I was delighted last week to discover that Alex Marchant – author of the wonderful The Order of the White Boar and The King’s Man books – was in the process of editing a Richard III anthology to raise money for the Scoliosis Association UK.
I was even more delighted to find that there was still time to submit stories to the project, so you can imagine how over the moon I am to have had both stories – Long Live the King and Myth and Man – accepted for the book.
The anthology – Grant Me the Carving of My Name – is due out in December 2018. The title comes from the poem (written for the king’s 2015 reinterment) by Carol Anne Duffy, and is used with her permission.
A number of noted Ricardians have contributed to the book, including Matthew Lewis (Richard III: Loyalty Binds Me), J. P. Reedman (I, Richard Plantagenet), Jennifer Wilson (Kindred Spirits) and Wendy Johnson (of the Looking for Richard Project).
The image here by Riikka Katajisto will be used on the cover.
Alex says of the project:
The collection will comprise a range of short fiction, from specially written short stories, through flash fiction, to excerpts from longer Ricardian works, some light-hearted, others darker in tone – hopefully something to appeal to everyone! In fact, the ideal Christmas stocking-filler for any Ricardian – or anyone you hope may become a Ricardian!
The anthology will be dedicated to the late Dr John Ashdown-Hill, whose tireless work did so much to further the Ricardian cause.
Stay tuned for more news as I get it!