The third chapter of my serialized weird fiction fairytale novel HAIRSBREADTH is now up at the Broken Eye Books/ Eyedolon Patreon.
The book is set in the fictional town of Shimmer, Maryland, which is surrounded by haunted wetlands . The elevator pitch of the novel: a cross between the fairytale Rapunzel and Toni Morrison’s Sula. It’s my twist on the Black Girl Magic fiction, full of folklore and dark weird magic.
I’m pleased as punch to announce that my new novel HAIRSBREADTH will be released in serial installments by Broken Eye Books.
Here’s the description:
Broken Eye Books is publishing the serial novel Hairsbreadth by Craig Laurance Gidney, a contemporary fairy tale in the tradition of Victor LaValle’s The Changeling and Helen Oyeyemi’s Boy, Snow, Bird.
Seventeen-year-old Zelda has always been isolated, born with deep dark skin and fast-growing hair that seems to have a mind of its own, and moving from place to place with her grandmother. But when the two of them move to the remote eastern shore town of Shimmer, her power grows in strange new ways—she can hear and see the dead, which proves useful to her grandmother’s folk medicine business. Zelda thinks she has a gift at first. But she soon discovers that there is a dark side to her powers.
https://www.brokeneyebooks.com/news/hairsbreadth-by-craig-laurance-gidney#/
Hairsbreadth is a dark retelling of the fairy tale “Rapunzel,” steeped in African-American folklore, and a coming-of-age tale full of Black Girl Magic.
This book has been burrowing through my brain for years, revealing its dark beauty like a slowly unfurling flower. The first chapter is up for those subscribed to Broken Eye Books’ Patreon. Thanks to editor-publisher Scott Gable for taking on this project!
Craig Laurance Gidney 
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