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Traditional or Cultural Fiction and True Stories, Tales and Retellings
The Bell Witches
Savannah Red, Book 1
THE BELL WITCHES: YOU’LL WANT TO BE ONE. UNTIL YOU KNOW THEIR SECRETS. After Emily’s father tragically dies, she is forced to live with the only family she has left, an aunt and grandmother in the heart of Savannah, Georgia, in a grand house as beautiful as it is mysterious. But all is not what it...
A Curse for the Homesick
On Stenland, there comes a time known as skeld season: one day, any woman on the island can wake with three black lines on her forehead, the mark of a skeld. Skeld season comes around without warning, and while each window of time lasts only three months, anyone a skeld turns to stone is very much...
Dogs and Monsters
Greek myths have fascinated people for millenia, seeing in them lessons about fate and hubris and the contingency of existence. Mark Haddon digs into the heart of these ancient fables and sees them anew. The dawn goddess Eos asked asks Zeus to give her lover Tithonus eternal life, but forgets to ask...
Infinite Riches
In the chaotic world of his African village, the spirit-child Azaro still watches the tumultous and tender lives of the Living; of his father who has been imprisoned for a crime he did not commit and of his mother who battles for justice. This final chapter in Azaro's adventures is a explosive and...
Nettle & Bone
Marra never wanted to be a hero. As the shy, convent-raised, third-born daughter, she escaped the traditional fate of princesses, to be married away for the sake of an uncaring throne. But her sister wasn’t so fortunate—and after years of silence, Marra is done watching her suffer at the hands of a...
Parade

Parade 2019

"On a summer afternoon, Tsukiko and her former high school teacher have prepared and eaten somen noodles together. “Tell me a story from long ago,” Sensei says. “I wasn’t alive long ago,” Tsukiko says, “but should I tell you a story from when I was little?” “Please do,” Sensei replies, and so...
Songs of Enchantment
In a Nigerian city caught between the visible world and the realm of spirits, Azaro—an abiku child, destined to die and be reborn again and again—chooses to remain among the living. In Songs of Enchantment, he continues to navigate this fragile existence, where the boundaries between reality and the...
A Sorceress Comes to Call
Cordelia knows her mother is . . . unusual. Their house doesn’t have any doors between rooms—there are no secrets in this house—and her mother doesn't allow Cordelia to have a single friend. Unless you count Falada, her mother's beautiful white horse. The only time Cordelia feels truly free is on...

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Dogs and Monsters

Dogs and Monsters October 21, 2025

Greek myths have fascinated people for millenia, seeing in them lessons about fate and hubris and the contingency of existence. Mark Haddon digs into the heart of these ancient fables and sees them anew. The dawn goddess Eos asked asks Zeus to give her lover Tithonus eternal life, but forgets to ask...
The Bell Witches

The Bell Witches August 5, 2025

Savannah Red, Book 1
THE BELL WITCHES: YOU’LL WANT TO BE ONE. UNTIL YOU KNOW THEIR SECRETS. After Emily’s father tragically dies, she is forced to live with the only family she has left, an aunt and grandmother in the heart of Savannah, Georgia, in a grand house as beautiful as it is mysterious. But all is not what it...
A Sorceress Comes to Call
Cordelia knows her mother is . . . unusual. Their house doesn’t have any doors between rooms—there are no secrets in this house—and her mother doesn't allow Cordelia to have a single friend. Unless you count Falada, her mother's beautiful white horse. The only time Cordelia feels truly free is on...
A Curse for the Homesick

A Curse for the Homesick February 18, 2025

On Stenland, there comes a time known as skeld season: one day, any woman on the island can wake with three black lines on her forehead, the mark of a skeld. Skeld season comes around without warning, and while each window of time lasts only three months, anyone a skeld turns to stone is very much...
Nettle & Bone

Nettle & Bone February 28, 2023

Marra never wanted to be a hero. As the shy, convent-raised, third-born daughter, she escaped the traditional fate of princesses, to be married away for the sake of an uncaring throne. But her sister wasn’t so fortunate—and after years of silence, Marra is done watching her suffer at the hands of a...
Infinite Riches

Infinite Riches December 5, 2019

In the chaotic world of his African village, the spirit-child Azaro still watches the tumultous and tender lives of the Living; of his father who has been imprisoned for a crime he did not commit and of his mother who battles for justice. This final chapter in Azaro's adventures is a explosive and...
Parade

Parade November 5, 2019

"On a summer afternoon, Tsukiko and her former high school teacher have prepared and eaten somen noodles together. “Tell me a story from long ago,” Sensei says. “I wasn’t alive long ago,” Tsukiko says, “but should I tell you a story from when I was little?” “Please do,” Sensei replies, and so...
Songs of Enchantment

Songs of Enchantment September 1, 1993

In a Nigerian city caught between the visible world and the realm of spirits, Azaro—an abiku child, destined to die and be reborn again and again—chooses to remain among the living. In Songs of Enchantment, he continues to navigate this fragile existence, where the boundaries between reality and the...