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Before the Forest

By Kell Woods
Before the Forest by Kell Woods digital book - Fable

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Kell Woods returns to the world of her bestselling novel, After the Forest, weaving a dark and lyrical standalone, spoiler-free backstory for a young witch at the siege of Breisach, years before she became notorious for her gingerbread cottage... and her appetite.

Author's Note: This story contains descriptions of domestic violence, sexual assault, animal harm, and cannibalism.

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Thinking Face“Prequel short story to Kell Woods amazing After the Forest. This was very grim dark, moreso than I expected, but then again it kind of had to be to get the character to be who they are in the faerie tale.”
Multi-layered charactersDescriptive writingDark settingMagical settingDarkHeartbreakingAbuseAnimal abuseSexual assaultViolence

About Kell Woods

Kell Woods is an Australian historical fantasy author. She has studied English literature, creative writing, and librarianship, and writes about made-up (and not so made-up) places, people, and things you might remember from the fairy tales you read as a child. Kell lives near the sea with her husband, two sons, and a kitten named Juniper. After the Forest, a Sunday Times bestseller, is her first novel.

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