<p> Aurora Award - Best Work in English (Other), Nominee 2007 </p><p> Aurora Award - Best Short-Form Work in English finalist for: <i>All the Cool Monsters at Once</i>, James Alan Gardner <i>This Ink Feels Like Sorrow</i>, Karin Lowachee </p><p> <i>What happens When myth Meets storyteller? Something new is born. Mythspring</i> </p><p> Song and story. Myth and tradition. They are a shared legacy that both satisfies and inspires. Join these talented authors as they celebrate the rich, diverse, and occasionally truly odd culture of our country. </p><p> <i>Mythspring</i> is an anthology of original short speculative fiction, including fantasy, science fiction, and horror, where each story is derived from a Canadian song, folktale, myth, or other cultural source. Excerpts of the source text or image appears in the book with each story, along with a brief description of how the author was inspired by it. </p><p> Includes stories from notable speculative fiction authors such as </p><p> Charles de Lint James Alan Gardener Alison Baird Tanya Huff and Karin Lowachee. </p><p> The stories will be suitable for an older young adult audience, and the book will be of great interest to educators. It will be included as a "special event" volume within the <i>Realms of Wonder</i> series of original fantasy anthologies. Be inspired. Celebrate our wealth of ideas and talent. Taste the delights of <i>Mythspring</i>. </p> (Ingram 2017-08-08)