Step into a world where a single cherry blossom can haunt your dreams and shadows hold whispers of forgotten love. Cherry Blossom and Other Stories is a collection of spellbinding short tales brimming with quiet magic, haunting transformations, and the tangled paths of fate. From desperate bargains with fate to wolves made of frost and little girls who walk forbidden paths, each story invites you to linger just a moment longer-because in the end, you might not be ready to leave.Perfect for fans of lyrical fantasy, quiet horror, and heart-piercing fables, this collection by Amy Laurens will leave you breathless, thoughtful, and yearning for more. AMY LAURENS is an Australian author of fantasy fiction for all ages. Her story Bones Of The Sea, about creepy carnivorous mist and bone curses, won the 2021 Aurealis Award for Best Fantasy Novella. Amy has also written the award-winning portal-fantasy Sanctuary series about Edge, a 13-year-old girl forced to move to a small country town because of witness protection (the first book is Where Shadows Rise), the humorous fantasy Kaditeos series, following newly graduated Evil Overlord Mercury as she attempts to acquire a castle, the young adult series Storm Foxes, about love and magic and family in small town Australia, and a whole host of non-fiction, both for writers AND for people who don't live with constant voices in their heads.
Other interesting details? Let's see. Amy lives with her husband and two kids in suburban Canberra. She used to be a high-school English teacher, and she was once chewed on by a lion. (The two are unrelated. It was her right thumb.) Amy loves chocolate but her body despises it; she has a vegetable garden that mostly thrives on neglect; and owns enough books to be considered a library. Of course. Oh, and she also makes rather fancy cakes in her spare time.
She's on all the usual social media channels as @ByAmyLaurens, but you've got the best chance of actually getting a response on Instagram or the contact form on her website.
