In which we celebrate Halloween and the publication day of The Convergence of Fairy Tales by Octavia Cade. We are delighted to announce the official publication day of The Convergence of Fairy Tales by Octavia Cade. This is the kickoff volume to our ongoing Novella Initiative, and our way of celebrating Halloween this year–with a disturbing, dark excerpt from the first story in the novella narrative, and a giveaway! The Sleeping Beauty woke with a heartbeat between her legs. Five classic fairy tales are reimagined by award-winning master of horror Octavia Cade in The Convergence of Fairy Tales. Sleeping Beauty. The Snow Queen. Snow White. The Frog Princess. Rapunzel. Five new fairy tales. Five different accounts of betrayal, of power, and rage. The Sleeping Beauty THE SLEEPING BEAUTY WOKE WITH A HEARTBEAT BETWEEN HER LEGS. That was what dragged her out of the sticky swamp of enchantment, of curses and nightmare dreams—a red beat, one centred in her cunt and pulsing. It anchored her as fishing line, hooked into her flesh and hauling upwards until she broke the surface of her sleep and woke to a world so much different than before. Her eyes were sticky-shut, the lashes glued together. […]