Delia Sherman Knihy

A long-anticipated first collection of fabulous stories with ghosts, fairies, artists, and even a merman.

WINNER OF THE ANDRE NORTON AWARD. When Sophie enters her grandmother's maze one sweltering Louisiana summer in 1960, she does not expect to emerge 100 years in the past, on to her ancestors' sugar plantation, mistaken for a slave. Sophie is about to learn a historical lesson she'll never forget.

Nineteen writers dig into the imaginative spaces between conventional genres—realistic and fantastical, scholarly and poetic, personal and political—and bring up gems of new fiction: interstitial fiction.This is the literary mode of the new century, a reflection of the complex, ambiguous, and challenging world that we live in. These nineteen stories, by some of the most interesting and innovative writers working today, will change your mind about what stories can and should do as they explore the imaginative space between conventional genres. The editors garnered stories from new and established authors in the United States, Canada, Australia, and the United Kingdom, and also fiction translated from Spanish, Hungarian, and French. The collection features stories from Christopher Barzak, Colin Greenland, Holly Phillips, Rachel Pollack, Vandana Singh, Anna Tambour, Catherynne Valente, Leslie What, and others.

The third of Ellen Kushner's swashbuckling novels: elegant tales of influence, intrigue, betrayal and blade work, in a city where the only thing harder than gaining power is holding on to it.

"Quests from the Infinite Staircase embraces the magic of the most beloved Dungeons & Dragons adventures of all time, updated for the game's fifth edition"--

Der junge William Flower steigt am Hof von Albia vom Küchenjungen zum königlichen Haushofmeister auf und gewinnt das Vertrauen des Königs. Doch ein dunkles Geheimnis belastet ihn. Der König kämpft mit einem Krieg und einer ungewollten Ehe, während eine geheimnisvolle Zauberin das Land bedroht. Delia Sherman verwebt in ihrem Roman Magie und Geschlechterrollen in einem lebendigen mittelalterlichen Setting.

Durch das Verschulden eines Vorfahren liegt ein Fluch auf der Familie von Malvoeux. Er kann nur gebrochen werden wenn eine geheimnisvolle Taube, weiß wie Porzellan, von den Glücklichen Inseln auf den Familienstammsitz Beauxpres gebracht wird.