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The Glass Wheel
Starsong
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The Glass Wheel
Adult | Fantasy | Dark Fairy Tale | Word Count: ~16.7k
Content Advisory: Death of a parent, depression, grief, some swearing
When a brokenhearted Aurora stumbles into the snowy woods, she comes across a mysterious being that calls itself the Weaver.
Pitying the crying girl, the Weaver gives her a glass spinning wheel, promising to pay her riches in exchange for any thread spun on it at the end of a year and a day.
But as the thread feeds onto the bobbin, Aurora slowly begins to notice what it’s costing her — that a piece of herself is getting caught in the fibers to be sold to the Weaver.
I have never been so haunted by a fairytale retelling as I have been by Anna Cackler’s Glass Wheel.This is not a bite-sized happily ever story. This was a poignant tale of loss and re-birth, betrayal and trust…I was truly able to connect with the protagonist in a way that left me breathless.
Starsong
Adult | Fantasy | Dark Fairy Tale | Word Count: ~25.5k
Content Advisory: Child abuse – an adult man is beaten by his father on the page, and their history of child abuse is implied. Some swearing.
Lettie’s house is falling down around her. And no matter what they do, she and her sister Sana can’t keep up.
Every day, some new part of their house splinters or cracks, but Lettie’s faith is unbroken. After a lifetime of leaving gifts at the ancient yew tree near their crumbling home, the Old Kind finally speak to her: Beware the vandal in the night.
And now she knows. The loose floorboards, the broken door latch, the mysterious leak in the sitting room – maybe these aren’t just signs of an old house in need of repair. Maybe there really is someone creeping about at night, removing nails one by one…
Let me start off saying this was a such a lovely novella. And coming from someone who has not read any of the other Sibylline Saga, I easily understood what was going on and honestly it made me want to get the other books. I truly loved the characters…The sister bond of Lettie and Sana is great. Both are so different and both are each others anchor. Total fighters.