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  1. Babette’s Feast and Other Stories, by Isak Dinesen [Karen Blixen]

    I have a great fondness for Isak Dinesen's strange and Scandinavian short stories. Five years ago I described her Seven Gothic Tales (1934) as 'Rather long, but astoundingly inventive, and ought to be well known in fantasy circles since they predate most modern fantasy writing'. I found this Penguin Modern Classics edition of Babette's Feast and Other Stories in the charity bookshop my husband works in, and I gobbled it in two nights. Like PMC edition of Seven Gothic Tales this is a […]

    katemacdonald.net/2026/09/06/b

  2. Babette’s Feast and Other Stories, by Isak Dinesen [Karen Blixen]

    I have a great fondness for Isak Dinesen's strange and Scandinavian short stories. Five years ago I described her Seven Gothic Tales (1934) as 'Rather long, but astoundingly inventive, and ought to be well known in fantasy circles since they predate most modern fantasy writing'. I found this Penguin Modern Classics edition of Babette's Feast and Other Stories in the charity bookshop my husband works in, and I gobbled it in two nights. Like PMC edition of Seven Gothic Tales this is a […]

    katemacdonald.net/2026/09/06/b

  3. Babette’s Feast and Other Stories, by Isak Dinesen [Karen Blixen]

    I have a great fondness for Isak Dinesen's strange and Scandinavian short stories. Five years ago I described her Seven Gothic Tales (1934) as 'Rather long, but astoundingly inventive, and ought to be well known in fantasy circles since they predate most modern fantasy writing'. I found this Penguin Modern Classics edition of Babette's Feast and Other Stories in the charity bookshop my husband works in, and I gobbled it in two nights. Like PMC edition of Seven Gothic Tales this is a […]

    katemacdonald.net/2026/09/06/b

  4. Babette’s Feast and Other Stories, by Isak Dinesen [Karen Blixen]

    I have a great fondness for Isak Dinesen's strange and Scandinavian short stories. Five years ago I described her Seven Gothic Tales (1934) as 'Rather long, but astoundingly inventive, and ought to be well known in fantasy circles since they predate most modern fantasy writing'. I found this Penguin Modern Classics edition of Babette's Feast and Other Stories in the charity bookshop my husband works in, and I gobbled it in two nights. Like PMC edition of Seven Gothic Tales this is a […]

    katemacdonald.net/2026/09/06/b

  5. Babette’s Feast and Other Stories, by Isak Dinesen [Karen Blixen]

    I have a great fondness for Isak Dinesen's strange and Scandinavian short stories. Five years ago I described her Seven Gothic Tales (1934) as 'Rather long, but astoundingly inventive, and ought to be well known in fantasy circles since they predate most modern fantasy writing'. I found this Penguin Modern Classics edition of Babette's Feast and Other Stories in the charity bookshop my husband works in, and I gobbled it in two nights. Like PMC edition of Seven Gothic Tales this is a […]

    katemacdonald.net/2026/09/06/b

  6. Behind the Scenes: Part 3

    Behind the Scenes with Our Latest Sketch Every page of a picture book starts with simple lines on paper. Before we worry about color, lighting, or final details, we use these initial drafts to figure out how a scene feels.I wanted to share this rough drawing from another scene we are working on. In our house, my kids like to spot the tiny details in these early sketches that sometimes change by the time the final book is printed. Rough Sketch from Sharing Kindness Wherever I Go Drafting […]

    heathercongrove.com/2026/09/05

  7. Behind the Scenes: Part 3

    Behind the Scenes with Our Latest Sketch Every page of a picture book starts with simple lines on paper. Before we worry about color, lighting, or final details, we use these initial drafts to figure out how a scene feels.I wanted to share this rough drawing from another scene we are working on. In our house, my kids like to spot the tiny details in these early sketches that sometimes change by the time the final book is printed. Rough Sketch from Sharing Kindness Wherever I Go Drafting […]

    heathercongrove.com/2026/09/05

  8. Behind the Scenes: Part 3

    Behind the Scenes with Our Latest Sketch Every page of a picture book starts with simple lines on paper. Before we worry about color, lighting, or final details, we use these initial drafts to figure out how a scene feels.I wanted to share this rough drawing from another scene we are working on. In our house, my kids like to spot the tiny details in these early sketches that sometimes change by the time the final book is printed. Rough Sketch from Sharing Kindness Wherever I Go Drafting […]

    heathercongrove.com/2026/09/05

  9. Behind the Scenes: Part 3

    Behind the Scenes with Our Latest Sketch Every page of a picture book starts with simple lines on paper. Before we worry about color, lighting, or final details, we use these initial drafts to figure out how a scene feels.I wanted to share this rough drawing from another scene we are working on. In our house, my kids like to spot the tiny details in these early sketches that sometimes change by the time the final book is printed. Rough Sketch from Sharing Kindness Wherever I Go Drafting […]

    heathercongrove.com/2026/09/05

  10. Behind the Scenes: Part 3

    Behind the Scenes with Our Latest Sketch Every page of a picture book starts with simple lines on paper. Before we worry about color, lighting, or final details, we use these initial drafts to figure out how a scene feels.I wanted to share this rough drawing from another scene we are working on. In our house, my kids like to spot the tiny details in these early sketches that sometimes change by the time the final book is printed. Rough Sketch from Sharing Kindness Wherever I Go Drafting […]

    heathercongrove.com/2026/09/05

  11. The Dreamers of the Fading Bloom – Newsletter #8

    August 19, 2026 23rd Lore Fragment Clamores Corallii MortiferiClamores Corallii Mortiferi, better known as the "Deadly Coral Cries," is an event in which the seaside village of Corallvik experienced a large increase in activity from the merfolk within the surrounding region.These creatures would emerge at night along the shoreline, singing for hours at a time. The village, which was located not far from the site of the event, experienced a disturbing number of residents waking from their […]

    veilofentheos.com/2026/09/04/t

  12. The Dreamers of the Fading Bloom – Newsletter #8

    August 19, 2026 23rd Lore Fragment Clamores Corallii MortiferiClamores Corallii Mortiferi, better known as the "Deadly Coral Cries," is an event in which the seaside village of Corallvik experienced a large increase in activity from the merfolk within the surrounding region.These creatures would emerge at night along the shoreline, singing for hours at a time. The village, which was located not far from the site of the event, experienced a disturbing number of residents waking from their […]

    veilofentheos.com/2026/09/04/t

  13. The Dreamers of the Fading Bloom – Newsletter #8

    August 19, 2026 23rd Lore Fragment Clamores Corallii MortiferiClamores Corallii Mortiferi, better known as the "Deadly Coral Cries," is an event in which the seaside village of Corallvik experienced a large increase in activity from the merfolk within the surrounding region.These creatures would emerge at night along the shoreline, singing for hours at a time. The village, which was located not far from the site of the event, experienced a disturbing number of residents waking from their […]

    veilofentheos.com/2026/09/04/t

  14. The Dreamers of the Fading Bloom – Newsletter #8

    August 19, 2026 23rd Lore Fragment Clamores Corallii MortiferiClamores Corallii Mortiferi, better known as the "Deadly Coral Cries," is an event in which the seaside village of Corallvik experienced a large increase in activity from the merfolk within the surrounding region.These creatures would emerge at night along the shoreline, singing for hours at a time. The village, which was located not far from the site of the event, experienced a disturbing number of residents waking from their […]

    veilofentheos.com/2026/09/04/t

  15. The Dreamers of the Fading Bloom – Newsletter #8

    August 19, 2026 23rd Lore Fragment Clamores Corallii MortiferiClamores Corallii Mortiferi, better known as the "Deadly Coral Cries," is an event in which the seaside village of Corallvik experienced a large increase in activity from the merfolk within the surrounding region.These creatures would emerge at night along the shoreline, singing for hours at a time. The village, which was located not far from the site of the event, experienced a disturbing number of residents waking from their […]

    veilofentheos.com/2026/09/04/t

  16. “Where are our roots? How do we make ourselves at home? How does the stranger come to feel at home? Maybe we need to remind ourselves of what a family is, what it could be, and what it stands for, to begin to make sense of the wider world.”

    Read the editors’ introduction to NAMING THE SNAKES: New Writing Scotland 44:

    asls.org.uk/publications/books

    #Scottish #literature #NewWriting #shortstories #shortfiction #poetry #poems #Gaidhlig #Gaelic #Scots #Scotslanguage #writingcommunity

  17. NAMING THE SNAKES
    New Writing Scotland 44
    Ed. by Chris Powici, Allan Radcliffe & Anna C. Frater

    The best new short fiction & poetry from forty-three writers who are Scottish by birth, residence, or inclination, writing in English, Gaelic, & Scots. Available for preorder now from all good bookshops! (And the evil one too.)

    asls.org.uk/publications/books

    #Scottish #literature #NewWriting #shortstories #shortfiction #poetry #poems #Gaidhlig #Gaelic #Scots #Scotslanguage #writingcommunity

  18. Announcement: New Reading Period for the Fall Issue

    Hello to all the writers, poets, and artists, and to our Heart of Flesh family,

    We have a new reading period this year for our Fall issue! Our submission window will open on July 20th (in two weeks!) and will close on September 20th. Our editor-in-chief will be going on a mission trip at the end of September into October, and she needs a little extra time to go over submissions. The issue is still scheduled to be released in November.

    We’re so excited to read your work. If you feel led, please pray for our editor — for the submission process, for the mission trip, and for the wisdom, discernment, and blessing from God to cultivate an issue that will glorify Him above all else.

    May God bless and guide you all on your creative journeys, and we hope to see your work in the coming weeks!

    Photo by Nothing Ahead on Pexels.com

    #art #bookReview #CallForSubmissions #christian #fiction #newIssue #nonfiction #photography #poetry #reading #readingPeriod #shortStories #submission #submissionCall #submissions #Testimonies #testimony
  19. If you're a Netgalley user looking for your next favorite read, T. K. Rex's THE WILDCRAFT DRONES is available now to download. Filled with humor and heart, Rex's debut is 14 linked stories exploring the evolution of sentient drones and a rewilded world.

    Download here: netgalley.com/catalog/book/792

    #netgalley #netgalleydownload #freedownload #freebook #bookdownload #shortstories #shortstorycollection #debutcollection #sciencefiction #smallpress #tkrex #thewildcraftdrones#sciencefiction #smallpress

  20. For Lit Hub, Jeff VanderMeer asked me great questions about my new book, about writing short fiction, and about misdirection as a tool for fiction writers: lithub.com/matthew-cheney-on-l

    #Bookstodon #ShortStories #Interviews #VanderMeer @bookstodon