Orpheus and Eurydice have one of the most adaptable narratives in Western Civilization. With themes of love and loss, death and rebirth, faithfulness and betrayal, it remains a Greek myth best open to interpretations and retellings in relation to modern thought.
This anthology collects authors who take key elements of the mythic tale and apply them to new stories in range of genres.
This book features the stories:
Hell-Bound Hold Up by Mark S. Bailen
Augmented Orpheus by Liam Burke
Desert Death Don't Stick by Avi Burton
Turn Around by Meg Candelaria
None Escape Untorn by C. S. E. Cooney
This Time by David Costa
A Song For Life And Death by Lyndsey Croal
Honey-Yellow Light by Jane Doring
In This Dress, Stitched of Anger, I Thee Wed by Lindsey Godfrey Eccles
The Weight of Promises Kept by Shannon Fox
Snake Bite Day by Lynn Gazis
A Brook of Beesong by J. F. Gleeson
Eurydice* by Anja Hendrikse Liu
Eurydice in the Rearview by Liam Hogan
You Carry It with You by Elizabeth Hosang
Death's Song by Emily Jane
Under My Own Shadow by Elena Savva Kotsile
A Ring of Flowers, A Ring of Song by Christina Ladd
Outro by Alexandria LeForce
Elegeia by Steven Lord
What I Wish You Would Have Known by Avra Margariti
Emily Stands at the Spartan Gates by Stewart Moore
A Second with You is Worth More than Eternity Alone by Mike Morgan
From Fruit to Seed by Emilee Prado
Sostenuto by Rachel Sudbeck
An Excuse, An Invitation Even by Sherri Cook Woosley
Ripe with Grief by Brendon Zatirka
