Years ago, I ran across a fractal image that looked just like feathers. I loved it immediately, and resolved to use it as a book cover (with appropriate licensing and attribution, of course). That eventually resulted in the anthology HOPE: The Thing With Feathers, published on 2 Aug 2025.

It’s an anthology of hopeful, feather-related SFF stories. I wrote my own contribution early on – “A Bird Afraid of Feathers” – and included it as the last story in the book.