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'Tom Hickathrift', as retold by Joseph Jacobs
Welcome to Issue Ten of The Orange and Bee, and to this issue’s traditional tale (with discussion and writing prompts!): a traditional English tale collected and edited/retold by Joseph Jacobs in 1894.
An 1844 chapbook edition of ‘Tom Hick...
Rest in peace, Master Pruner
We are utterly delighted to bring you this delightful ever-after tale, riffing on the imagery of Carlo Collodi’s famous novel, Pinocchio, and exploring what happens after the titular character becomes a real boy.
The story was written in...
Recording of the May Orange Salon with Fran Wilde
We’re delighted to share with you, our paid subscribers, the recording of our May 2025, salon with Fran Wilde.
We’re delighted to share with you, our paid subscribers, the recording of our May 2025, salon with Fran Wilde. Enjoy!
May Salon with Fran Wilde
Come along to our May 2026 Salon with guest salonniere, Fran Wilde
It’s nearly time!
Reading roundtable: A catalog of storms
by Fran Wilde
We are thrilled to have the opportunity to chat with award-winning author Fran Wilde in the upcoming Orange Salon later this week, and it seemed like the perfect opportunity to introduce readers to Fran’s incredible body of w...
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This is the shared email account for The Orange & Bee, edited by Carina Bissett and Nike Sulway
Georgina Kamsika is a speculative fiction writer born in Yorkshire, England, to British Asian immigrant parents and has spent most of her life explaining her English first name, Polish surname and South Asian features.
Escritor de novelas y relatos cortos. Profesor de escritura creativa. Editor. Adicto irremediable a youtube. Padre del sol y la luna infinitos. Su madre es samurai y su padre calçot. Creo en el poder de las historias.
Writer, reader, teacher, eternal student. Lost child. Hopeless romantic.
Carina Bissett is an award-winning editor, writer, and poet working primarily in the fields of dark fiction and fabulism.
Poet and Bay area transplant. MLIS with archive focus from SJSU. BA in English OSU. Recently published in Red Ogre Review and Nonbinary Review.
Poet, Essayist, Translator, Beekeeper
Crafting fantastical, genre-fluid stories for whoever will listen
Gemma Church is a sci-fi and fantasy writer. With two physics degrees, she also works as a science writer, mainly telling people about quantum computing. She also has a diploma in creative writing from Cambridge University and a Countdown teapot.
Writer, reader, housing advocate Hammock napper with 30+ years of experience
Writer, Palliative Care Doctor, Cat Dad, Human Dad
Monica Louzon (she/her) is a queer USian writer, editor and translator. Her stories, poems, translations, and essays have appeared in over 50 publications. Her story "9 Dystopias" was a Best Microfiction 2023 winner.
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