As the Dark Witch’s most valued and gifted dressmaker, sixteen-year-old Rosanna Mapleven knows all there is to know about the finest silks, the best stitches, and the most flattering patterns. What she doesn’t know is how to evict the evil fairy that possesses her, or how to stop seeing the ghostly apparitions of long-ago murdered girls. But Rosanna must find a way to succeed in both areas; else she will die, and the Curse of the Winged Wight will never be broken. Madeline Dyer’s new novella, a gothic fairy tale inspired by Charles Perrault’s “The Sleeping Beauty” (1697), is perfect for fans of Marissa Meyer, Robin McKinley, and Alethea Kontis. "The Curse of the Winged Wight" first appeared in Ever in the After: 13 Fantasy Tales (April 2017), a charity anthology.
Author
Madeline Dyer is a novelist, poet, and anthologist. She is the author of the SIBA-award-winning Untamed series and the Dangerous Ones trilogy, as well as the Aces in Love series (written as Elin Annalise) and the Roseheart Ballet Academy series (written as Elin Dyer). She is the editor of the Being Ace anthology and co-editor of the Unbound anthology, which was a Suspense Magazine “Best Of” 2021 pick and was named a Foreword INDIES 2021 finalist. She teaches writing and is in the final year of her MFA in Creative Writing at Kingston University London. In 2020, she founded YA Thriller Con, a yearly online celebration of everything thriller, crime, and mystery. She has a herd of Shetland ponies, loves anything ghostly, and can frequently be found exploring wild places. At least one notebook is known to follow her everywhere she goes.
