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Kell Woods

After the Forest by Kell Woods (Illumicrate 'Fairytale Forests' Exclusive)

Featured book: After the Forest by Kell Woods

An exclusive redesigned cover

Full colour printing on the hardback (by @chattynora)

Digitally printed edges

Endpaper artwork (different front and back, by @lothlenan)

A bound-in author letter

'Fairytale Forests' October 2023 Illumicrate Exclusive

This box was part of the Illumicrate Box product in October 2023 and is no longer available to purchase.

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About the product

Featured book: After the Forest by Kell Woods

On the cusp of debt due to her brother’s gambling addiction, a young woman turned to a strange magical grimoire to make sweet treats for profit. But when dark magic begins to lurk, the woman realises that the grimoire—and her own magic—may be the only thing that can keep her home from harm.

Our Illumicrate Exclusive edition is a B-format hardback and features:

  • An exclusive redesigned cover
  • Full colour printing on the hardback by Chatty Nora
  • Digitally printed edges
  • Endpaper artwork, different front and back, by Lothenan
  • Bound-in author letter

The book at a glance:

  • Standalone fantasy debut
  • M/F main relationship; female main character; fairy tale retelling; historical fantasy; early modern German-inspired world
  • You'll love this if you like... fairytale retellings, witches, and autumn vibes

Photo credit to @cosycoffeereader

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Our October 2023 'Fairytale Forests' box included:

Content warnings for After The Forest

  • Content Warning

    • Blood
    • Body horror
    • Fire causing bodily harm
    • Gore/ knife violence
    • Kidnapping/ Imprisonment
    • Torture (off page)
    • Violence against animals
    • Cutting/self-harm, self bloodletting
    • Scarring and burn scars
    • Child abuse
    • Ableism/ableist language
    • Body shaming
    • Grief/loss of a parent
    • Trauma/PTSD
    • Drugging/being drugged/ hallucinations
    • Drinking & alcohol abuse
    • Forced betrothal
    • Strong language/cursing/swearing
    • Threat of sexual violence

About the Author

Kell Woods is an Australian historical fantasy author. She lives near the sea with her husband, two sons, and the most beautiful black cat in the realm.
Kell studied English literature, creative writing and librarianship, so she could always be surrounded by stories. She has worked in libraries for the past twelve years, all the while writing about made-up (and not so made-up) places, people and things you might remember from the fairy tales you read as a child.

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What’s included?

Exclusive Edition Book

You’ll receive a recently released exclusive edition hardback book. Our books feature a range of customisations exclusive only to Illumicrate. These can include:.

  • An exclusive cover
  • Solid colour sprayed, stencilled pattern, or digitally printed edges
  • Signed by the author
  • Exclusive artwork printed on the book (endpapers or reverse of dust jacket)
  • Design on hardback board of the book (foil or full colour)

Our FAQs

Explore our Frequently Answered Questions section for the solution to all your burning questions.

All FAQs

  • Will you be restocking any of your special edition boxes?

    All our Illumicrate Editions, Collections and Archives boxes are sold as one-off boxes, which means once they're sold out they won't be restocked in the future. 

    While we don't regularly sell individual items, very occasionally we do have sales of full boxes or individual items we have left over after replacements and damages. These sales are usually announced on our social media so keep your eyes peeled!

    Sometimes we have reprinted book sets such as the Roots of Chaos set, however it is very rare that we do this. We also cannot guarantee any reprinted sets will be signed. As with all of our products, any reprints will be announced on social media and the news section of our website.

  • Can I buy past boxes or individual items from past boxes?

    If a special edition book or box does not sell out prior to the initial shipping date, it will remain for sale in our shop. If they do sell out during the pre-order window (before the initial shipping date), we will wait at least three months to resolve any orders that were damaged or lost in transit. Once an appropriate period has passed for these to be resolved, we will assess the remaining stock and may put the remainder up for sale.

    If you can't find a past special edition in our shop, it means we currently don't have the stock available - sorry for any disappointment.

    We also sometimes sell the books or full boxes from our monthly box and book subscriptions in our shop. If you are based in the US or Canada, you can purchase Illumicrate past boxes from our US website.

    While we don't regularly sell individual items, very occasionally we do have sales of individual items we have left over. These sales will usually be announced on our social media so keep your eyes peeled!

  • Do you ship to my country and how much is it?

    Yes, we can ship to almost every country! There are a few exceptions, currently, we cannot ship to: Belarus, the Canary Islands, China, El Salvador, Guadalupe, Haiti, Russia, Saudi Arabia and Ukraine. This is because our shipping company is unable to deliver in these countries, sorry!

    You can see a full list of shipping rates for our products here. These shipping costs do NOT include customs and other taxes that may be due within your country. All customs and other taxes are the responsibility of the customer.

    If you are based in the EU, VAT is included in your order. You can see our EU VAT rates here.

    If you are based in Australia, a 10% sales tax will be added to your order at checkout. 

    If you are based in the US and Canada, your monthly subscription ships from our US warehouse. You can see a list of shipping rates for the Illumicrate subscription for US and Canadian subscribers here.

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