The Queen Bee

by D. H. Willison

Overview

Some curses are best left unbroken.
But where's the fun in that?

Witling, kindhearted miller's son, is commanded to break the curse on an ancient castle. Yet a ghostly lady dancing through his dreams suggest there is more to this curse than meets the eye.
Curses can be vexing like that.

His quest is stymied by two avaricious brothers incurring the wrath of enchanted woodland creatures. And what do the trio of slumbering princesses of legendary beauty and wickedness have to do with the literal woman of his dreams?
It's complicated. Love can be vexing like that too.

The Queen Bee is a witty re-imagining of a classic Grimms' fairy tale, featuring a kindhearted hero, a host of enchanted creatures, a really neat castle, and a charming reverse age gap romance sweet as honey and sharp as a bee's sting.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9798331481483
Publisher:	Barnes & Noble Press
Publication date:	09/21/2024
Pages:	116
Product dimensions:	4.25(w) x 7.00(h) x 0.28(d)

About the Author

D.H. Willison is a reader, writer, game enthusiast and developer, engineer, and history buff. He’s lived or worked in over a dozen countries, learning different cultures, viewpoints, and attitudes, which have influenced his writing, contributing to one of his major themes: alternate and creative conflict resolution. The same situations can be viewed by different cultures quite differently. Sometimes it leads to conflict, sometimes to hilarity. Both make for a great story.

He’s also never missed a chance to visit historic sites, from castle dungeons, to catacombs, to the holds of tall ships, to the tunnels of the Maginot Line. It might be considered research, except for the minor fact that his tales are all set on the whimsical and terrifying world of Arvia. Where giant mythic monsters are often more easily overcome with empathy than explosions.