"These tales tell a different truth:
slantwise and by starlight.
Award-winning and internationally bestselling author Alix E. Harrow delivers a fantastical collection of stories old and new: tales about tricksters and ghosts, ordinary magic and mundane spectacle, all in the tradition of Angela Carter, Anne Sexton and Carmen Maria Machado.
Stretching from ancient battlefields to the American freeway's neon-lit attractions, these stories are filled with tricksters, ghosts and ordinary magic. They honour the people caught in the jaws of history; women, workers, soldiers and mothers - everyone who's been shoved into the margins of the world.
Whether exploring the airless, unchanging dark of an underworld, tracking werewolves through snow-crusted mountain passes or watching a steel mill grind a community into ash, these narratives dive into mysteries that might have been. But these tales aren't tragedies. They are the triumphant stories of the ones who got away: the dissenters and rule-breakers who ran - and tossed a match behind them as they left.
This collection includes Alix's acclaimed novelette The Six Deaths of the Saint and the Hugo-Award winning story that started her career, A Witch's Guide to Escape.
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Praise for Alix E. Harrow:
'This book has everything you could possibly want'
Reese Witherspoon on Starling House
'Alix E. Harrow is an exceptional, undeniable talent'
Olivie Blake, New York Times bestselling author of Girl Dinner
'A feat of the ages. An utter masterpiece . . . I loved every single page'
Rachel Gillig, New York Times bestselling author of One Dark Window, on The Everlasting
'I was utterly trapped in its pages - and, now free, already long to return'
Caitlin Starling, Bram Stoker Award-winner and bestselling author of The Death of Jane Lawrence, on The Everlasting
'No one writes about why we read quite like Alix E. Harrow'
Ava Reid, No. 1 New York Times bestselling author of A Study in Drowning"
"Their story transcends time.
But can it be rewritten?The instant Sunday Times bestseller from Alix E. Harrow, the author of Starling House, comes a time-travelling, genre-defying, utterly fantastical quest - a work of romantic fantasy unlike any other.
Sir Una Everlasting was Dominion's greatest hero: the orphaned girl who became a knight, then died for queen and country. Her legend lives on, but her life as it truly happened has been long forgotten. Centuries later, Owen Mallory - failed soldier, struggling scholar - falls in love with her tale. It takes him to war, to the archives and then into the past itself.
So Una and Owen become tangled, bound to retell her story over and over, no matter what it costs. But their tale always ends the same way. If they want to rewrite Una's legend, and finally engineer a new ending, they'll have to confront its author - and change history itself.
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Praise for The Everlasting
'An exquisite, epic romance . . . Simply superb'
- Freya Marske, author of A Marvellous Light
'A book so wildly original as to be unlike any other . . . Simply a masterpiece'
- Laura Steven, author of The Exact Opposite of Okay
'As dark and oppressive as it is utterly sublime . . . I loved every word of it'
- Olivia Atwater, author of The Witchwood Knot
'Incandescent. The Everlasting should enshrine Alix E. Harrow as one of the finest writers of our generation'
- Cassandra Khaw, author of The Library at Hellebore
Alix E. Harrow's Starling House was a Sunday Times bestseller w/c 18/11/2023, a Waterstones Book of the Month and a Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick"
"Adentraos en una nueva fantasía gótica de la incomparable autora de Las brujas del ayer y del mañana.
La ciudad de Eden es conocida por la leyenda de E. Starling, una ermitaña autora famosa por escribir e ilustrar La Subterra… y esfumarse. Todos en el pueblo evitan la tenebrosa mansión Starling y al solitario heredero, Arthur. Sin embargo, a pesar de que sabe que no debería relacionarse con hombres huraños ni casas encantadas, Opal no puede ignorar la oferta de empleo que le ofrecen. La mansión Starling no tarda en convertirse en algo que nunca ha tenido, un hogar. Pero fuerzas siniestras acechan en sus muros, y Arthur y ella deben decidir si desenterrar el pasado y enfrentarse a él, o dejar que Eden sea devorado por las pesadillas. Y si Opal quiere tener un lugar al que pertenecer, primero deberá luchar por él.
Alix E. Harrow es una escritora estadounidense conocida por sus novelas de fantasía histórica y relatos emotivos que exploran temas de identidad y poder. Su novela debut, 'The Ten Thousand Doors of January', recibió elogios de la crítica y del público por su narrativa envolvente y su imaginación desbordante. Harrow ha consolidado su posición como una voz importante en la literatura contemporánea con obras como 'The Once and Future Witches'. Su habilidad para crear mundos vívidos y personajes complejos la ha establecido como una autora destacada en el género de la fantasía.
Ha sido nominada al Nebula, al Locus y a los World Fantasy Awards."
"Rimasta orfana, Opal ha lasciato la scuola e ora lavora come commessa part time, sperando di guadagnare abbastanza per garantire al fratello Jasper una vita migliore. Una vita lontano da Eden, nel Kentucky, un luogo celebre solo per due cose: la sua sfortuna e la scrittrice E. Starling, autrice del romanzo Il Sottomondo, misteriosamente scomparsa cent'anni prima lasciando dietro di sé solo chiacchiere e un'antica dimora nascosta tra gli alberi. Tutti concordano su un fatto: meglio ignorare quella casa e il suo bizzarro, misantropo proprietario, Arthur Starling. Quasi tutti, a dire il vero. Perché Opal è ossessionata da Il Sottomondo fin da bambina. E così, quando si presenta l'occasione di entrare a Starling House - e di guadagnare qualche soldo extra per il 'fondo Jasper' -, non sa resistere. Ma ci sono forze sinistre che scavano sempre più nei segreti sepolti tra quelle mura, e anche gli incubi di Arthur sono diventati fin troppo reali. Mentre Eden stessa sembra sprofondare tra i propri fantasmi, Opal capisce che potrebbe avere un buon motivo per restare in città. Perché adesso è giunta l'ora di lottare. contributori LE Giada Bonanomi TR Alice Casarini TR Barbara Ronca"
"“Implacable destiny is no match for courage, sisterhood, stubbornness, and a good working knowledge of fairy tales.” —Katherine Arden, bestselling author of the Winternight trilogy, on A Spindle Splintered
Follow professional fairy-tale fixer, Zinnia Gray, as she helps women get the endings they deserve! First, Sleeping Beauty in A Spindle Splintered, fractured and reimagined. And then, Snow White's Evil Queen in A Mirror Mended!
In A Spindle Splintered, it's Zinnia Gray's twenty-first birthday. When she was young, an industrial accident left her with a rare condition and no one who has it has lived to twenty-two.
Her best friend is intent on making Zin's last birthday special with a full sleeping beauty experience, complete with a tower and a spinning wheel. But when Zinnia pricks her finger, she finds herself cast into another world, with another sleeping beauty, just as desperate to escape her fate.
Then, in A Mirror Mended, Zinnia discovers there’s more than one person trapped in a story they didn’t choose. Snow White's Evil Queen has found out how her story ends and she's desperate for a rewrite. Will Zinnia accept the queen's poisonous request for a rewrite and save them both from the hot iron shoes that wait for them? Or will she try another path?
A Macmillan Audio production from Tor.com."
"Step into Starling House, if you dare . . .
Alix E. Harrow reimagines Beauty and the Beast in this gorgeously modern Gothic fantasy, perfect for fans of V. E. Schwab and Naomi Novik.
Opal is a lot of things - orphan, high-school dropout, full-time cynic. Most of all, she's determined to find a better life for her younger brother. One that gets them both out of Eden, a town renowned for bad luck. So when Opal gets the chance to earn a good wage at Starling House, Eden's very own haunted mansion, she can't resist.
Her new workplace is uncanny and full of secrets - just like Arthur, its brooding heir. It also feels strangely, dangerously, like something Opal never had: a home. As sinister forces converge on Eden, Opal realizes she might finally have found a reason to stick around. But now she'll have to fight for it . . .
This is a romantic and spellbinding Gothic fairytale from Hugo, Nebula and Locus Award-shortlisted Alix E. Harrow.
Praise for Starling House
'Alix E. Harrow is an exceptional, undeniable talent' - Olivie Blake, author of The Atlas Six
'Alix E. Harrow's greatest work yet' - Ava Reid, author of A Study in Drowning
'This book has everything you could possibly want this fall . . . a cursed town, a haunted house, a vivid & eerie setting' - Reese Witherspoon
**A Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick**
Fans love Starling House:
'This book is literally EVERYTHING TO ME'
'This was the perfect mix of fantasy and horror'
'I will never not be swooning over this book!'
'10/10, no notes, will absolutely read again when I'm prepared to cry'"
"A Mirror Mended is the next installment in USA Today bestselling author Alix E. Harrow's Fractured Fables series!
Zinnia Gray, professional fairy-tale fixer and lapsed Sleeping Beauty is over rescuing snoring princesses. Once you’ve rescued a dozen damsels and burned fifty spindles, once you’ve gotten drunk with twenty good fairies and made out with one too many members of the royal family, you start to wish some of these girls would just get a grip and try solving their own narrative issues.
Just when Zinnia’s beginning to think she can't handle one more princess, she glances into a mirror and sees another face looking back at her: the shockingly gorgeous face of evil, asking for her help. Because there’s more than one person trapped in a story they didn’t choose. Snow White's Evil Queen has found out how her story ends and she's desperate for a better ending. She wants Zinnia to help her before it’s too late for everyone. Will Zinnia accept the Queen's poisonous request, and save them both from the hot iron shoes that wait for them, or will she try another path?
A Macmillan Audio production from Tor.com Imprint."
"Una profunda historia sobre la resistencia, la sororidad y el derecho a voto ambientada en una versión alternativa de la Nueva Inglaterra del siglo XIX.
En 1893 ya no hay brujas. En el pasado sí que las había, en esa época oscura e inhóspita antes de que empezasen a encenderse las hogueras. Ahora, la brujería es poco más que hechizos de amas de casa y canciones infantiles. Si la mujer moderna quiere algo de poder, las urnas son el único lugar donde puede llegar a conseguirlo.
Pero James Juniper, Agnes Amaranth y Beatrice Belladonna, las hermanas Eastwood, se unen a las sufragistas de Nueva Salem y empiezan a buscar las palabras y los componentes olvidadas capaces de convertir la revolución de las mujeres en la revolución de las brujas. Las hermanas se verán acechadas por sombras y todo tipo de males, perseguidas por fuerzas que no tienen intención de permitir que las brujan voten, o que vivan siquiera, y tendrán que indagar en magia antigua, forjar nuevas alianzas y solucionar los problemas entre ellas si quieren sobrevivir.
Ya no hay brujas. Pero las habrá.
Este audiolibro está narrado en castellano.
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Alix E. Harrow es historiadora. Actualmente vive en Kentucky con su marido y sus hijos. Ganó el Premio Hugo por su relato A Witch's Guide to Escape: A Practical Compendium of Portal Fantasies, y ha sido nominada al Nebula, al Locus, y al World Fantasy Awards. Es autora también de Las brujas del ayer y del mañana, publicada en español por Roca Editorial."
"Enero Demico es una joven curiosa que vive en una extensa mansión llena de objetos y tesoros peculiares. Como la pupila del rico Sr. Locke, se siente un poco distinta a todo aquello que la rodea. Entre todos los artefactos que habitan la casa, Enero descubrirá un maravilloso libro: un libro que la llevará a otros mundos y que cuenta una historia repleta de puertas secretas, de amor, aventura y peligro. Cada vez que pase una de sus páginas se le revelarán verdades imposibles hasta descubrir que la historia que lee está cada vez más entrelazada con la suya.
Exuberante y ricamente imaginativa, el fascinante debut de Alix E. Harrow presenta una historia sobre viajes imposibles, sobre amores inolvidables y sobre el poder eterno de la palabra.
Este audiolibro está narrado en castellano.
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Alix E. Harrow es historiadora. Actualmente vive en Kentucky con su marido y sus hijos. Ganó el Premio Hugo por su relato A Witch's Guide to Escape: A Practical Compendium of Portal Fantasies, y ha sido nominada al Nebula, al Locus, y al World Fantasy Awards. Es autora también de Las brujas del ayer y del mañana, publicada en español por Roca Editorial."
"'Amy Landon's lively narration unites present-day Ohio and Perceforest, a fairy-tale realm, in this immersive reimagining of the Sleeping Beauty universe.' - AudioFile Magazine
USA Today bestselling author Alix E. Harrow's A Spindle Splintered brings her patented charm to a new version of a classic story. Featuring Arthur Rackham's original illustrations for The Sleeping Beauty, fractured and reimagined.
“A vivid, subversive and feminist reimagining of Sleeping Beauty, where implacable destiny is no match for courage, sisterhood, stubbornness and a good working knowledge of fairy tales.” —Katherine Arden
It's Zinnia Gray's twenty-first birthday, which is extra-special because it's the last birthday she'll ever have. When she was young, an industrial accident left Zinnia with a rare condition. Not much is known about her illness, just that no-one has lived past twenty-one.
Her best friend Charm is intent on making Zinnia's last birthday special with a full sleeping beauty experience, complete with a tower and a spinning wheel. But when Zinnia pricks her finger, something strange and unexpected happens, and she finds herself falling through worlds, with another sleeping beauty, just as desperate to escape her fate.
A Macmillan Audio production from Tordotcom"
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