The Book of the Snowstorm (anthology)

The Book of the Snowstorm was a short story anthology released in 2023 by Arcbeatle Press. Officially an instalment of the Coloth series, it also featured stories crossing over with multiple other series both DWU and otherwise, serving to spotlight "the worlds of Arcbeatle Press", all linked together by a framing device by editor Aristide Twain which properly centred on the core Coloth cast.

The Book of the Snowstorm

Key crew

Publisher:

Arcbeatle Press

Editor:

Aristide Twain

Release details

Release date:

26 December 2023

Format:

Paperback short story anthology

ISBN:

979-8872768449

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Publisher's summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

Six months ago, a forest planet was the only world Coloth of the Ulk-Ra had ever known. He had never heard of books, or humans, or Christmas. Then he was killed. Then he was brought back. And then he made some friends. Now he lives somewhere outside Time and Space, where an ancient guild of Bookkeepers tends to an impossible Library whose shelves hold every book ever written.

When a mysterious, unceasing Snowstorm traps five people inside a single room of the Library, his human friends included, Coloth must journey beyond anything he’s ever known to find a way back to them. Meanwhile, snowed in at the Library with a stuffy snail, a mad nun, and a man who gives every appearance of being their worst enemy, Maritsa and Callum must beseech the books themselves for help — but why does the Library seem so determined to tell them stories of hope unceasing and holiday cheer?

The Book of the Snowstorm features over twenty original tales from the worlds of Arcbeatle Press, by L. Alves, Erika de Atayde, Nate Bumber, Elodie Christian, Molly Warton, Ryan Fogarty, Ostara Gale, Peter Guy, James Hornby, Katherine MacEachern, Lena Mactíre, Theta Mandel, Charles E.P. Murphy, Hunter O'Connell, Callum Phillpott, Scott Sanford, Micah K. Spurling, Aristide Twain, Thien Valdram, Henry Walker and James Wylder.

Stories[[edit] | [edit source]]

Title		Series	Author
Previously On… The Multiverse		Coloth, Corsair Queen, The Detective of Ishiok, Dionus, Auteur, Starlight Endeavours, Starlight Ranger SIGNET, Small Miracles, The Castaways of Ishiok, 10,000 Dawns, Lady Aesculapius, The Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids, Jenny Everywhere, The Nine-Two-Five Universe	Aristide Twain, Peter Guy, Lena Mactíre, James Wylder
The Book of the Snowstorm		Coloth	Aristide Twain
Magic Bird of Fire		SIGNET	Micah K. Spurling
The Dinosaur in the Snow		Coloth^{[nb 1]}	Thien Valdram
Neither Warrior Nor Thinker		Coloth	Katherine MacEachern
Jenny Over-There's Wonderful Life		Jenny Over-There: The Nine-Two-Five Universe	Callum Phillpott
The Claus-Rosen Bridge		Auteur, Coloth, The Detective of Ishiok	Ostara Gale, Elodie Christian
Still Proceeding		SIGNET	Charles EP Murphy
Abstract Tales		Auteur, The Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids, Jenny Everywhere^{[nb 1]}	L. Alves
The Ties That Bind		Starlight Endeavours	Lena Mactíre
A Buggy Little Holiday		Starlight Ranger	James Wylder
The Two Auteurs		Auteur	Aristide Twain
Trauma and Tinsel		Dionus	James Hornby
Love & War		Dionus	Aristide Twain
The Goblin, the Witch, and the Kitchen Sink		Coloth^{[nb 1]}	Molly Warton
Revelry of the Redacted			Ryan Fogarty
The God Who Came For Christmas			Aristide Twain
Presents		Cwej: The Series^{[nb 1]}	Erika de Atayde
The Cathedral of Winter		The Castaways of Ishiok	Ostara Gale
Just Dropping In		Jenny Everywhere	Scott Sanford
Conspiracy-1263 and the Christmas Conspiracy		The Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids	Peter Guy
Our Bleak Midwinter		Coloth^{[nb 1]}	Theta Mandel
The Gift of the Renegades		Academy 27	James Wylder
The First Noël		Coloth	Nate Bumber
Our Finest Gifts We Bring	Vignette #1	The Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids	Aristide Twain
	Vignette #2	William Blake's mythology	Molly Warton
	Vignette #3	Dionus, Cwej: The Series	James Hornby
	Vignette #4	The Castaways of Ishiok	Ostara Gale
	Vignette #5	Starlight Endeavours	Lena Mactíre
	Vignette #6	The Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids	Peter Guy
	Vignette #7	SIGNET	James Hornby
	Vignette #8	Coloth^{[nb 1]}	Ostara Gale
	Vignette #9	The Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids	L. Alves
	Vignette #10	Coloth^{[nb 1]}	Aristide Twain
	Vignette #11	Out of the Shadows/True Origins	James Hornby
	Vignette #12	The Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids	L. Alves
	Vignette #13	Cwej: The Series	Hunter O'Connell
	Vignette #14	Winnie the Pooh	Molly Warton
	Vignette #15	The Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids	Aristide Twain
	Vignette #16	The Detective of Ishiok	Elodie Christian
	Vignette #17	WARSONG	James Wylder
	Vignette #18	The Magic Island	Molly Warton
	Vignette #19	Corsair Queen	Molly Warton
	Vignette #20	Nasreddin	Molly Warton
	Vignette #21	Auteur	Molly Warton
	Vignette #22	Small Miracles	Aristide Twain, Henry Walker
	Vignette #23	N/A	Molly Warton
	Vignette #24	10,000 Dawns, The Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids	L. Alves
	Vignette #25	10,000 Dawns	Aristide Twain

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to be written

External links[[edit] | [edit source]]

Arcbeatle Press: “Coloth” Series Launches With Arcbeatle Press’s 2023 Winter Anthology, “The Book of the Snowstorm”!

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↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 ^1.6 Labelled as "A story from the worlds of" its series, rather than the anthology's standard format for stories of a series.

References[[edit] | [edit source]]

↑ The Book of the Snowstorm eBook : Twain, Aristide, Hornby, James, Wylder, James , Murphy, Charles, Spurling, Micah, Fogarty, Ryan, Alves, L., Bumber, Nate, Phillpott, Callum, Warton, Molly: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store. Amazon.co.uk (26 December 2023). Archived from the original on 28 December 2023. Retrieved on 28 December 2023.

[worlds-2] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 ^1.6 Labelled as "A story from the worlds of" its series, rather than the anthology's standard format for stories of a series.

[1] The Book of the Snowstorm eBook : Twain, Aristide, Hornby, James, Wylder, James , Murphy, Charles, Spurling, Micah, Fogarty, Ryan, Alves, L., Bumber, Nate, Phillpott, Callum, Warton, Molly: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store. Amazon.co.uk (26 December 2023). Archived from the original on 28 December 2023. Retrieved on 28 December 2023.

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