Next Curious Thing

by Ephiny Gale, Margot Jenner (Illustrator)

Overview

An otherworldly banquet of contemporary fantasy, dark fairy tales, and soft science fiction, Next Curious Thing collects some of Gale's best short fiction from 2013 to 2018, including Best of the Net winner 'In the Beginning, All Our Hands Are Cold'. Known for her ability to mix the extraordinary with the relatable, darkness with splendour, and heartache with hope, Gale showcases a wide cast of fascinating female and queer characters in the most curious of situations. In addition to its previously published stories, Next Curious Thing features six brand new tales original to this collection.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780995435339
Publisher:	Foxgrove Press
Publication date:	12/29/2018
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	205
File size:	5 MB

About the Author

Ephiny Gale was born in Victoria, Australia, and is still there, alongside her lovely wife and a small legion of bookcases. She is the author of more than fifty published short stories and novelettes, which have appeared in publications including PseudoPod, Constellary Tales, and Beneath Ceaseless Skies. Her stories have won the Best of the Net award for fiction and have been finalists for multiple Aurealis Awards.She has also written several produced stage plays and musicals, including the sold-out How to Direct from Inside at La Mama and Shining Armour at The 1812 Theatre. Her script Time Scraps was a finalist in St Martin's National Playwriting Competition, and Hearts up Sleeves won the Five Minute Play award at Dante's.When not writing, Ephiny currently works as a Senior Project Manager for a website development company. Her previous roles have included: Executive Assistant; coordinating a major arts festival; Association Secretary for the Green Room Awards (Melbourne's premier performing arts awards); nine months as a professional wedding DJ; and working as an executive of a university student association.Ephiny has a Masters in Arts Management, a red belt in taekwondo, and a passion for psychology, gaming, and storytelling in all its forms. She also especially enjoys Italian greyhounds, playing board games with friends, and eating raspberries in the sunshine.

Table of Contents

Introduction

In The Beginning, All Our Hands Are Cold

Sickly Sweet

Emelia and the Undrowned

Wrecked

Candy

From Strangers

Honey in the Blood

Little Freedoms

Cavorts With Foxes

The Light Princess

Experience

Morning Sickness

Five Tales of the Rose Palace

Magnets

One More Time

Everybody Knows

And The Queen Was Vein

Strange Dancemates

Easy Like Arsenic

All the First Born Children

The Secret Death of Lane Islington

Fancy Some More Stories?

About Ephiny Gale

Editorial Reviews

Praise for Gale’s short fiction

“Gale masterfully spins that strangeness into a tale that is both heartbreaking and heartwarming at the same time. Audacious and brilliant.” – Maria Haskins

“…beautiful and lifting and very much worth your time and attention.” – Charles Payseur

“[S]uch a strange and wonderful story. … Poignant and filled with love.” – Vanessa Fogg

From the Publisher