Episode 182: The Wistful Wild

Notes:

Stephanie is an active member within the Instagram writing community, where we first connected with her. Her independently published fantasy debut novel A Land of Light and Shadow was released in May ‘20 and a collection of fairytale retelling short stories were published under the title Flower and Cloak in January ‘22.

This collection of fairytale inspired poems was released on February 1, 2023 under the title The Wistful Wild: Fairy Tale Poems of Longing and Ferocity and also features poems from authors - Stephanie Escobar, Caitlin Gemmell, Cortney Joseph, Jess Lynn, and our own Fable - Beth Stedman.

Stephanie is an active presence within the Instagram writing community and you can connect with her on Instagram at @author.stephanieascough and on her website at StephanieAscough.wordpress.com

In this episode, we touch on the following previous podcast episode where we interviewed Stephanie Ascough:

- Episode 50: Interview with Stephanie Ascough

Interspersed throughout this episode, several of the authors read short selections from their poems. Here are the names of the poems and the authors names, along with the timestamps:

- “Once Upon a Time” by Jess Lynn - 12:06

- “The Mermaid’s Sacrifice” by Beth Stedman - 17:24

- “Mirror, Mirror” by Cortney Joseph - 22:06

- “Three Women” by Stephanie Ascough - 27:39

- “Vigil” by Stephanie Escobar - 30:12

Books and Movies Mentioned:

- The Wistful Wild: Fairy Tale Poems of Longing and Ferocity by Stephanie Ascough, Stephanie Escobar, Caitlin Gemmell, Cortney Joseph, Jess Lynn, and Beth Stedman

- Deerskin by Robin McKinley

- Beauty and the Beast (1991) - Directed by Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise

Music from: https://filmmusic.io
‘Friendly day’ by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
Licence: CC BY (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)