Introduction by Kate Forsyth

Internal illustrations by James Blake

Five novellas (two original to the collection) by the multiple award-winning writer. All of the works are in some way based on or inspired by medieval literature and history.

Includes

• “The Death of Pamela”
• “Crown of Rowan”
• “Wild Dreams of Blood” (first print publication)
• “The Year of Ancient Ghosts” (original)
• “The Lark and the River” (original)

Introduction by Lisa L. Hannett

Illustrations by Kathleen Jennings

Winner of the Aurealis Award

Best-selling legends of Australian fantasy Kate Forsyth and Kim Wilkins have teamed up in this collection of 7 incredible stories, all original and never-before published.

One English village. Two thousand years of stories.

People have always come to make wishes at the Silver Well: in Pagan times and Christian, during revolution and war. When Rosie arrives in the tiny village of Cerne Abbas with a broken heart, she becomes connected across the centuries with others who have yearned for something. Seven stories, set in seven time periods, reveal the deepest longings of the human heart.

• Prologue – The Wishing Tree
• The Blessing
• My Sister’s Ghost
• The True Confession of Obedience-to-God Ashe
• The Cunning Woman’s Daughter
• The End of Everything
• The Giant
• Epilogue – The Past is Not Dead