Celebrate local author, Amanda Pica's book, "The Ordinary Magic in Extraordinary Tales" at Werner Books & Coffee on Sunday, October 18 from 12-2 PM!
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The Ordinary Magic in Extraordinary Tales combines fourteen delightfully cozy fantasy stories with three research-backed essays on how to pull coziness out of the stories and into your own life. Inside you'll find a young woman who only fully sees herself after a wish turns her invisible, an elderly man who braves an apocalypse out of love for his wife, and a pair of witches who quietly work to honor the natural world in the face of artificial creation. You'll also find an unlikely chosen-one, a loyal dragon, and a magical gift, among many others. The short essays complement the stories thematically, and focus on how to embody coziness in your environment, through introspection, and among your relationships.
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Amanda Pica is a Pennsylvania-based editor, and author of speculative and upmarket fiction. Amanda's short fiction has been published by F(r)iction's Dually Noted, Story Nook, and Wyld Flash, and she is co-author of the novel The Wordsmiths (Hollow Oak Press). Amanda holds a master's degree in educational psychology and has over twenty years of experience in the field of mental health as a therapist, administrator, and community educator.
