I am thrilled to be hosting a spot on the DEVIL'S WAYS
ANTHOLOGY by Dragonwell Publishing Blog Tour hosted by Rockstar Book Tours. Check out my post and make sure to enter the giveaway!
DEVIL'S WAYS ANTHOLOGY
Authors: Nancy Kress, Ben Loory, R.
S. A. Garcia, Michael Swanwick, Andy Duncan, Curtis C. Chen, Darrell
Schweitzer, Imogen Howson, Edwina Harvey, Avram Davidson, J. M. Sidorova, Nancy
Kress, (Edited by Anna Kashina and J. M. Sidorova)
Release Date: June 25, 2020
Publisher: Dragonwell Publishing
Formats: Paperback, eBook
Pages: 270
There is no light without dark; no
highlights without shadows; no good without evil. The Devil is where things
happen. Where stories begin. This collection brings together stories from
multiple cultures, featuring the Devil both as an abstract concept and a
creature, a terror, a force of nature, an enemy, a trickster, and so many more.
Step into the world of shadows, and
travel through Devil's many incarnations spanning centuries of history and
myth, from the Ancient Greece, African and Caribbean folklore, dark ages in
Europe, all the way to the present day.
This anthology features new and
established authors from diverse, multicultural backgrounds.
“The Devil goes globe-trotting in this
eclectic anthology that explores the many guises of the Dark Lord across
cultures and ages. Persephone D’Shaun’s shocking “Nzembe” is a twisted tale of
zombie-like creatures set in the plains of Africa with an ending some readers
will find hard to stomach. An unnamed girl tries to steal back her heart from
her winged lover in R.S.A. Garcia’s lyrical “Fire in His Eyes, Blood on His
Teeth,” which draws from Caribbean folklore and the legend of Nanny of the
Maroons. Feminist themes carry through many of the tales. Imogen Howson’s
“Frayed Tapestry,” which follows an amnesiac woman and her manipulative
husband, is a bit too on the nose, but elsewhere gender dynamics are handled
more gracefully, as in “Of Finest Scarlet Was Her Gown” by Michael Swanwick, in
which 15-year-old Su-yin follows her father into hell, where she must endure a
series of horrible dates in order to save him from eternal damnation, and in
Nancy Kress’s brilliant “Unto the Daughters,” a powerful reimagining of the
story of Adam and Eve. Though horror fiends may be disappointed to find little
blood-curdling terror, there are very few duds among these wide-ranging tales.
Readers are in for a devilish treat.”—PW Review
The opening to Imogen Howson's "Frayed Tapestry":
The first time it happened was almost a year after he’d married her. They were giving a drinks party, and the spacious top-floor apartment was filled with sleek, beautiful people in immaculately cut trousers, or little black dresses and the discreet glint of gold jewelry.
Candy had been busy since the first guests arrived. Clym liked her to keep the canapés coming and make sure he was supplied with ice for the drinks. With that, as well as welcoming new guests and trying to make sure she remembered everybody’s names, she’d scarcely sipped her own glass of wine.
So, afterwards, although she tried to blame the alcohol, she knew she couldn’t.
She was in the kitchen, cutting up more lemons for the gin and tonics. She had a gleaming steel bowl of them, glossy polished yellow next to the duller green globes of limes, and a neat little serrated knife to slice them into perfect rounds. But then, of course, she had everything. She’d seen it reflected in her guests’ eyes. Her, this nineteen-year-old, already with a beautiful apartment, a handsome, adoring, powerful husband…
The knife slipped.
Founded in 2012, Dragonwell
Publishing is based in the US Northeast and publishes 4-6 books a year,
focusing mostly on science fiction and fantasy. Dragonwell Publishing titles
have been featured by Publishers Weekly, ForeWord Magazine, RT Book Reviews,
San Francisco Book Reviews, and Portland Book Reviews, and highlighted by
Historical Novel Society and Mythopoetic Society. Our books have been among the
winners of the 2013 ForeWord Book of the Year Award and 2014 Independent
Publishers Book Award.
Get to know all the authors here
on the Dragonwell
Publishing Site!
(1)
winner will receive a $10 Amazon GC - International.
Tour Schedule:
Week One:
6/22/2020
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6/23/2020
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Excerpt
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6/24/2020
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Excerpt
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6/25/2020
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Review
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6/26/2020
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Review
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Week Two:
6/29/2020
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Excerpt
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6/30/2020
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Review
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7/1/2020
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Review
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7/2/2020
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Excerpt
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7/3/2020
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