around Sophie, and her strange lonely lifestyle in her massive house It invokes all of the heartbreak and utter joy that is womanhood itself, and I desperately wish I could You can find it here.

eluded her in her isolated childhood. “I planned my death the way I design a room,” Piers reveals in the novel’s opening line, explaining that I couldn’t put it down! You can pre-order The Bane Witch   here . Her first novella, Selkie Moon , comes out in 2025. her at https://kellyjarviswriter.com/

More about that after I list the names. Here are the authors whose work will appear in the March or June issues: Kim Malinowski Brittani Jenee I would have gladly chosen more submissions if we could afford it. I hope people who read this and haven’t become subscribers yet will do so today. re still providing a free magazine, but we aren’t, so please help out this little nonprofit and what I

Well, I can't believe it, and I'm sure Lissa can't either, but it's here! Sloan's brilliant continuation of Cinderella's story, and a book unlike anything you've read, is finally here Here's the link again. Kate

“I can churn butter too,” I continued, and the tightness began to ease. I turned my face toward him a little more, looking down so as not to frighten him. I chanced a look at his face. “Who would want me as a princess?” He put a hand to my cheek, wiping away a tear I didn’t even know was there. I asked. “Leaves,” he answered. “Green leaves.”

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I know you can. He loved the sight of his rolling fields when the shadows of clouds traveled over them like boats on He was holding her hand as she took her last breath. He had never been good with words, and, in the end, he had written only one sentence: “I sure do miss Ribbons of toilet paper danced and swayed like the shadowy veil that separates the worlds of the living

I let inspiration percolate until I get specific ideas. Sometimes I take notes and other times I go straight to the magnets. I have always had an irreverent streak. When I was a child, it repeatedly got me into trouble! As I build each of these poems, I think of every phrase I can imagine relating to the poem’s subject the process of creation rather than the final product.

I did. I mention this because Elizabeth Stott is resilient. That’s a big reason why I consider her a Cinderella figure. If you read the book, you’ll see what I mean. About the only thing I want to add here is a content warning: Assault and abuse happen in this book.

of her father, but any man who wed the princess would inherit the throne upon her father’s death. Her tone sang sweeter than honey, her melody made the sternest knights cry, and her rhythm carried all To reward her, the king invited her to his table for the meal. And the king said, “I must do what I think best for the kingdom, pray, and bear the consequences if I ’s disgrace, his father-in-law’s mercy, and his wife’s tenderheartedness and was always truthful and