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THE BOOK OF GOTHEL
A lyrical fantasy debut in the vein of Circe and Spinning Silver, reimagining the Rapunzel tale from the point-of-view of the villain.
Haelewise has always lived in the shadow of her mother, Hedda - a woman who will do anything to keep her daughter protected. For with her strange black eyes and even stranger fainting spells, Haelewise is shunned by her village, and her only solace lies in the stories her mother tells of child-stealing witches, of princes in wolf- skins, of an ancient tower cloaked in mist, where woman will find shelter if they are brave enough to seek it.
Then Hedda dies, and Haelewise is left unmoored. With nothing left for her in her village, she sets out to find the legendary tower her mother used to speak of - a place called Gothel, where Haelewise meets a wise woman willing to take her under her wing.
But Haelewise is not the only woman to seek refuge at Gothel. It's also a haven for a girl named Rika, who carries with her a secret the Church strives to keep hidden. A secret that just might explain why Haelewise keeps hearing her mother's voice.
To find out more - why her mother keeps haunting her in visions, in dreams, always speaking warnings of impending danger - Haelewise sets out on an arduous journey that will take her through the Black Forest, to Kind Frederick Barbarossa's glittering court, where she finds herself caught in a web of scheming nobles and close-minded clergymen quick to accuse her of heresy.
For Haelewise has seen too much. She knows too much. And the world is not safe for a woman who hears the voice of a goddess, who feels in her bones that "their way is not the only way." Now Haelewise must make an impossible choice: to give up her knowledge for the chance at the life she has always wanted or to let history write her as a villain, and go back to that legendary tower in the woods.
Mary McMyne has published short stories, poems, and essays in venues such as Gulf Coast, Redivider, Strange Horizons, Apex Magazine, Painted Bride Quarterly, and Southern Humanities Review. Her debut poetry chapbook, Wolf Skin (Dancing girl Press, 2014) won the Elgin Chapbook Award. She is a graduate of the New York University MFA Program and currently an Associate Professor of Creative Writing at Lake Superior State University.
Then Hedda dies, and Haelewise is left unmoored. With nothing left for her in her village, she sets out to find the legendary tower her mother used to speak of - a place called Gothel, where Haelewise meets a wise woman willing to take her under her wing.
But Haelewise is not the only woman to seek refuge at Gothel. It's also a haven for a girl named Rika, who carries with her a secret the Church strives to keep hidden. A secret that just might explain why Haelewise keeps hearing her mother's voice.
To find out more - why her mother keeps haunting her in visions, in dreams, always speaking warnings of impending danger - Haelewise sets out on an arduous journey that will take her through the Black Forest, to Kind Frederick Barbarossa's glittering court, where she finds herself caught in a web of scheming nobles and close-minded clergymen quick to accuse her of heresy.
For Haelewise has seen too much. She knows too much. And the world is not safe for a woman who hears the voice of a goddess, who feels in her bones that "their way is not the only way." Now Haelewise must make an impossible choice: to give up her knowledge for the chance at the life she has always wanted or to let history write her as a villain, and go back to that legendary tower in the woods.
Mary McMyne has published short stories, poems, and essays in venues such as Gulf Coast, Redivider, Strange Horizons, Apex Magazine, Painted Bride Quarterly, and Southern Humanities Review. Her debut poetry chapbook, Wolf Skin (Dancing girl Press, 2014) won the Elgin Chapbook Award. She is a graduate of the New York University MFA Program and currently an Associate Professor of Creative Writing at Lake Superior State University.
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