EDITOR’S NOTE: After you read this lovely story, scroll down to download Jamin Still’s magical painting as a free wallpaper. All that his unquelled grief bestowed, and love, that doubles grief -Boethius In a tower, in a village, in a kingdom by the sea, was a lyre unlike any other. Over the door of the […]
The Beautiful Place
Once there was a girl who wanted, more than anything, to sail around the world. It is a strange wish. A wish for an extraordinary thing. She stands at the window of her house, at the very edge of her village, staring out into the sea. She waits for her father. But she knows that […]
The Wishes of the Fish King
I’m so excited about this. Our own Jamin Still is an amazing artist and Doug McKelvey is wonderful writer. This promises to be fantastic. I hope our Story Warren community will get behind this project! —S. D. Smith The Wishes of the Fish King is my latest illustration project, and I couldn’t be more excited […]
Ellen and the Winter Wolves
Here’s an extended preview of our own Jamin Still’s excellent debut book, Ellen & the Winter Wolves. Our family really enjoyed this story. The art is wonderful and engaged all my kids (aged from 3 to 12). My six year old son especially enjoyed finding all the secret images hidden in each illustration. I’m confident […]
Verity Finds the Words
Editor’s Note: You can get Helena’s Shiloh Series, the entire trilogy in print, for only $30 (for a limited time). See here! The floor was polka-dotted with buttons. Blue and red and yellow and green. Round and square and scalloped. Someone had bumped the button jar and spilled it, but it wasn’t Verity. She […]