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The Slantwise Histories: Collected Stories

by Alix E. Harrow

Alternate histories, legends, and the stories between them

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    New York Times bestselling author

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Alternate histories, legends, and the stories between them

This collection gathers Alix E. Harrow’s previously published short fiction alongside five new stories. Its stories range across altered versions of the past and places just beyond the possible, with dreamers, liars, lovers, and ghosts among their subjects. The contents include “A Witch’s Guide to Escape: A Practical Compendium of Portal Fantasies,” as well as stories such as “The Long Way Up,” “The Six Deaths of the Saint,” and “The Knight and the Butcherbird.” The book’s framing question—what a legend might be when history is told at an angle—connects its varied pieces without suggesting they share a single plot.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers seeking a fantasy short-story collection with both previously published and new work.
  • Readers interested in speculative takes on history, legends, and places beyond ordinary possibility.

Themes

Alternate historiesLegends and historyDreamers, liars, lovers, and ghostsPossibility and escape

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Book overview

Dive into a dazzling collection of short fiction from Alix E. Harrow, the New York Times bestselling author of The Everlasting and Starling House.

These are stories about the past as it wasn't quite, but might have been--or could still be.

These are stories about dreamers and liars and lovers and ghosts; people just like you.

These are stories about places the world has seen, and some that hide just beyond the periphery of possibility.

Most of all, these are stories for anyone who ever wanted more.

What's a legend, except a history told slantwise?

The Slantwise Histories: Collected Stories presents the best known short fiction of Alix. E. Harrow, including the Hugo-award winning "A Witch's Guide to Escape: A Practical Compendium of Portal Fantasies" as well as five all-new stories. The collection also includes the author's preferred text of previously published stories "The Long Way Up", "Roadside Attraction", "Mr. Death", "The Ransom of Miss Coraline Connelly", "The Sycamore and the Sybil", "Do Not Look Back, My Lion", "The Whisper in the Weld", "Dustbaby", and Amazon Original short stories, "The Six Deaths of the Saint" and "The Knight and the Butcherbird".

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