Richard McGowan's Blog: Smashed-Rat-On-Press - Posts Tagged "interrogation"

Those rare, intrepid readers who have followed some of our previous SROP "adult fairy tale" offerings might be mildy interested to know that the cover design has been revealed for Mantissa Etherbright's new (and first) prose work, The Maiden Who Turned to Water. The 100-page book is scheduled for release on November 15, with a big splash. (Capricious rodents could change anything at any time, however, and it could be weighted down with tons of contractual haggles, never seeing the surface of the literary sea, but that probably won't happen, as Ms Etherbright is reputed to be on good terms with her publisher.)

To celebrate this momentous occasion, e-ARC copies of the book are being made available to qualified persons over the age of twenty-one. All you have to do is figure out how to e-mail the Head Rodent at SROP, or the author herself, if you want one.

The cover photograph for this work was taken by awesome long-time SROP collaborator Jennifer Garst. It is one of a really interesting set (dozens of pictures) depicting a lovely model wearing a fascinating hand-made garment. In real life, the white cloak is about eight meters long. The interior of this book will also feature five full-page black-and-white photographs relating to scenes and themes in the book. Astute readers may wonder how we manage to get such photo-realism with models, locations, and garments (oh my). The answer would be, odd as it may seem: the photographs came first, and were the primary inspirational material leading to the composition of Ms Etherbright's stories, not the other way around.