{"id":4796,"date":"2015-07-08T00:06:03","date_gmt":"2015-07-08T04:06:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/?p=4796"},"modified":"2015-07-08T00:06:03","modified_gmt":"2015-07-08T04:06:03","slug":"a-flock-of-shiny-stories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/?p=4796","title":{"rendered":"A Flock of Shiny Stories!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Do you know what happened today? My friend’s latest anthology, CORVIDAE<\/em>, was released.<\/p>\n

\"Corvidae<\/p>\n

Associated with life and death, disease and luck, corvids have long captured mankind\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s attention, showing up in mythology as the companions or manifestations of deities, and starring in stories from Aesop to Poe and beyond.<\/p>\n

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In Corvidae birds are born of blood and pain, trickster ravens live up to their names, magpies take human form, blue jays battle evil forces, and choughs become prisoners of war. These stories will take you to the Great War, research facilities, frozen mountaintops, steam-powered worlds, remote forest homes, and deep into fairy tales. One thing is for certain, after reading this anthology, you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll never look the same way at the corvid outside your window.<\/p>\n

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Featuring works by Jane Yolen, Mike Allen, C.S.E. Cooney, M.L.D. Curelas, Tim Deal, Megan Engelhardt, Megan Fennell, Adria Laycraft, Kat Otis, Michael S. Pack, Sara Puls, Michael M. Rader, Mark Rapacz, Angela Slatter, Laura VanArendonk Baugh, and Leslie Van Zwol<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

As a fan of birds and Rhonda, I’m looking forward to reading this collection. Blue jays are not an uncommon sight in my neighborhood, though sightings of Rhonda Parrish are rare. In fact, she has yet to come this far\u00c2\u00a0South in her travels.<\/p>\n

Corvidae<\/em> is the\u00c2\u00a0second book in the Rhonda Parrish’s Magical Menageries Series. I have to share some of the praise this anthology has received. You’ll\u00c2\u00a0notice it’s quite the mixture of professions.<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Smart and dark like the corvids themselves, this excellent collection of stories and poems will bring you a murder of chills, a tiding of intrigue, a band of the fantastic, and\u00e2\u20ac\u201dmost of all\u00e2\u20ac\u201dan unkindness of sleepy mornings after you’ve stayed up too late reading it!\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u201d Karen Dudley, author of Kraken Bake<\/em><\/p>\n

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\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Magic and corvids collide in this certain to intrigue anthology.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u201d Joshua Klein, hacker and inventor of the crow vending machine<\/p>\n

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\u00e2\u20ac\u0153A creepy, crazy kaleidoscope of corvids,<\/strong> Corvidae<\/em> is what happens when you bring together ingenious writers and sagacious subjects. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s nothing short of a thrill ride when this anthology takes flight.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u201d Susan G. Friedman, Ph. D., Utah State University; behaviorworks.org.<\/p>\n

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\u00e2\u20ac\u0153As sparkling and varied as a corvid\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s hoard of treasures, Corvidae <\/em>is by turns playful and somber, menacing and mischievous. From fairy tale to steampunk adventure, from field of war to scene of crime, these magical birds will take you to places beyond your wildest imaginings.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u201d\u00c2\u00a0 Jennifer Crow, poet and corvid-by-marriage<\/p>\n

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“Corvidae<\/em> evokes the majesty and mischief of corvid mythologies worldwide\u00e2\u20ac\u201dand beyond our world\u00e2\u20ac\u201din a collection that is fresh and thoroughly enjoyable.”<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u201d Beth Cato, author of The Clockwork Dagger<\/em><\/p>\n

To learn more about Corvidae<\/em> visit the official World Weaver Press site<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Do you know what happened today? My friend’s latest anthology, CORVIDAE, was released. Associated with life and death, disease and luck, corvids have long captured mankind\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s attention, showing up in mythology as the companions or manifestations of deities, and starring in stories from Aesop to Poe and beyond.   In Corvidae birds are born of… Continue reading A Flock of Shiny Stories!<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[792,798,801,786,787,793,799,800,802,797,790,791,796,794,788,142,795,789],"class_list":["post-4796","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-event","tag-adria-laycraft","tag-angela-slatter","tag-c-s-e-cooney","tag-corvidae","tag-jane-yolen","tag-kat-otis","tag-laura-vanarendonk-baugh","tag-leslie-van-zwol","tag-m-l-d-curelas","tag-mark-rapacz","tag-megan-engelhardt","tag-megan-fennell","tag-michael-m-rader","tag-michael-s-pack","tag-mike-allen","tag-rhonda-parrish","tag-sara-puls","tag-tim-deal","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4796","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4796"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4796\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4799,"href":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4796\/revisions\/4799"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4796"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4796"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4796"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}