An enchantress’s curse turns a spoiled royal into a beast;
a princess’s pricked finger places her under a hundred-year spell;
bales of straw are spun as golden as the singing harp whisked down a giant beanstalk –
all within sight of Wilderhark, the forest that’s seen it all.
You’ve heard the stories –
of young men scaling rope-like braids to assist the tower-bound damsel;
of gorgeous gowns appearing just in time for a midnight ball;
of frog princes, and swan princes, and princes saved from drowning by maidens of the sea.
Tales of magic. Tales of adventure. Most of all, tales of true love.
Once upon a time, you knew them as fairytales.
Know them now as Wilderhark’s.
a princess’s pricked finger places her under a hundred-year spell;
bales of straw are spun as golden as the singing harp whisked down a giant beanstalk –
all within sight of Wilderhark, the forest that’s seen it all.
You’ve heard the stories –
of young men scaling rope-like braids to assist the tower-bound damsel;
of gorgeous gowns appearing just in time for a midnight ball;
of frog princes, and swan princes, and princes saved from drowning by maidens of the sea.
Tales of magic. Tales of adventure. Most of all, tales of true love.
Once upon a time, you knew them as fairytales.
Know them now as Wilderhark’s.
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Also Available from the World of the Wilderhark Tales:
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Once upon a time, you knew tales of Wilderhark’s Great Land.
But what of the Isles to the Far East? In “Beyond Her Infinity”, Wilderhark Tales author Danielle E. Shipley spins two short stories with leading roles from the fairytale world’s minority culture. “The Queen’s Lady” – Three gallant royal guardsmen learn just how far one Islander will go for the sake of her friend: Into a strange land. Into a cruel exile. Even into the hands of a darkly dangerous power.
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“To Walk the Storm” – With his country falling to ruin, a king sends his heirs in search of foreign aid. But the favor of the Isles’ supernatural patron is not so easily won.
Once upon a time, ‘wandering songster’ was no kind of career for a woman.
Now one minstrel-in-the-making is going to change Wilderhark’s tune.
Now one minstrel-in-the-making is going to change Wilderhark’s tune.
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From the author who introduced Wilderhark Tales’ Gant-o’-the-Lute and Outlaws of Avalon’s Allyn-a-Dale, a new voice rises into a brave ballad of its own: That of a girl with an ear for music and a heart determined to follow wherever it leads, no matter what forces of man – or of nature – stand against her.
“The Soul Shepherdess” – Young Solwen’s fateful encounter with a man o’ music and his sullen apprentice opens her eyes to the road she’s destined to take, along with the hardship that will be her traveling companion.
“In the Window” – Although Harper Rove-a-Day couldn’t feel less qualified to serve as minstrel master to his extraordinary trainee, he just may have what it takes to learn a lesson or two from her. |
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“The Names She Played” – To hear hidden music is not merely Solwen’s gift, but her only chance in a deadly game with one of the world’s oldest songs.
Tales of singing. Tales of striving. Most of all, tales of true love.
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Musical Excerpt: "Song of the Soul Shepherdess", Verse One
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Musical Excerpt: "Song of the Soul Shepherdess", Verse One
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When a young girl is startled awake by a singular light in the sky, her father spins her a tale made of sunbeams and stardust -- the tale of a radiant princess and the two opposite hearts that loved her. Adapted from "The Sun's Rival", Book Five of the Wilderhark Tales novellas by author Danielle E. Shipley, and illustrated by artist Hannah Vale ("The Tale of Two Royal Sisters"), "The Princess and the Moon" is sure to charm readers young and old, both by day and by night. Buy the Picture Book! |
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Which Wilderhark Tales Princess Are You?
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Spreading vast and ever watchful since before
“once upon a time…”, the forest of Wilderhark has seen its share of magic, adventure, and truest love. Now, in these stories inspired by the reader-acclaimed Wilderhark Tales novellas, journey beyond the forest for tales never before told. Some faces and places may prove familiar. Others may be all-new. The world of Wilderhark awaits. Go forth and be enchanted. |
People and Places Pronunciation Guide
Includes any and all recurring and/or particularly tricky-looking names in the series, no matter how obvious the pronunciations may seem
to the mind who made most of them up. In instances where trying to spell them more phonetically only serves to make them look more hideously complicated,
I’ve simply EMBOLDENED/CAPITALIZED the syllable(s) to stress.
This online guide includes names from Books One and Two*. Books Three onward will have relevant guides included at the end of the book.
*(…and any names from Three onward that I for whatever reason neglected to include in the in-book guides.)
Includes any and all recurring and/or particularly tricky-looking names in the series, no matter how obvious the pronunciations may seem
to the mind who made most of them up. In instances where trying to spell them more phonetically only serves to make them look more hideously complicated,
I’ve simply EMBOLDENED/CAPITALIZED the syllable(s) to stress.
This online guide includes names from Books One and Two*. Books Three onward will have relevant guides included at the end of the book.
*(…and any names from Three onward that I for whatever reason neglected to include in the in-book guides.)
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Alurinn = ALurinn
anarchwitch = AN-ark (as in “anarchy”) + witch Anuranda = an-ur-AN-duh Ariana = ah-ree-AH-nah (all short “A”s and a long “I”) Benedeck = BENedeck (like “Benedict”, just with “deck” swapped for “dict”) Cersegg = SER-sehg Denebdeor = DeNEBdeor Edgwyn Wyle = EDJ-wihn (like “edge” + “win”) WYLE (like “while”) Emmett Down = EMMett DOWN Folkrich Ermond = FOLKrich ERmond Harrold Babbit = HARE-uld BABbit Hefford Hammlyn = HEFFord (like if “heifer” were a verb and you put it in the past tense) HAM-linn Mallory Carey = MALlory CAREy Orsheim = ORSE-hyme |
Peasecod Sea = PEASEcod SEA
Peasequay = PEES-kway Pompion = POM-pee-on Rohrburing = ROAR-burr-ing Rosalba = ro-ZAHL-buh (like “rose” + “albatross”, minus the “tross” bit) Sigmund = SIGmund Soyenne = soy-EHN Sula = SOO-luh Tipsilvren = TIPsilvren Ursula = ER-soo-luh (like the sea witch in Disney’s “Little Mermaid”) Villem Deere = VILLem DEERE Walzscoria = wall-SCOR-ee-uh Wilderhark = WILL-dur-hark Wilhelmina = will-uh-MEEN-uh |
