We craft and tell stories because we’ve stood on the uncertain edge between the waking world and our imagination, between enchantment and fear. And we remember other stories that help us build our own stories, scraps of lumber and fragments of narrative we gather together to make stories for ourselves.
We are delighted to announce the release of a new issue of Unsettling Wonder, on the theme of Tales of Kismet. This issue examines the age-old question of whether the life we’ve been living is…Continue Reading
Call for Submissions Unsettling Wonder: a Journal of Folk and Fairy Tales Issue 6: Tales of Kismet The word Kismet has been gifted to the English language from the Turkish and Arabic. It has its…Continue Reading
Thanks to popular demand and critical acclaim, we’re delighted to announce the release of a new paperback edition of Claire Dean’s debut short story collection, The Museum of Shadows and Reflections. If you had the bad…Continue Reading
Image from the Hungry Ghost festival celebrated in china in early autumn
In honour of All Hallows’ Eve, here are three ghost stories from the Monguor, in northwestern China. Notice how strikingly different—and yet how eerily similar!—these are to European tales on similar motifs.
It is with great pleasure that we announce the publication of the newest book in our mythic arts series: The Museum of Shadows and Reflections by Claire Dean is a strange, troubling, and chillingly beautiful…Continue Reading
Our imaginations are easily caught up in new interpretations of these familiar stories, and it’s likely we’ll never stop reusing those tropes while we still retain them in our cultural memories. Join us in an interview with author Arielle K. Harris.
Aikaterini Gegisian, A Small Guide to the Invisible Seas (The Sea of Passions, 6) 2015, Collage on paper, 27.8 x 42.5 cm, Courtesy of the artist & Kalfayan Galleries, Athens-Thessaloniki
An interview with Aikaterini Gegisian by Defne Cizakca Part 2 of 2 Our second meeting took place in the summer. We met in Istanbul, at a bustling café in the neighbourhood of Nişantaşı. Aikaterini had…Continue Reading
