Mythspring
Description
When myth
Meets storyteller?
Something new is born.
Mythspring
Song and story. Myth and tradition. They are a shared legacy that both satisfies and inspires. Join these talented authors as they celebrate the rich, diverse, and occasionally truly odd culture of our country.
Mythspring is an anthology of original short speculative fiction, including fantasy, science fiction, and horror, where each story is derived from a Canadian song, folktale, myth, or other cultural source. Excerpts of the source text or image appears in the book with each story, along with a brief description of how the author was inspired by it.
Includes stories from notable speculative fiction authors such as
James Alan Gardener,
Alison Baird,
Tanya Huff and
Karin Lowachee.The stories will be suitable for an older young adult audience, and the book will be of great interest to educators. It will be included as a special event" volume within the Realms of Wonder series of original fantasy anthologies.
Be inspired. Celebrate our wealth of ideas and talent. Taste the delights of Mythspring."
More details
Persons
Genevieve Kierans has never done things half-way, with multiple careers as a ballerina, actress, journalist and theatre critic. For almost 17 years she ran her own PR firm, specializing in publicity for film and TV. Kierans is a graduate of the Clarion Workshop and is the author of the award-winning "Mirror, Mirror" and "The Lady of Land's End." Her continuing battle with ALS limits her to typing with only one finger. Despite that, Genevieve was happy to take time from her writing Mythspring.