Here’s what’s been happening on the C. S. E. Cooney side of things! (Although the Poison Garden Project would never have even HAPPENED if not for Carlos Hernandez!)
I know I’ve told you all about Betsie Withey. Like when she was making my “ChampagneNebula” gown for an award nomination. Or when I hosted the “Art for Art” series on my blog, in which artists talked about how Betsie Withey’s fiber art inspired them (click through for parts One, Two, and Three).
But I don’t know if I’ve told you about her Poison Garden project.
Possibly, you have seen a few progress photos on her Instagram account. Possibly, you’ve bought a few of her elusive foxgloves or wolfsbanes from her Etsy shop, TheFaerieMarket.
Well. I’m here to show you more. But first let me tell you how it all started.

Betsie and Jess (poet, writer, editor, and literary critic Jessica P. Wick, that is) were visiting Carlos and me for some holiday. Let’s call it Krampus. It might have been any…
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