An extract from my brand-new novel, Cage of Nightingales, out December 2023 from Deep Hearts YA. Tammo falls through a window and meets Carlo, a castrato singer. https://deepheartsya.com/cage-of-nightingales/ @angeliocitystate

A medieval knight has a strange secret - he is a werewolf! Taken from Asexual Myths & Tales by Elizabeth Hopkinson. Read by the author. https://www.silverwoodbooks.co.uk/asexual-myths-tales-by-elizabeth-hopkinson Buy me a Ko-fi! https://ko-fi.com/elizabethhopkinson48513 Website: http://www.elizabethhopkinson.uk/

An asexual retelling of Hans Andersen’s Little Mermaid, with reference to the Greek myth of Echo & Narcissus. Taken from Asexual Myths & Tales by Elizabeth Hopkinson. Read by the author. https://www.silverwoodbooks.co.uk/asexual-myths-tales-by-elizabeth-hopkinson Buy me a Ko-fi! https://ko-fi.com/elizabethhopkinson48513 Website: http://www.elizabethhopkinson.uk/

The podcast is on a short break, but join me in October for tales of goddesses, werewolves, bearded lady saints and more! http://www.elizabethhopkinson.uk/

This month, during the break between seasons, we have a special treat for you. Owen Staton of Time Between Times Storytelling takes us to the firepit at the heart of the forest with The Dragons of Dinas Emrys, a tale from North Wales, and a kind of prequel to the Arthurian Legend. Listen to Owen’s podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/time-between-times-storytelling-with-owen-staton/id1573244734

Season Finale! In this original tale, a village has lost its children to the forest. Or has it? Taken from Asexual Fairy Tales by Elizabeth Hopkinson. Read by the author. https://www.silverwoodbooks.co.uk/asexual-fairy-tales-by-elizabeth-hopkinson Buy me a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/elizabethhopkinson48513 Website: http://www.elizabethhopkinson.uk/ Twitter: @hidden_grove

This month, we have a literary fairy tale from the silent films of the 1920s, and a man who sleeps in a glass coffin, only to awaken without desire. Taken from Asexual Fairy Tales by Elizabeth Hopkinson. Read by the author. https://www.silverwoodbooks.co.uk/asexual-fairy-tales-by-elizabeth-hopkinson Buy me a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/elizabethhopkinson48513 Website: http://www.elizabethhopkinson.uk/ Twitter: @hidden_grove

This month’s story is a German fairy tale about a girl who is adopted by the Virgin Mary and given the gift of being “indifferent to the stirrings of love”. Taken from Asexual Fairy Tales by Elizabeth Hopkinson. Read by the author. https://www.silverwoodbooks.co.uk/asexual-fairy-tales-by-elizabeth-hopkinson Buy me a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/elizabethhopkinson48513 Website: http://www.elizabethhopkinson.uk/ Twitter: @hidden_grove

This month’s tale is a brief episode from the Arthurian Legend, in which I reveal Sir Galahad as one of my asexual icons. Taken from Asexual Fairy Tales by Elizabeth Hopkinson. Read by the author. https://www.silverwoodbooks.co.uk/asexual-fairy-tales-by-elizabeth-hopkinson Buy me a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/elizabethhopkinson48513 Website: http://www.elizabethhopkinson.uk/ Twitter: @hidden_grove

This month: an original tale by the author, inspired by medieval romances. A mysterious woman keeps twelve young lords imprisoned behind mirrors. Taken from Asexual Fairy Tales by Elizabeth Hopkinson. Read by the author. https://www.silverwoodbooks.co.uk/asexual-fairy-tales-by-elizabeth-hopkinson Buy me a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/elizabethhopkinson48513 Website: http://www.elizabethhopkinson.uk/ Twitter: @hidden_grove