Vellitt Boe is no stranger to the Call To Adventure.
Vellitt Boe might be scared, but she'll venture forth without hesitation regardless.
After all, Vellitt Boe hasa world to save, and gods be damned, she's going to do it.
Kij Johnson's newest novella, heavily influenced by H. P. Lovecraft (The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath in particular), stars a retired-adventurer-turned-professor who follows the Hero's Journey to save a wayward student from the waking realm and subsequentially, her world from its tempestuous gods.
This is one of the most amazing works of contemporary fantasy that I have ever read. ADSoM features all of my my favorite things - magicky goodness, alternate universe hopping, crossdressing, thieves, crossdressing thieves, badass female characters, crazy kings, crazier queens, power struggles, very little romance, more magic, and an awesome cloak - all wrapped together in this cozy bundle of a book.
The King's gone mad and his queen is dead. The Princess disappears and Deerskin is born. She'll make you want your own pack of dogs to run away with. It's all I could think about for weeks. Traumatizing and inspiring at turns, Deerskin is a beautiful and compelling retelling of Donkey Skin by Charles Perrault.
Agents Books and Braun travel to America to assist their colonial counterparts in an investigation meant mostly to keep them out of trouble on British soil! However, malevolent forces are at work and our agents will need to use all their cunning to make it home in one piece.
Small town Southern waitress Sookie Stackhouse has come to terms with being a mind reader. She's even getting comfortable with dating a vampire. But there are far more otherworldly things in rural Louisiana (and big city Dallas) than she ever imagined!
