I spent last summer reading Edmund Spenser’s The Faerie Queene and E. R. Eddison’s The Worm Ouroboros. I fell in love with the language of Jacobean–Spenserian prose. I wrote Lanterna Magica as an exercise, but it quickly became a story I wanted to tell.
This tragic revenge tale follows two young unfortunates who are bound together by friendship—and by a magic lamp.
This epic poem has been featured by Novellum Literary Magazine. You can read the issue here:
https://www.novellummagazine.com/issues/p/issue-002-1
Please enjoy this remastered audio version.
K.C.
