The Winter Wizard

By Sam Retallick

Sam Retallick's The Winter Wizard is a folkloric sequence that blends whimsy, melancholy, and myth in an imaginative coming-of-age narrative. Set in a liminal landscape of moor, woodland, and sea, the poem conjures a dreamlike Cornwall populated by magical figures, talking bobbins, and vanished saints. Through deceptively simple language and shifting forms, Retallick explores grief, seasonal transition, and queer self-invention with a lyrical clarity that holds both humour and tenderness. The result is a strange and quietly moving mythopoeic tale shaped by place, magic, and memory.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1917617267
• ISBN13: 9781917617260
• Release Date: August 2025
• Publisher: Broken Sleep Books
• Length: 28 Pages
• Weight: 0.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 5.0" x 8.0"