Formulaic

As described in the story here. Welcome!

© Ayr/Gray

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)

Just-Jot-It-January (Jan 10-11)

Just Jot It JanuaryChocolate and Cosmopolitan

So, this month I’m doing a challenge to write a micro a day, for Just-Jot-It-January. Thanks to Linda G. Hill, bloggers in the “Play Group” have proposed a one-word prompt for each day. We share our responses back to Linda’s page, and are able to read what others come up with. I’ll post my responses every few days in bundles, to respect your in-boxes. But if a prompt tickles your imagination, please click its connecting link to read more!

Jan 11:  Cosmopolitan

Summer Dreams

Joshua hooked up the donkey to the wagon, checking that the traces were secured to the yoke and tongues. He patted the donkey’s neck and laid an affectionate arm across its withers while he waited for his pa. Scanning their small lands, the half-grown fields, the river that flowed past the hardwood forest, and big sky, his eyes rested again on their wagon. Continue reading