June 13, 2023

The Lily Gate

by Hanna Sandvig

show notes

In this episode you’ll hear a short story from Hanna Sandvig filled with fae, pastries, and sassy animal sidekicks. The Lily Gate is narrated by Karyne Norton.

Important Links:

Hanna Sandvig’s website (where you can get the free ebook of today’s story)

This month’s giveaway

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full transcript

Karyne (00:00:07) – Hi fantasy readers. This is Karyne Norton, your fellow book binger, and you are listening to the Finding Fantasy Reads podcast, where you can test out a new fantasy story every single week to find your next favorite author.

You may have noticed that this episode is well over an hour. Oops. I’m still getting the hang of estimating what can be read in less than an hour, so hopefully you’ll forgive me. Something tells me you won’t have a problem with a little extra story time. Last week, you all got to hear the first three episodes with fantastic stories from amazing authors. However, after choosing those stories, I realized they were all a bit heavy, and I promised you we’d explore a variety of fantasy subgenres, so I decided to give you all a break and pick out something lighter with a sweet romance and a well-defined happily ever after.

If you like fae, pastries, and sassy animal sidekicks, you’ll want to listen to this story. Hanna Sandvig writes fairy tales with sweet romance and enough sass to keep things interesting, and I absolutely love that she does so much of her own artwork. No one person should be allowed to have that much talent, but she does. Stick around to the end or check out today’s show notes to see where you can find more from Hanna, as well as how to enter this month’s giveaway.

For now, please enjoy The Lily Gate by Hanna Sandvig.

Karyne (00:01:34) –  The Lily Gate is read by Karyne Norton. Due to copyright, the full transcript of the story cannot be included here. Please go to hannasandvig.com to get your free ebook copy of the short story.

Karyne (01:22:27) – I hope you enjoyed listening to The Lily Gate by Hanna Sandvig, narrated by Karyne Norton. If you want to read more by Hanna, go to hannasandvig.com to find more of her books. The Lily Gate is part of a series of standalones with one more novella and two novels. You can grab your own e-book copy of The Lily Gate for free on her website, or you can order the illustrated paperback. Remember how I said she does amazing artwork? Yeah, you’ll want that paperback. And it happens to be included in this month’s giveaway, so if you want a chance to win it, go to findingfantasyreads.com/giveaway.

If you haven’t already signed up for the Finding Fantasy Reads newsletter, you’ll want to get in on that. Each week you get an email letting you know what episode has been added, but I also include links to deals on audiobooks, new releases and freebies from our featured authors, as well as anything else that I think might interest someone who enjoys fantasy audiobooks and short stories.

The links for Hannah’s site, the giveaway and signing up for the newsletter are all available in the show notes. As always, thank you all for listening and happy reading.

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Featured Author

Hana Sandvig Author

Hanna Sandvig is turning your favourite fairy tales into Faerie Tales with some sweet romance and enough sass to keep things interesting.

Hanna is living out her personal happily-ever-after in the mountains of BC, Canada with her husband, three little girls, and giant cat. If you drop in to visit, please bring plenty of chocolate and strong black tea.

Here’s where you can get your free copy of today’s short story: The Lily Gate.

Narrator

Paeter Frandsen

Karyne Norton hasn’t found the key to time travel, immortality, or infinite lives, so she’s taking a break from nursing and photography to focus on raising four human beings while writing epic fantasy

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  1. Jennifer Dyer

    I adored this episode. DEFINITELY check it out.

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