I am SO excited to share with you news of our newest book! Created over the summer and ready to land in your hands in glorious illustrated form.
You can order the hardback edition here
And the paperback edition here
The Selkie's Tale is a compendium of adult fairy tales.
Tipping our hats to writers such as Angela Carter and Dr Clarissa Pinkola Estés, this compilation of tales features fairy stories with a twist.
We are redefining “happily ever after” and what it means for a life to be “like a fairy tale,” claiming back their messier, darker, more honest and authentic roots. And their true purpose - to caution, to reveal, to explore. Each story was created following in the ancient tradition of humans holding up a mythic veil to drape over the everyday world, weaving tales that both help the writer to process their own adventures in a creative way, and enable them share important things they have learned about being (and staying) alive.
These stories were created during Wild Essence’s The Selkie’s Tale programme in 2022, an 11 week deep dive into the realm of therapeutic storytelling, held by Jessi Marino and Sam Goodlet, who have stories to share too. Wild Essence is a portal for wellness, wealth and witchcraft, offering transformational courses and experiences. We will be running future rounds of this writing offering and making more magickal books if this realm of wordsmithing transmutation calls to your heart.
Our title is inspired by the tales of the Seal Folk, the Selkies from Northern Europe and Celtic lands. Shapeshifting beings who can take on human or seal form. And one over-story weaves around the individual tales by the 9 authors, bringing journal prompts, rituals, recipes and other tools for your own contemplation and practice.
Each story was created following in the ancient tradition of humans holding up a mythic veil to drape over the everyday world, weaving tales that both help the writer to process their own adventures in a creative way, and enable them share important things they have learned about being (and staying) alive.
Your authors have collectively navigated abuse, bereavement, neurodiversity, mental and physical health challenges, romance, divorce, motherhood, abortion, menopause, bankruptcy, a pandemic, and all sorts of other adventures that are simply a part of a 21st century human life…