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Eye of the Sparrow

Wishes are dangerous. 

They can bring you a night out, a gown, a pair of slippers. Or something you never should have wished for.

After the royal wedding, the girl in the glass slippers has everything she wanted: an escape from a life of drudgery, an innate magical gift, and a devoted husband who looks at her like she is the only one in the room. But all wishes come with a price. To the people of the palace, she is an outsider, nothing more. Even her famous shoes cannot help her—the glass slippers no longer fit.

GLASS AND FEATHERS–out in 2024 from The Enchanted Press

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© Liz Husebye Hartmann (2023)

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Cover Reveal!

Glass and Feathers by Lissa Sloan, Book cover reveal (Available March 2024)

Announcing…Glass and Feathers by Lissa Sloan.

We all know one version or another of the Cinderella story: rags to riches,  dumping a dysfunctional family, but getting the handsome prince and a new home by story’s end. But what happens next?

Lissa will tell you all about it, coming March 2024. Here’s the beautiful book cover!

For more detail on the upcoming book and a link to present-day fairy tales, poetry, and Enchantment in general, please visit The Fairy Tale Magazine.

© Liz Husebye Hartmann (2023)

Reversal and Gratitude

Here’s a two-fer for Linda Hill’s Just-Jot-It January 2023, combining Sadje and Carole Anne’s prompt words. They just seemed to flow together in a stream of consciousness story. We’re only half way through the month, but if you want to play (read others’ posts and/or write your own) here is where you go to join in! The prompts are:

Reversal (Sadje @ http://lifeafter50forwomen.wordpress.com )

Gratitude (Carol Anne @ http://therapybits.com/)

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January 13 – Reversal

While it wasn’t exactly a face palm, her forehead did wind up lowered into her left hand, head tipped to the side. She gazed at him from under her curtain of curly bangs, unable to believe what she was hearing now. Her elbows dropped to the dark wooden table as her left hand met the right and clasped her mouth. She sighed and looked at him straight on. “How in the hell did we get to this place?” Continue reading