Rebecca Buchanan

ONCE UPON A TIME, WHAT IF... What if the Sleeping Beauty left to make her own life? What if Bluebeard's wife seized the opportunity for justice? What if the witch truly loved Rapunzel? What if Snow White learned the virtues of right rulership from the dwarves, and Jack learned wisdom from the giants? In this provocative collection, Rebecca Buchanan (author of Asphalt Gods) re-examines classic fairy tales from Mother Goose, Charles Perrault, the Brothers Grimm, and other sources with a sharp and modern eye, deepening the impact of the original tales and often inverting the perceived moral. These re-imaginings show us not-so-noble frog princes, environmentalist knights, wicked witches revealed as wise women, the cynical politics of fairy godmothers, and unexpected humanity in the hearts of monsters. Dig Deeper - Twist The Tales Around - Fairy Tales Are RevolutionaryIllustrated throughout with classic art by Harry Clarke, Walter Crane, Gustave Dor , Albrecht D rer and others.

SCOTT J. COUTURIER has distinguished himself with poems of uncanny beauty and dread, appearing in the pages of Spectral Realms, The Audient Void, Eternal Haunted Summer, and other journals of the Weird. His poems are singularly sensitive to the darker aspects of nature. Jackanapes Press is pleased to offer I Awaken in October-Couturier's first volume of poetry-which collects a cornucopia of seasonal horrors and autumnal delights. In I Awaken In October, rites of autumnal adulation are performed alongside offerings to every phase of the Year's Wheel, seasons sequentially explored through lenses of veneration, dread, and supernatural awe. All wending back to that most bittersweet of moments, when once more we awaken-just as the dead do-to October's majesty. Follow the path to Summer's end, where the last gold-litten days malinger into cobweb; where gleaming trails of jack-o -lanterns light the way; where Queen Mab and Cernunnos reign. With a foreword by Rebecca Buchanan, and an introduction by the author. Featuring 20 full-page illustrations by Dan Sauer.

The universe is as mysterious and beautiful as those that dwell in it. What lies out beyond our planet? Beyond our galaxy? Societies struggle to thrive in harsh conditions and goddesses grant and withhold their blessings on a whim. In this great universe, who steps up to become heroes? Featuring ten stories focusing on goddesses and strong heroines, these stories will take you to the stars and far beyond. Featuring stories by Vonnie Winslow Crist, Kent Swarts, Deeanna West, Eddie D. Moore, Rebecca Buchanan, Umair Mirxa, Catherine J. Cole, Cindar Harrell, Zoey Xolton, and Mary E. Lowd.

Metalsmith. Fire-Tamer. Forge-Master. Bronzeworker. Weaponsmaster of the Gods. The Lame One. The Ugly God. Friend of Humanity. He is Hephaestus, the Divine Craftsman. Patient, stout-hearted, and clever, he is the Master of all Metals, the Holy Engineer. Celebrated for his wondrous creations, he is also pitied and teased for his lameness, his unsightly appearance, his estrangement from his family, and his marriage to lovely Aphrodite. But Hephaestus is not a God to be underestimated or ill-used -- a reality understood by his modern devotees. In the pages of this anthology you will find poems, prayers, essays, artwork, and rituals glorifying the Divine Mechanic. Some of his devotees see his hand in the engineering marvels of the Industrial Age and the hardware of the Information Age. Others see his handiwork in the heavens or hear his rumblings deep in the earth. Still others see lessons to be learned in his reconciliation with his mother, Hera, and his very nature as a "disabled" God. And so we sing: Hail HephaestusFlame-HeartedSoot-FacedEver-Resourceful God