I’ve loved canids all my life, and foxes-both the real animals and their counterparts in folklore and fairy tales-possess a special charm. And although when I started Fox Spirit I had never written interactive fiction before, I enjoyed the process so much that I’ve since self-published a few text-based games on itch.io. I’ve also had more than twenty short stories and poems published in various anthologies. I studied them in the wild and grew to love them, so I tried to write a book that would reflect their behavior more accurately and dispel some of the myths surrounding them. Hyenas have a bad reputation, but they are actually amazing animals. My most recent book, a novelette called Beyond Acacia Ridge, is an animal fantasy like Watership Down with spotted hyenas as the main characters. Mist, my young adult fantasy novel, tells the story of a group of kids who stumble into a magical forest and develop the power to turn into animals. This is your first foray into interactive fiction, but you’re a very accomplished writer! Tell me a little about your other work.Ĭurrently, I have two published books.

Pre-order the game on the Apple App Store (Note: you will be charged for your purchase now, and automatically receive the game on Thursday.).

Fox Spirit releases this Thursday, October 15th.

I sat down with Amy to talk about the joy of writing about animals.

Fox Spirit: A Two-Tailed Adventure is a 250,000-word interactive fantasy novel by Amy Clare Fontaine. Dazzle humanity or destroy it as a magical, two-tailed fox! Seek the mystical Star Ball that will grant you immortality.

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