Bone Swans
10 best books like Bone Swans (C.S.E. Cooney): Silver in the Wood, A People's Future of the United States: Speculative Fiction from 25 Extraordinary Writers, Bloodchild and Other Stories, Onward Towards Our Noble Deaths, gods with a little g, Tales of Old Japan: Folklore, Fairy Tales, Ghost Stories and Legends of the Samurai, When David Lost His Voice, The Rim of Morning: Two Tales of Cosmic Horror, My Solo Exchange Diary Vol. 2, Bumf Vol. 1: I Buggered The Kaiser
Author | Emily Tesh |
ISBN | 1250229790 |
There is a Wild Man who lives in the deep quiet of Greenhollow, and he listens to the wood. Tobias, tethered to the forest, does not dwell on his past life, but he lives a perfectly unremarkable existence with his cottage, his cat, and his dryads.
When Greenhollow Hall acquires a handsome, intensely...
A People's Future of the United States: Speculative Fiction from 25 Extraordinary Writers
Author | Victor LaValle |
ISBN | 0525508805 |
What if America's founding ideals finally became reality? A future of peace, justice, and love comes to life in original speculative stories that challenge oppression and embrace inclusiveness--from N. K. Jemisin, Charles Yu, Jamie Ford, and more.
For many Americans, imagining a bright...
Bloodchild and Other Stories
Author | Octavia E. Butler |
ISBN | 1583226982 |
A perfect introduction for new readers and a must-have for avid fans, this New York Times Notable Book includes "Bloodchild," winner of both the Hugo and the Nebula awards and "Speech Sounds," winner of the Hugo Award. Appearing in print for the first time, "Amnesty" is a story of a woman named Noah who...
Author | Shigeru Mizuki |
ISBN | 1770460411 |
A landmark publishing event of one of Japan's most famous cartoonists
Shigeru Mizuki is the preeminent figure of Gekiga manga and one of the most famous working cartoonists in Japan today–a true living legend. Onward Towards Our Noble Deaths is his first book to be translated into English...
From the acclaimed author of Girlchild, this gritty, irreverent novel sees a young misfit grow into hope
Rosary, California, is not an easy place to grow up, particularly without a mom. So cut off from the rest of the world that even the Internet is blocked, Rosary is a town named by Catholics...
Author | Algernon Bertram Freeman-Mitford |
ISBN | 0486440621 |
The member of a distinguished British literary family, A. B. Mitford traveled widely with his parents as a youth and lived in various European countries. From 1866-70, he served as an attaché with the British legation at Edo (Tokyo) — one of the first foreign diplomats to do so. During his brief stay...
Author | Judith Vanistendael |
ISBN | 1906838542 |
The doctor’s report is final: David has cancer. Now the whole family is under the same terrible verdict. David’s wife becomes progressively consumed by the looming shadow of death while his daughters struggle to be as helpful as possible. Meanwhile, David soldiers on, not wanting the tumor...
The Rim of Morning: Two Tales of Cosmic Horror
Author | William Sloane |
ISBN | 1590179064 |
In the 1930s, William Sloane wrote two brilliant novels that gave a whole new meaning to cosmic horror. In To Walk the Night, Bark Jones and his college buddy Jerry Lister, a science whiz, head back to their alma mater to visit a cherished professor of astronomy. They discover his body, consumed by fire,...
My Solo Exchange Diary Vol. 2
Author | Kabi Nagata |
ISBN | 1626929998 |
So, I read the first book by Nagata, My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness, about the clinically shy/introvert/lonely Nagata trying to make human connections, trying to come out, going to an escort service. But from the first I thought this wasn't primarily a story about LGBTQ issues, as her social...
Bumf Vol. 1: I Buggered The Kaiser
Author | Joe Sacco |
ISBN | 1606997483 |
In the vein of the old underground comix like ZAP or Weirdo, author Joe Sacco promises that BUMF will go where it needs to go, and do what it needs to do.” Though world-famous for his serious, journalistic books like Palestine, Safe Area Gorazde, and Footnotes in Gaza, Bumf promises to echo back to Sacco’s...