The Witch Tells The Story And Makes It True

Revisiting the forest Hansel and Gretel stumble into, The Witch Tells the Story and Makes it True drifts between narrative and incantation as the witch claims her spot at the center of a tale "we know by heart"--the ravenous witch, the precocious children. And yet, "If there's a hero in this story," she declares, "I tell you, it's me." In an exploration of power, gender, and the nature of evil, this singularly monstrous woman recounts her origins and recasts her end. 

"What Liz Kay has done is to tell the origin story of every powerful woman, complete with the menacing male figure who looms and leers over each page and the witch who slips the world’s locks and emerges, enraged and ravenous and inflamed, into her own strength." --Francesca Bell, author of Bright Stain

"In this remarkable collection, Liz Kay leads us through the haunted forest of fear and desire inhabited by the witch of Hansel and Gretel. The power and music of the language make the journey all the more compelling." --William Trowbridge, author of Vanishing Point 

The limited edition clothbound hardcover, illustrated by Devin Forst, is sold out.

An illustrated paperback is available now from Quarter Press.