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The Lady of the Fountain, With a Twist

8/24/2016

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Illustration: The Lady of the Fountain by Alan Lee

I'm happy to have signed a contract for my second sale to Heroic Fantasy Quarterly, this time for a re-telling of the Arthurian romance, The Lady of the Fountain. (Many thanks to Alan Lee for permission to post his beautiful illustration of the same name, from the Gwyn Jones, Thomas Jones translation, The Mabinogion.)

The Lady of the Fountain is described in the article at BBC Wales - History as "One of the Three Welsh romances associated with the Mabinogion... The hero of the tale, Owain, is based on the historical figure Owain mab Urien." But this is my retelling. In this tale, the story is told from the point of view of the Lady's handmaid, Luned, who, while instrumental in the original, is something more in this version. I've wanted to write a story based on this tale for years, at one time even considering a novel, but the incarnation that came out ended up surprising me.

"The Price of Duty" won't be out until next spring, but I think this story has found its perfect home at HFQ.
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