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Ebony, Blood, and Snow

Inspired by familiar fairy tales, author Tish Black’s debut short story collection takes the tales in new directions and rewrites history: Little Red hunts wolves, Gretel helps the witch, and Bluebeard’s wife gets revenge.

These transgressive stories challenge readers’ ideas of what the tales could mean to them. There’s more to learn from fairy tale heroines than how to be eaten, rescued, or married. These unconventional heroines fight the patriarchy with no time for romance; instead, readers will find tales of revenge, sisterhood, political revolt, and independence.

Conveying the radical feminism of Angela Carter’s The Bloody Chamber and the defiance of Emma Donoghue’s Kissing the Witch, Black’s collection of thirteen tales redefines the fairy tale heroine.

I am excited to help writers of short fiction finish their short stories, medium stories, novelettes, and novellas. I believe the short story as a storytelling format is underappreciated. Especially in speculative fiction (fantasy, horror, sci-fi), short stories are some of the most memorable and definitive of the genre.

I would love to read your weird and wonderful short fiction and polish it up with a copyedit so you feel confident submitting it to a publication or publishing it yourself.

Decorate your home with posters inspired by my debut book, Ebony, Blood, and Snow. Run errands with witchy tote bags. Write fairy tales in a notebook made just for writing women’s wrongs. Support an indie author by purchasing their merch!