A young woman braves the wrath of a winter goddess to learn a lost magic. Another throws the tarot for an unrequited love and finds only a mirror in the cards. Two sisters make a terrible choice to preserve one of them from harm. Shatter and Rise brings together three ballads from C.S. MacCath's repertoire of original songs to address the resilience, the heartache, and the power of magical women. Hit "play," curl your hands around a tisane, and be transported.
Greetings, and mòran taing for taking the time to read my newsletter. This is the September 2026 edition of Folkbyte, and it's another brief missive. Onward!
Dispatches from the Word Mines
The Storyteller's Guide to Folklore progresses apace. I'll finish the Curse chapter by the end of this week, which will mean the book is two-thirds completed. I'm aiming for a draft in the late autumn and completed edits by Yuletide, but this will depend on the demands of the Folk Life section of the book, which I'll be writing next.
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