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These are tales of women’s power, of a strength rooted in the dark of the moon and the nourishing soil. Within these pages, three girls call down dragons at the end of the world; Rhea Silvia, mother of Rome, tells the story of her life and her love for the river Tiber; a priestess of Delphi defies Apollo the day he comes to conquer the Python; a woman named Magdalena is accused of witchcraft in a small German town; a mountain lion leaps between ages; a group of women spin nettle fiber beyond the end of the world; and a maiden, mother and crone call forth the snakes that live in the Earth to try to overthrow a colonial empire.\n\u003ch5\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Red String\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhen Dragons Came\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Pythia\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNet\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOur Lady of Nettles\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSix Meditations of Torreya Ith\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBurning Quail Woman\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRhea Silvia\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Dark Country\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEpilogue: The Garden\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCover Art © Rima Staines 2017\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eAbout Sylvia\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou can read more about Sylvia and her other work with Hedgespoken Press \u003ca href=\"..\/..\/collections\/sylvia-v-linsteadt\" title=\"Sylvia Linsteadt at Hedgespoken Press\"\u003ehere\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2018-02-06T21:35:26+00:00","created_at":"2018-02-06T17:59:59+00:00","vendor":"Hedgespoken","type":"Books","tags":["author_Sylvia V Linsteadt","fiction","poetry","prose","Rima Staines","SALE A","Sylvia V Linsteadt"],"price":1300,"price_min":1300,"price_max":1300,"available":false,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":5402419855375,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"OUR-LADY-BOOK","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":false,"name":"Our Lady of the Dark Country","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":1300,"weight":390,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_quantity":0,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"9780999696606","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0962\/5534\/products\/cover-dark-country.jpg?v=1517940008","\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0962\/5534\/products\/back-dark-country.jpg?v=1517940015"],"featured_image":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0962\/5534\/products\/cover-dark-country.jpg?v=1517940008","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":621492600897,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.657,"height":1360,"width":893,"src":"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0962\/5534\/products\/cover-dark-country.jpg?v=1517940008"},"aspect_ratio":0.657,"height":1360,"media_type":"image","src":"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0962\/5534\/products\/cover-dark-country.jpg?v=1517940008","width":893},{"alt":null,"id":621492633665,"position":2,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.657,"height":1360,"width":893,"src":"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0962\/5534\/products\/back-dark-country.jpg?v=1517940015"},"aspect_ratio":0.657,"height":1360,"media_type":"image","src":"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0962\/5534\/products\/back-dark-country.jpg?v=1517940015","width":893}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003eHedgespoken is delighted to stock a few copies of this remarkable book published by Wild Talewort - Sylvia and Rima have already collaborated on the extraordinary creation that is \u003cstrong\u003eTatterdemalion\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eYou can read more about \u003cstrong\u003eOur Lady of the Dark Country\u003c\/strong\u003e in Sylvia's own words \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/theindigovat.blogspot.co.uk\/2018\/01\/our-lady-of-dark-country.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003ehere\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eDetails\u003c\/h5\u003e\nIn this collection of short stories, poems, and a novella, \u003cstrong\u003eSylvia V. Linsteadt\u003c\/strong\u003e explores the roots of patriarchal conquest in ancient Europe, and the possibility of something wholly different in both the deep past and the deep future. These are tales of women’s power, of a strength rooted in the dark of the moon and the nourishing soil. Within these pages, three girls call down dragons at the end of the world; Rhea Silvia, mother of Rome, tells the story of her life and her love for the river Tiber; a priestess of Delphi defies Apollo the day he comes to conquer the Python; a woman named Magdalena is accused of witchcraft in a small German town; a mountain lion leaps between ages; a group of women spin nettle fiber beyond the end of the world; and a maiden, mother and crone call forth the snakes that live in the Earth to try to overthrow a colonial empire.\n\u003ch5\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Red String\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhen Dragons Came\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Pythia\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNet\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOur Lady of Nettles\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSix Meditations of Torreya Ith\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBurning Quail Woman\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRhea Silvia\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Dark Country\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEpilogue: The Garden\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCover Art © Rima Staines 2017\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eAbout Sylvia\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou can read more about Sylvia and her other work with Hedgespoken Press \u003ca href=\"..\/..\/collections\/sylvia-v-linsteadt\" title=\"Sylvia Linsteadt at Hedgespoken Press\"\u003ehere\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e"}
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{"id":6557945462849,"title":"Tatterdemalion - 2021 paperback edition","handle":"tatterdemalion-2021-paperback-edition","description":"\u003cp\u003eNEW PAPERBACK EDITION FOR 2021!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe extraordinary post-apocalyptic novel written in response to Rima Staines' artwork, rooted deep in the folkloric traditions of Old Europe, and set in a wildly re-imagined Northern California.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #3974b5;\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e‘Exquisite: Angela Carter gone feral with Ursula le Guin. It is like a folk tale, but seen in its tattered shreds, glimpsed, but then utterly realised in language. It makes me glow; it makes my fur rise.'\u003c\/em\u003e - Jay Griffiths\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSee \u003cstrong\u003eDETAILS\u003c\/strong\u003e below for more information.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eDETAILS\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn a ruined world, what will survive are the stories we tell.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-stringify-type=\"paragraph-break\" class=\"c-mrkdwn__br\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe year is 2315. Poppy, a young boy who speaks the language of wild things, travels east to the Sierra Nevada with the wheeled and elephantine beast Lyoobov. He's seeking answers to the mysteries of his birth, and the origins of the fallen world in which he lives.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-stringify-type=\"paragraph-break\" class=\"c-mrkdwn__br\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUp in the glacial peaks, among a strange, mountainous people, a juniper tree takes Poppy deep into her roots and shows him the true stories of the people who made his world, people he thought were only myths. It is through this feral but redemptive folklore that Poppy begins to understand his own past and his place in the present.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-stringify-type=\"paragraph-break\" class=\"c-mrkdwn__br\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-stringify-type=\"paragraph-break\" class=\"c-mrkdwn__br\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUsing words and paintings to evoke a world ravaged by greed and neglect, while offering powerful visions of a wilderness that constantly renews itself, \u003cem\u003eTatterdemalion\u003c\/em\u003e is an urgent, beautiful fable for our times.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNote: this book is published by Unbound.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"content-type\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSylvia V. Linsteadt\u003c\/strong\u003e is a writer and artist based in California. Her collection of stories, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-stringify-type=\"italic\"\u003eThe Gray Fox Epistles\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, win the James D. Phelan Literary Award from the San Francisco Gibson in 2014. Her other books include \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-stringify-type=\"italic\"\u003eThe Wild Folk\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e — which was nominated for the 2019 CILIP Carnegie Medal — \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-stringify-type=\"italic\"\u003eThe Wild Folk Rising\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-stringify-type=\"italic\"\u003eOur Lady of The Dark Country\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"content-type\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRima Staines\u003c\/strong\u003e was born in London in 1979 to a family of artists. Her book illustration work includes \u003cem\u003eThe Irresistible Fairytale: The cultural and social history of a Genre\u003c\/em\u003e by Jack Zipes; \u003cem\u003eBaba Yaga: The Wild Witch of the East in Russian Fairy Tales\u003c\/em\u003e by Sibelan Forrester et al.; Catherynne M. Valente's \u003cem\u003eVentriloquism\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eSometimes A Wild God\u003c\/em\u003e by her partner \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"c-mrkdwn__highlight\"\u003eTom\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Hirons. Her paintings have been exhibited in the UK, France, the USA and New Zealand. 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PAPERBACK EDITION FOR 2021!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe extraordinary post-apocalyptic novel written in response to Rima Staines' artwork, rooted deep in the folkloric traditions of Old Europe, and set in a wildly re-imagined Northern California.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #3974b5;\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e‘Exquisite: Angela Carter gone feral with Ursula le Guin. It is like a folk tale, but seen in its tattered shreds, glimpsed, but then utterly realised in language. It makes me glow; it makes my fur rise.'\u003c\/em\u003e - Jay Griffiths\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSee \u003cstrong\u003eDETAILS\u003c\/strong\u003e below for more information.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eDETAILS\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn a ruined world, what will survive are the stories we tell.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-stringify-type=\"paragraph-break\" class=\"c-mrkdwn__br\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe year is 2315. Poppy, a young boy who speaks the language of wild things, travels east to the Sierra Nevada with the wheeled and elephantine beast Lyoobov. He's seeking answers to the mysteries of his birth, and the origins of the fallen world in which he lives.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-stringify-type=\"paragraph-break\" class=\"c-mrkdwn__br\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUp in the glacial peaks, among a strange, mountainous people, a juniper tree takes Poppy deep into her roots and shows him the true stories of the people who made his world, people he thought were only myths. It is through this feral but redemptive folklore that Poppy begins to understand his own past and his place in the present.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-stringify-type=\"paragraph-break\" class=\"c-mrkdwn__br\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-stringify-type=\"paragraph-break\" class=\"c-mrkdwn__br\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUsing words and paintings to evoke a world ravaged by greed and neglect, while offering powerful visions of a wilderness that constantly renews itself, \u003cem\u003eTatterdemalion\u003c\/em\u003e is an urgent, beautiful fable for our times.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNote: this book is published by Unbound.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"content-type\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSylvia V. Linsteadt\u003c\/strong\u003e is a writer and artist based in California. Her collection of stories, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-stringify-type=\"italic\"\u003eThe Gray Fox Epistles\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, win the James D. Phelan Literary Award from the San Francisco Gibson in 2014. Her other books include \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-stringify-type=\"italic\"\u003eThe Wild Folk\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e — which was nominated for the 2019 CILIP Carnegie Medal — \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-stringify-type=\"italic\"\u003eThe Wild Folk Rising\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-stringify-type=\"italic\"\u003eOur Lady of The Dark Country\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"content-type\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRima Staines\u003c\/strong\u003e was born in London in 1979 to a family of artists. Her book illustration work includes \u003cem\u003eThe Irresistible Fairytale: The cultural and social history of a Genre\u003c\/em\u003e by Jack Zipes; \u003cem\u003eBaba Yaga: The Wild Witch of the East in Russian Fairy Tales\u003c\/em\u003e by Sibelan Forrester et al.; Catherynne M. Valente's \u003cem\u003eVentriloquism\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eSometimes A Wild God\u003c\/em\u003e by her partner \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"c-mrkdwn__highlight\"\u003eTom\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Hirons. Her paintings have been exhibited in the UK, France, the USA and New Zealand. Rima and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"c-mrkdwn__highlight\"\u003eTom\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e live with their two young sons in Devon, UK, where they run Hedgespoken — a small press and travelling storytelling theatre.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eRead more about the birth of Tatterdemalion and extracts from the book \u003ca title=\"Tatterdemalion by Sylvia V Linsteadt and Rima Staines\" href=\"https:\/\/unbound.com\/books\/tatterdemalion\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ehere\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eFORMAT\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback | 214 pages\u003cbr\u003ePublication date: June 2021\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Unbound\u003cbr\u003eISBN13: 9781783529568\u003c\/p\u003e"}
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Linsteadt's prose will be known to many of our readers through the astonishing epic that is \u003cem\u003eTatterdemalion\u003c\/em\u003e and the cult-status collection of short stories, \u003cem\u003eOur Lady of the Dark Country\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eDETAILS\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSylvia V. Linsteadt\u003c\/strong\u003e is the author of the middle-grade fantasy novel \u003cem\u003eThe Wild Folk\u003c\/em\u003e, a short story collection called \u003cem\u003eOur Lady of the Dark Country, \u003c\/em\u003eand the folkloric novel \u003cem\u003eTatterdemalion\u003c\/em\u003e with artist Rima Staines, as well as two books about the cultural and natural history of the San Francisco Bay Area, where she is from.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBULL · POPPY · STAR is part of the \u003cstrong\u003eSeven Doors in an Unyielding Stone\u003c\/strong\u003e series (see below for all the titles in the series) for Autumn 2018. 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