An excerpt from The Wind in His Heart
She scrambled up the bank of the wash and ran across a dirt yard, right up to the front door of the witch’s house....
The Holly King
Illustration by Guinevere von Sneeden
Wassail, drink hail to the sleeping trees blanketed in a white cloak of snow, under the dark of night. Leave the warmth...
And Maidens Call It Love-In-Idleness
Children! To perform this nifty trick, ask your mother for a shelled-out lemon, balled-up handkerchiefs, a vial of perfume, fire, and a pistol. “I...
Father Christmas and the Tomten
Written and Illustrated by Charles Vess
From Issue #29 - digital // print
Come closer and listen well, for I have a tale to tell. For...
Signs You May Have Fallen Through Time
Illustration by Guinevere von Sneeden
• You can lace your own corset without assistance.
• You wear corsets.
• When your friends order cocktails, you prefer a...
The Tree and She
In her first memory of this life, she clutched two pecans in her small hands. Warm brown with tabby cat black stripes, dry and...
Dance of the Selkies
Article from the Sumer Mermaid Issue #59
Photography by The Witching Hour Photography
Model Tatiana Pimentel
The woman glanced in the mirror and wondered who the tired person...
Enchanted Hinds and Cursed Stags Fairy Tales of Deer and Transformation
Feature Image:
The White Stag by Annie Stegg @anniestegg
You’re walking through the woods one day, just as twilight stars begin to shimmer through the leaves.
Everything...
Cordelia, or the Price of Salt
Father loved me better than my sisters. That sounds desirable, yes? To be best loved, to be the one desired?
The dresses he gave me were...
Nine Types of Ice
Garden Ice
I was alone when the cold began. Ice fell onto the gar-den like rain, only it was a pale green, so pale you...