The April 2011 issue of Realms of Fantasy is now available for PDF purchase and download if you like your magazines digital. It includes my story “A Witch’s Heart.” http://www.rofmag.com/
Author, relapsed sarcasm addict, Clarion West graduate, milkshake connoisseur, winner of Writers of the Future, and member of Dungeon Scrawlers.
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I just read “A Witch’s Heart” in Realms of Fantasy magazine.
It is an interesting twist of Hansel & Gretel.
Is there going to be a sequel?
Wickedly done. Enjoyed both your story and the art, Randy–even though you weren’t the artist, it worked for your story. You maintained tension during Gretel’s conversion, although she might have caved a bit too easily. Blame it on Stockholm syndrome? In a longer work, would have wanted her to be less passive. Really enjoyed the circuitous layering of major defects on Hansel, even as Gretel mirrored those weaknesses. The underlying cradle backstory haunted your piece. Thank you for enlivening my morning tea.
William – thanks. No sequel planned. The original version of the story was three times as long and had an extended plot involving were-creatures who were the natural enemies of the blood witches, and I played with hinting that Gretel would go on to become like Grendel’s mother (thus her affinity to water). It included their riding the swan across the river, and returning home to their father, but I stripped most of that out and focused on the personal story of Gretel and Granny B. I definitely think the story ended up stronger for it. Sometimes, less is more.
Janine – thank you for the thoughtful and thought-provoking words! I definitely did a happy dance when I found out Thomas Canty was doing art for something I had written. 🙂