JUNE 2: THE AARNE-THOMPSON CLASSIFICATION REVUE

“There is a werewolf girl in the city.  She sits by the phone on a Saturday night, waiting for it to ring.  She paints her nails purple.”  

So begins THE AARNE-THOMPSON CLASSIFICATION REVUE, a fantasy story by Holly Black that tells the tale of a werewolf girl who spends her days waitressing and waiting for the transformation that will surely come.  Audie Award winning narrator Gabrielle de Cuir brings just the right amount of innocence and darkness, capturing the voice of this lost, quirky, and downright dangerous girl.  Listen to the story below, then check out Lightspeed‘s Author Spotlight on Holly Black to learn more about the nuts and bolts—the title, the tense, that last line!—of this terrific story.

THE AARNE-THOMPSON REVUE AUDIO

Holly Black is the author of bestselling contemporary fantasy books for kids and teens, with titles including The Spiderwick Chronicles and The Modern Faerie Tale series.  A recipient of the Andre Norton Award, she currently lives in New England with her husband, Theo, in a house with a secret door.  This is her second story with Lightspeed.  Read the first, HEARTLESS, here.

Gabrielle de Cuir is a stage actress, director, playwright, and audiobook narrator and producer with dozens of Audie Awards upon the wall.  Her first film, THE DELIVERY, was an Official Selection of the Los Angeles International Children’s Film Festival and winner of the Fantasy Award at DRAGONCON Film Festival.  With Stefan Rudnicki, she is the co-founder of Skyboat Media.  Below, get a sneak peek of Gabrielle at work in the booth for Holly’s story.