Clan Destine Press Blog — Katya de Becerra

Joining us in Clamour and Mischief is author and editor Katya de Becerra, with her story "The Jackdaw Maiden." You can listen to Katya reading from her tale on our YouTube channel. * What is the most unexpected tidbit you learned while researching your story? It was delightful over the course of my research to read so much about birds – and corvids, specifically – in Slavic folklore and mythology. We do really have a complicated relationship with birds! They are messengers, omens, spirits, shapeshifters, helpers, and so much more. The crows can enchant and they can trick, depending on...

Katya de Becerra's story for The Only One in the World takes place in Russia. We asked Katya to tell us the best part about writing "Solace Spring" for our Sherlock Holmes anthology. What is the most unexpected tidbit you learned while researching your story? That would be the gender aspect of Russia’s private investigative field. Growing up, I had very little knowledge about the specifics of Russia’s law enforcement, let alone about private detectives. But while researching my Holmes and Watson story, I’ve made this incredible (to me, at least!) discovery that private investigation has always existed in Russia,...