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Omnibus: Obsidian and Blood

…off that sale… The Obsidian and Blood Reading Order (Novels Only) Book 1. Servant of the Underworld | Book 2. Harbinger of the Storm | Book 3. Master of the House of Darts The Obsidian and Blood Reading Order (Complete) 0.5. “Obsidian Shards” | 0.6. “Beneath the Mask” | 0.7. “Safe, Child, Safe” | Book 1. Servant of the Underworld | Book 2. Harbinger of the Storm | Book 3. Master of the House of Darts…

Memorials

…her house, as she expected. By now, she doesn’t question the aunts’ knowledge or how they came by it. She does what she’s told to, an obedient daughter beholden to her elders, never raising a fuss or complaining– the shining example of filial piety extolled in the tales her girlfriend Thuy so painstakingly reconstitutes in her spare hours. Shortlisted for a Locus Award, 2014. Companion piece to “The Weight of a Blessing” in Clarkesworld Magazine….

A Burning Sword for her Cradle

…Refugees and swords. In Ellen Datlow’s Echoes: the Saga Book of Ghost Stories, out Fall 2018. Where to Buy Amazon Buy Now…

The Tea Master and the Detective

…nd customs instead of Western military conventions, and is all the more welcome for it. Amal El-Mohtar, The New York Times (book featured on “Ten New Books We Recommend this Week”, April 26th 2018) The Tea Master and the Detective is the Sherlock Holmes retelling I always wanted and now I have it. And I want so much more of it. Ana Grilo, Kirkus This novella reads like the lovechild of Sherlock Holmes and the Ship Who Sang, dropped into a wormhole…

Among the Water Buffaloes, a Tiger’s Steps

…A story of sleepers, tigers and buffaloes in a future where most humans are absent and all that remains are their constructs… Where to Buy Hex website Amazon Buy Now  …

Of Books, and Earth, and Courtship

…anuelle knew who she was, of course. Everyone did: Selene, Morningstar’s latest student–his latest pride, before he grew bored of her and cast her aside; as he had cast aside all his other students. She walked tall and straight; wearing men’s clothes, a set of black trousers and a swallowtail jacket, both impeccably pressed and arranged with a meticulousness that was more frightening than alluring. Where to Buy Amazon US Amazon UK Barnes and Noble…

Pearl

A Xuya short story about low-level artificial intelligences. Loosely based on the story of the sand-crab (or of Dã Tràng and the pearl).   In Da Trang’s nightmares, Pearl is always leaving—darting away from him, toward the inexorable maw of the sun’s gravity, going into a tighter and tighter orbit until no trace of it remains—he’s always reaching out, sending a ship, a swarm of bots—calling upon the remoras to move, sleek and deadly and yet too a…

The Church of Accelerated Redemption (with Gareth L Powell)

and wit” – Zone SF “Wonderful and full of promise.” – SF Revu Where to Buy Amazon US Buy Now Cover credits: Image credits: Brian Jeffery Beggerly (IMG_4417 on Flickr), licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Generic 2.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ (image cropped, resized and layered with text) Cover layout: Aliette de Bodard…

Against the Encroaching Darkness

…Of Charms, Ghosts and Grievances The Dominion of the Fallen Reading Order (Complete) 0.2. “Of Books, and Earth, and Courtship” | 0.5. “In Morningstar’s Shadow” | 0.6. “Against the Encroaching Darkness” | 0.7. “The Death of Aiguillon” | 0.8 “Court of Birth, Court of Strength” | 0.9. “The House, in Winter” | Book 1. The House of Shattered Wings | 1.5. “Children of Thorns, Children of Water” | Book 2. The House of Binding Thorns | Book 3. The House o…