Five Feathered Tales

Imagine five feathers, their colours ranging from deepest black to purest white, with flashes of bright gold . . . and each has a story to tell. A young boy seeks true magic in the circus ring; a city dweller finds himself living among rooftop outcasts; a girl born of the desert sees the desires of those around her in the palm of her hand; a mother and daughter seek transformations in the black and white feathers of their own twisted fairy tales. A partnership between an award-winning writer and illustrator, Five Feathered Tales brings together short stories by Alison Littlewood with the darkly fantastical artwork of Daniele Serra. With each story exquisitely illustrated, this volume is printed throughout in full premium colour. “Alison Littlewood has a real talent for building atmosphere, loaded with the promise of things to come.”—Keith Brooke, The Guardian “A writer spreading her wings and surely taking off for ever greater success.”—Mark West, Strange Tales “Unique and stunning. Daniele is a fantastic artist.”—Joe R. Lansdale “Daniele Serra makes art of great sensitivity and subtlety—he can communicate more in the shape of a line and the shade of a tint than many painters convey in an entire canvas. Look into his work and it looks deep into you.”—Ramsey Campbell

About the Author

Alison Littlewood is the author of A Cold Season, published by Jo Fletcher Books. The novel was selected for the Richard and Judy Book Club, where it was described as 'perfect reading for a dark winter's night.' Her sequel, A Cold Silence, has recently been published, along with a Zombie Apocalypse! novel, Acapulcalypse Now. Her other books are Path of Needles, a dark blend of fairy tales and crime fiction, and The Unquiet House, a ghost story set in the Yorkshire countryside. Alison's short stories have been picked for Best British Horror 2015, The Best Horror of the Year and The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror anthologies, as well as The Best British Fantasy 2013 and The Mammoth Book of Best British Crime 10. She also won the 2014 Shirley Jackson Award for Short Fiction. Alison lives with her partner Fergus in Yorkshire, England, in a house of creaking doors and crooked walls. She loves exploring the hills and dales with her two hugely enthusiastic dalmatians and has a penchant for books on folklore and weird history, Earl Grey tea and semicolons. You can talk to her on Twitter: @Ali__L, see her on Facebook or visit her at www.alisonlittlewood.co.uk.Daniele Serra was born and lives in Italy. He works as an illustrator and comic artist. His work has been published in Europe, Australia, United States and Japan. He has worked for DC Comics, Image Comics, Cemetery Dance, Weird Tales magazine, PS Publishing and other publications. He's a winner of the British Fantasy Award.A long time ago Peter Tennant used to write stories to raise money to buy books, but then realised if he wrote reviews instead of stories he could get as many books as he wanted. He is the book reviewer for award-winning magazine Black Static, published by TTA Press (ttapress.com), for whom he also writes the Case Notes blog. His own blog can be found at trumpetville.wordpress.com.

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