- James S. Austin
As a small publisher looking for the proper
start, I felt the need to launch a project that embodies Tacitus Publishing's
desire to promote writing and writers.
Anthologies are one of the best opportunities for writers, both
practiced and new, to get a piece published.
They give a writer the chance to explore new concepts and experiment
with a different voice while not having to feel the pressure of writing a story
that must appeal to a broad audience.
I have always been fascinated by the
assorted stories from past cultures, to include the Grimms’ collection of fairy
tales. It was during my college studies
in anthropology, which included an examination of folklore and oral traditions,
when I came to appreciate their influence on the literary world. Their simple but moralistic plot-threads are
still alive in popular film and television today. It’s a Grimm Life offers the reader a
chance to once again enter these past fables but through a new perspective and
in a modern setting.
