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ARC Review: Wyngraf, Issue 3

Book: Wyngraf, Issue 3  Author: Nathaniel Webb, Editor  Pages: 202  Source: Nathaniel Webb  Publisher: Independently published  Genre: Cozy Fantasy, Literary Magazine  Publication Date: March 14, 2023  Goodreads Summary:  The beloved magazine of cozy fantasy returns with its greatest issue yet. Curl up with ten tales in the tradition of Legends & Lattes and The Hobbit . Wyngraf #3…

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The Truth of Their Tunes

by Dawn Vogel

via Wyngraf

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My illustration for the latest issue of Wyngraf which is available for digital preorder now.

This was a real treat to work on

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Books I Read in 2023

* = Re-read

Check out past years: 2012, 2013 (skipped), 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018,  2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022. Follow me on Goodreads to get these reviews as they happen. 1) A Book of Blades: Rogues in the House Presents edited by L.D. Whitney This book, assembled by the great guys behind the premier podcast in the genre, is an excellent way to sample a breadth of contemporary Sword & Sorcery fiction! My favorite story was "The Blood of Old Shard" by John R. Fultz, with Scott Oden and Howard Andrew Jones' tales close behind, and there were no duds in the mix. "The Blood..." really surprised me with a heart and inventiveness which the opening doesn't give away yet, you realize upon finishing, deftly sets up. 2) Fires of Azeroth by C.J. Cherryh Left my big ol’ spoiler-laden review on Goodreads for ya. 3) Black Paper: Writing in a Dark Time by Teju Cole 4) The Citadel of Forgotten Myths by Michael Moorcock *5) Neuromancer by William Gibson 6) The Expert System's Brother by Adrian Tchaikovsky 7) The Expert System’s Champion by Adrian Tchaikovsky I confess I finished the first book in this series having enjoyed myself, but wondering if I'd remember what I'd read a year from now. I don't have that concern with its follow-up. Tchaikovsky has enriched the world he set up in the first installment quite nicely, and I hope I get to explore it further in a third. 8) Old Moon Quarterly: Issue 3 9) Swordspoint by Ellen Kushner 10) The Gurkha and the Lord of Tuesday by Saad Z. Hossain 11) The Dreamthief's Daughter: A Tale of the Albino by Michael Moorcock 12) Cinema Speculation by Quentin Tarantino Do you think you’d enjoy hearing Tarantino discuss mainly his childhood and adolescence re: movies that meant a lot to him during that period? Congrats, this is extremely that. It could not be more that. 13) The Shadow of the Torturer by Gene Wolfe 14) Consider This: Moments in My Writing Life After Which Everything Was Different by Chuck Palahniuk Roughly 70/30 instructional / biographical. Has a lot of good advice, focusing on a more literary mode than classic genre stylings, all in a voice and coming from a place any Palahniuk fan will be familiar with (I would have been stunned NOT to find something like the "Voice of Authority" snippet in a writing book by Palahniuk). Entertaining and providing what mostly felt like useful, actionable advice, I'd say it can be handy for writers who aren't knowledgeable of the author's works, but knowing at least a couple of his books can help contextualize his advice so you can determine which parts are right for you or not. 15) Death Angel's Shadow by Karl Edward Wagner 16) Night Winds by Karl Edward Wagner 17) Wyngraf Issue #1 Edited by Nathaniel Webb 18) Rakefire and Other Stories by Jason Ray Carney 19) The White Lion by Scott Oden 20) Werner's Nomenclature of Colours: Adapted to Zoology, Botany, Chemistry, Mineralogy, Anatomy, and the Arts by Patrick Syme, Abraham Gottlob Werner (Illustrator) 21) Tehanu by Ursula K. Le Guin 22) Lord of a Shattered Land by Howard Andrew Jones *23) Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer 24) Authority by Jeff VanderMeer 25) Acceptance by Jeff VanderMeer *26) The Sailor on the Seas of Fate by Michael Moorcock 27) Kundo Wakes Up by Saad Z. Hossain 28) Swords in the Shadows, Edited by Cullen Bunn 29) The Lies of the Ajungo by Moses Ose Utomi 30) Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World by Naomi Klein 31) The Encyclopedia of Amazons: Women Warriors from Antiquity to the Modern Era by Jessica Amanda Salmonson 32) New Edge Sword & Sorcery #1, Edited by Oliver Brackenbury 33) New Edge Sword & Sorcery #2, Edited by Oliver Brackenbury 34) A Book of Blades: Volume II: Rogues in the House Podcast Presents, Edited by L.D. Whitney 35) Old Moon Quarterly: Issue 4, Spring 2023: A Magazine of Dark Fantasy and Sword and Sorcery, Edited by OMQ 36) The Wingspan of Severed Hands by Joe Koch 37) The Sword of Rhiannon by Leigh Brackett 38) Camp Damascus by Chuck Tingle 39) Old Moon Quarterly: Issue 5, Edited by OMQ STATS Non-Fiction: 6 Fiction: 33 Poetry Collections: 0 Comic Trades: 0 Wrote Myself: 2

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"Backpack fantasy is are for all heroes who travel light. For adventurers campaigning with naught but a rucksack, duffel, or carrier bag, they carry everything they need on their person. They decide to save the world with their just friends, some snacks, and a spare pair of socks and I commend them for their minimalist lifestyle.

Backpack fantasy books are, as Wyngraf puts it, fantasy books where adventurers move through the wilds to conquer goals as opposed to a home or community. Essentially, in backpack fantasy books party members bond on the go as they maneuver the challenges of the natural space, learning more about themselves, each other, and the world in the process.

The setup is very emblematic of a traditional fantasy tabletop role playing game à la Dungeons and Dragons. The plot structure allows for self-discovery outside traditional socio-cultural structures.

In the tradition of Medieval Breton Lais, or French poems, young knights would have to venture out into the natural world to gain knowledge of life beyond the court so they could return to their kingdoms stronger and more equipped to handle the unknown. Oftentimes, they would encounter magic, fairies, or moments of adventure or fate that would change their outlook on the world forever.

That is all to say, backpack fantasy books have been around for longer than there has been a name for the subgenre. This is simply a quick and easy list of unlikely backpack fantasy recommendations to expand your shelf and horizons."

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New Story Out, Two Poems Published, and Cosplay News!

In which the author shares news about publications and cosplay!

It’s been a long while since I had any writing news to share, but I do have some now! On August 1st, Wyngraf, the Magazine of Cozy Fantasy, released their first anthology of flash fiction originally posted on their website. I had sent them a very small story last year as a Flash Friday consideration, and the editor decided to hold onto it, so he could release it as one of four brand new stories…

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The Little Book Of Cozy, an anthology of cozy fantasy short-short stories is available for sale. Within it is the only place to read my story The 57th Daughter. That's a lot of daughters!

By convention the Lord of the World has one hundred daughters. He favours specific daughters for particular tasks, so that investigating a concern about the growing, harvesting or fermenting of tea would most likely be conducted by the 55th daughter. A question about gemstones, precious or semi-precious, cursed or mundane, would attract the attention of the 56th daughter.

Solving a problem with rivers, streams, canals and waterways, navigable or otherwise would be the province of the 57th daughter.

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Our cosy fantasy month comes to a close with Wyngraf's 2023 Cozy Fantasy Romance Special by Catherine Yeates & Julie Bozza. Let's talk sieges, stylistic preferences, and subgenre specifics 🌹💍🦋

Listen here on Spotify or find us wherever you get your podcasts.

Transcripts available at planarprod.com/the-hidden-bookcase-transcripts. Closed captions available on our YouTube.

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Finished reading: Wyngraf by Amanda Cook 📚

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Taking Submissions: Wyngraf January 2023 Window

Taking Submissions: Wyngraf January 2023 Window

Submission Window: January 1st-7th, 2023 Payment: 1 cent per word Theme: Cozy Fantasy Stories Wyngraf buys First Global Serial Rights to short stories of cozy fantasy from 3,000 to 8,000 words long. We currently pay $0.01 (one cent) per word. We know that’s not much, and we hope to increase our rate as soon as possible. Wyngraf Is Fantasy Often fantasy means the presence of magic, but not…

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Returning champion Nat Webb joins us to discuss his recent founding of a literary magazine, Wyngraf! Their discussion covers alternate titles for the magazine, defining cozy fantasy & backpack fantasy,  conflict in stories and other things that can drive story, writing delicious food scenes, the cozy fantasy scene on Reddit and elsewhere, getting into short stories, his first submission and rejection and what he learned from it all, self-publishing a novel, discovering a love for the technical side of publishing, taking submissions in for the first time, putting one of your own stories in your own magazine, being transparent about the numbers behind your business, paying forward all the writing advice you've been given, working with an artist on a cover commission, choosing to pay authors and how much, deciding how often to release new issues, the importance of actually finishing a project, knowing when to stop with a project, Legends and Lattes and other  reading recs, refreshing sincerity vs ironic distance, "coffee shop AU" explained, "numbies" explained, how sometimes the thing you bang out quickly resonates with people far more than the thing you slaved over forever, ins and outs of the Kindle Select program, the merits of publishing flash fiction, and more! www.wyngraf.com Wyngraf on Twitter The cover artist for issue #1 of Wyngraf is Sâmara Lígia (her other Instagram). The swashbuckling magazine Nat announced like five days after we recorded is called Rakehell. Nat's Author Site Nat's previous appearance on the show, where Oliver consulted him on a work-in-progress. Some magazines Nat mentions that he likes: Tales from the Magician's Skull, Whetstone Magazine, and Tales and Feathers. That Harry Otto Fischer origin story for Grey Mouser can be found here on page 28.

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Taking Submissions Wyngraf Spring 2022 Window (Early Listing)

Taking Submissions Wyngraf Spring 2022 Window (Early Listing)

Submission Window: March 1st-8th 2022 Payment: $0.01 (one cent) per word Theme: Cozy fantasy Wyngraf is currently closed to submissions. Our next submission window opens March 1st, 2022 and ends March 8th, 2022. Wyngraf buys First North American Serial Rights to short stories of cozy fantasy from 4,000 to 10,000 words long. We currently pay $0.01 (one cent) per word. We know that’s not much, and…

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Cozy Flash: "Lily and Ink"

Cozy Flash: “Lily and Ink”

Today, I had two stories release at Wyngraf: “Weaving Serenity” in their debut issue, and “Lily and Ink,” a flash piece that ties in with “Weaving Serenity, that you can read here and at their blog. I’m so excited for everyone to read these stories! “Weaving Serenity” holds a special place in my heart. I wrote the first draft in January of 2019, and it took 18 rejections from various markets…

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Preorder Issue 1 Now!

Preorder Issue 1 Now!

I’m really excited to share that Wyngraf Issue#1 is now available for pre-order. And one of my stories will be featured in this magazine’s debut issue! I’m deeply honored and love this story found a home. It was rejected so many times in the last few years before it landed with Wyngraf, and I think this is the perfect venue for these characters I love so much. Please take some time and show…