…, wife of the Red Scholar. Or at least, she was the latter before her wife died under suspicious circumstances. Now isolated and alone, Rice Fish wants Xích Si’s help to find out who struck against them and why. Marrying Xích Si means Rice Fish can offer Xích Si protection, in exchange for Xích Si’s technical fluency: a business arrangement with nothing more to it. But as the investigation goes on, Rice Fish and Xích Si find themselves falling for…
…e, but is drawn to Vân’s resolute integrity. When a mysterious corpse is found in the quarters of Vân’s student, Vân and Sunless Woodsfind themselves following a trail of greed and murder that will lead them from teahouses and ascetic havens to the wreck of a mindship–and to the devastating secrets they’ve kept from each other. Now in a UK and commonwealth ebook edition! “With this lush, immersive sci-fi tale, de Bodard (The House of Sundering Fla…
…ya and Dominion of the Fallen series, evoke heartbreak from sacrifice, the price of peace, and memories lost (…) Readers prepared for melancholy and heartbreak will find them finely crafted here. Publishers Weekly Where to buy Hardback Subterranean Indiebound Amazon US Amazon UK Amazon FR Ebook (N. America) Subterranean Kindle (Amazon) B&N (ePub) Kobo (ePub) Ebook (Rest of World) Amazon UK (Kindle)Kobo (ePub) Buy Now The print edition is sadly out…
…wine wafting from those few bars still open; and above me, the distant light of the stars, a constant reminder of the inaccessibility of Heaven. I climbed the stairs to my flat, exhausted, my arms covered in claw-marks. At the shelter I worked at, drunken Fallen had started attacking some of the newcomers–and had turned on me when I’d tried to intervene. I fumbled in my bag for the key, wincing as the leather scraped against my skin. I didn’t blam…
…A Xuya story about a planet with a rather peculiar and creepy museum/archival system! Where to Buy Barnes and Noble Amazon US Amazon UK Buy now…
…h silver and gold foil and all the usual Likhain prettiness, which you can see a snippet of above. Seriously. Go check the post out just for the art because it’s stunning. Likhain is a current Hugo finalist for Best Artist and deservedly so!) Author takeover: War of the Houses at Mugglenet (which makes me absurdly happy because Harry Potter was such a big part of my London years)…
…itter.com/kyliu99/status/857760139146911744 So this is just a very small addendum to this great Ken Liu quote (which should just be framed in workshop rooms to be honest!). On showing vs telling: first off, that Kate Elliott article is definitely worth reading. Second, a few additional thoughts. Like Ken says, showing works, among other things, because of shared frame of reference. We all assign, for instance, the same value to looking someone in…
…that’s turned opaque and brittle with age. “I’ll have to pack them inside a bag.” Giang kneels by her side. The air reeks of the smoke of burnt flowers, and in the distance is the thunder of bombs falling over the city of Thu Huong. “Want some help?” she asks. Where to Buy Paperback Ebook Bundle Ebook & Paperback Buy Now…
…ion and while it can hurt to read it and worry about the characters you’ve come to love over several hundred pages, there’s also hope to be had. The House of Binding Thorns is an incredible book in a series that I can’t get enough of. If you enjoyed works like Susan Ee’s Penryn and the End of Days series or Kaori Yuki’s Angel Sanctuary, this book will be right up your alley. Trust me. K Hart at longandfullemptywithwords: The relationships between…
