ARTIFICE & CRAFT:

Art is everywhere. Our drive and ability to create for the sake of creativity defines us as a species and enriches our cultures, our societies, our lives. The best of these works of art, from novels to paintings to statues to music, are imbued with a special kind of magic. But when that magic is literal—when Wilde's Picture of Dorian Gray ages instead of the actual man, and Mozart's Magic Flute plays its protective song—art takes on a whole new meaning. In ARTIFICE & CRAFT, we invite writers of fantasy, science fiction, horror, and other speculative fiction to spin their own tales of works of art that have been enchanted, hexed, charmed, or cursed.

Edited by Edmund R. Schubert & David B. Coe, ARTIFICE & CRAFT will contain approximately fourteen stories with an average length of 6,000 words each. Anchor authors include:

• Alex Bledsoe (recorded music), 
• Julie E. Czerneda (glass sculpture), 
• Alethea Kontis (wooden doll/puppetry), 
• James Maxey (video game art OR ice sculpture),
• C.E. Murphy, 
• Adam Stemple (cursed song), and 
• Catherynne M. Valente