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Wrightales, Fairytales for Grownups (Who have never Quite Grown Up) The first nine stories are finally available as a collection. Though not handbound, they are beautifully presented in single volume, either in hardcover of softcover, through Xlibris.com. This collection can also be downloaded as a podcast at podiobooks.com beginning sometime in July 2007. You can listen to me reading all nine stories over the space of 16 episodes. The podcast is free (though donations are encouraged!) |
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Picking Up the Pieces is the newest Wrightale. It is a story about hubris and innocence, nature and artifice. Horace, a lazy, ex-apprentice wizard, uses a bit of pilfered magic to steal–quite literally–the best parts of the best stories from the best storytellers in the land in the hope of winning a great prize. He does not know or care what wreckage he leaves in his wake. It takes a young girl and an old man to set things right again. Read the beginning of Picking Up the Pieces…. |
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Tears of the Sun is a Solstice story. A winter tale for braving the darkest part of the year, it is a personal exploration of the celebrations of light and community with which we mark the dead of winter. Share this story of overcoming the dark with friends.Read the beginning of Tears of the Sun… |
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Slightly West of Nowhere, the seventh Wrightale, is a story about making choices and about not making them. When Gileal cannot decide which road to take, her brother warns her, “Choices must be made as they appear, or quicker than a sneeze they are gone.” Choices are that much harder to make when roads disappear and shadowy Nowhere men hunt you. But isn’t no choice better than the wrong choice? Read the beginning of Slightly West of Nowhere… |
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The first Wrightale came about as a birthday gift for a friend turning forty. The Heart of the Matter (© 1996 Lisa Wright) is the story of a dream deferred: a story that might sound familiar to anyone who has had to set their dream aside while they dealt with raising a family or simply trying to make a living. My friend was not the only one turning forty, and the story went beyond one person’s story to speak to many. The first edition of twenty copies was followed by a second edition of fifty and then a third edition of one hundred. Other smaller editions followed as each year brought another tale to join the first. The book is 37 pages long, the equivalent of a 16 or 17 page full-sized standard book.Read the beginning of The Heart of the Matter… |
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Wild Goose Chase (© 1996 Lisa Wright) came next. It is a story of the danger of following the “straight and narrow” too closely. Young Tib catches hold of her wild goose hoping to fly all the way to the Gates of Hope only to tumble off before she reaches her goal. Now she must figure out how to avoid the vines of sorrow, the pit of envy and all the other dangers along the way. It is 49 pages long, the equivalent of a standard 25 page book. Read the beginning of Wild Goose Chase … |
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The Accidental Sage (© 1998 Lisa Wright) is the story of a man who has no talent for happiness. He has traveled the world, but only discovers the secret in the strangest of circumstances. The Accidental Sage is a fable for people in search of The Secret of Happiness. The shortest of the Wrightales at 26 pages, it is the equivalent of a standard 12 page book. Read the opening of The Accidental Sage… |
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In Farther Than The Eye Can See (© 1999 Lisa Wright) Nemonee is quite literally torn in two between finishing her apprenticeship to a silversmith and following her soul across the broad river to the exotic sun drenched country on the other side.Read the opening of Farther Than The Eye Can See… |
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Between the Darkness and the Dawn (© 2000 Lisa Wright) is the story of a fledgling storyteller. It explores the power of stories for good and ill as well as the challenge of sticking with your dream once its lost its original thrill. The longest of the Wrightales to date, it is 113 pages (the equivalent of a standard 50 page book.) Read the beginning of Between the Darkness and the Dawn… |
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In the Forest of the Wild Boar (© 2002 Lisa Wright) peers into the heart of a community. An act of generosity leads to loss and a village is sunk into a joyless existence until an unlikely heroine discovers the key that will unlock that joy once more. This story is 42 pages long (the equivalent of a full-sized 35 page book.)Read the beginning of In the Forest of the Wild Boar… |
