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At the Foot of the Dragon Stair

…anh Lan’s arms–not growing heavier and heavier, which Thanh Lan could have understood, but by turns lighter and heavier, her shape shimmering between ten thousand different ones: a dragon, a Maw soldier–a faceless, helmed countenance with the Maw’s spiral emblem on their forehead–, an elderly woman who could have been Thanh Lan’s mother. Every one of them kept only the three dots on the nape: the connection ports, once faintly visible, now more an…

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 Long Tail

…A story about memory and war and transfers of memories between shifts (and statistics!)….

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

…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 Kobo Ap…

Court of Birth, Court of Strength

…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…

Pearl

…ter away, like cloth held too close to a flame. How long since he’s last slept? The Empress’s courtier was right—but no, no, that’s not it. The Empress doesn’t understand. None of them understand. Where to Buy Amazon Us Buy now 2017 Locus Award Finalist…

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

…what would ensure the newly founded House would survive the death of her founder. Most Houses, she knew, didn’t. And Lazarus, that bastard child of Eugénie’s ideals—her place of refuge, her small band of dependents patiently gathered through the years—was no exception. Where to Buy Grimdark Magazine website Buy Now The Dominion of the Fallen Reading Order (Novels Only) Book 1. The House of Shattered Wings | Book 2. The House of Binding Thorns | Bo…