The Slantwise Histories - by Alix E Harrow (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

The definitive short story collection from Alix E. Harrow, the New York Times bestselling author of Starling House and The Everlasting, including five never-seen-before stories.

These are stories about the past as it wasn't quite, but might have been--or could still be.

These are stories about dreamers and liars and lovers and ghosts; people just like you.

These are stories about places the world has seen, and some that hide just beyond the periphery of possibility.

Most of all, these are stories for anyone who ever wanted more.

What's a legend, except a history told slantwise?

The Slantwise Histories: Collected Stories presents the best known short fiction of Alix. E. Harrow, including the Hugo-award winning "A Witch's Guide to Escape: A Practical Compendium of Portal Fantasies" as well as five all-new stories. The collection also includes the author's preferred text of previously published stories "The Long Way Up", "Roadside Attraction", "Mr. Death", "The Ransom of Miss Coraline Connelly", "The Sycamore and the Sybil", "Do Not Look Back, My Lion", "The Whisper in the Weld", "Dustbaby", and Amazon Original short stories, "The Six Deaths of the Saint" and "The Knight and the Butcherbird".

Review Quotes

Praise for The Everlasting
[The Everlasting] is a feat of the ages. An utter masterpiece... It has scribbled itself over the heart line of my palm and there it will remain, as eternal as its namesake. I loved every single page. --Rachel Gillig, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of One Dark Window

"The loveliness of an Alix E. Harrow story is matched only by the exquisiteness of her craft...It's pure magic.--Olivie Blake, New York Times bestselling author of The Atlas Six

"No one writes about why we read quite like Alix Harrow...A wildly inventive, truly magical tour de force." --Ava Reid, #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Study in Drowning, on The Everlasting

"A beautiful novel about the stories that shape our lives and the divine and ordinary inevitability of love... If Una Everlasting stabbed me I'd die happy."--Lex Croucher, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of Gwen & Art Are Not In Love

"This impressively constructed plot keeps the pages flying on the way to a stunning finale. Harrow remains at the top of her game." -Publishers Weekly

"Combining an epic love story with meditations on storytelling, history, and power, Harrow achieves the perfect balance of these powerful themes. Readers will savor the legendary love and lives of Owen and Una. Highly recommended." - Booklist

"Harrow once again skillfully writes a story of love, loss, and choosing one's own path, no matter what anyone else says (or writes)." -Library Journal

Praise for Starling House
"This book has everything you could possibly want this fall...a cursed town, a haunted house, a vivid & eerie setting--plus, characters willing to risk everything." --Reese Witherspoon (Reese's Book Club October '23 Pick)

"Mesmerizing.... Written in Alix's trademark lyrical voice, this is a spellbinding book to savor and devour all at once." --Rebecca Ross, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Divine Rivals

"Harrow's lyrical prose propels this contemporary Southern gothic, offering an atmospheric fairy tale with delightfully jagged-edged characters." -EW.com

"Starling House will no doubt take its place alongside fiction's most memorable haunted houses."--Publishers Weekly, starred review

"Alix E. Harrow is a fantasy author who just does not miss." --Paste Magazine

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