Prologue
This is the first in an irregular series of "Special Dispatch" essays for Folklore & Fiction subscribers. There likely won't be more than one of these a month and possibly fewer than that, since my goal isn't to be a "content provider" but to share ideas with people who might be interested in them. You need to have an account on the Folklore & Fiction website and be subscribed to the newsletter to read these essays, but only because I value my work and don't care to have it scraped by LLMs. At most, you'll get 2-3 emails a month from me; the regular monthly newsletter, an essay, and the occasional announcement, so I'm aiming to keep you informed without flooding your inbox. Onward! [ . . . ]
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Dr. Ceallaigh S. MacCath-Moran holds B.A. in Celtic Studies from the University of Toronto, an M.A. in English and Creative Writing from the University of Maine, and a PhD in Folklore from Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador. She's also an author, poet, and musician under the names Ceallaigh S. MacCath-Moran and C.S. MacCath. Her long-running Folklore & Fiction project integrates these passions with a focus on folklore scholarship aimed at storytellers, and she brings a deep appreciation of animism, ecology, and folkloristics to her own storytelling. You can find her online at csmaccath.com, folkloreandfiction.com, and linktr.ee/csmaccath.
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