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This collection of 22 short stories by the author of Daughter of Hounds and Alabaster firmly established Caitlín R. Kiernan as one of the preeminent voices in dark fantasy today. Through a cycle of interconnected narratives, Kiernan unflinchingly explores a surreal world where the fantastic and the mundane are never separated by more than the insubstantial thickness of a shadow.

There's No Place Like Oz is a reimagining of Wizard of Oz with a reverse harem twist. This darker, grittier version of a classic tale will keep you as on edge as our heroine, with touches of horror and lots of heat amidst the twisted romance.

Vone and Barukai escape from their encounter with the demon Dwareck and take refuge in the west. They quickly learn of a massive migration from the eastern coast, brought on by the Vanadium Sons. With few options left, Barukai mentions the jungles in hopes to befriend those who reside within the Land of Magical Beasts. Vone agrees to travel back to her homeland.

After earning the right to enter the Farmaka's temple, Barukai and Vone settle into a deep discussion with the wise woman. Fatina Lam takes a great interest in learning about the Wraithsayer and offers a remedy to his dilemma. Vone must speak with the ghosts that possess him by entering his own subconscious. To a place, she calls the Stolminds.

The Crater Kingdom of Nadiria prepares for the approaching force that brings doom. Zenethstra marches alongside the Sons of Vanadium, unaware that their king is being puppeteered by the Psion Psigmaa. The powers of hero and villain clash in the epic finale of Power, Wonder and Glory.

Book three of the Saga of Sir Bryan. We rejoin our intrepid hero as he returns from his travels to the sun-scorched kingdoms of the east, and undertakes the second of three quests for the sorceress Auria Snow. A quest that seems simple enough at face value (deliver a letter to a magistrate and return with his response), turns out to be anything but, as new friends and enemies are made, old comrades and foes make themselves known, and the limits of Sir Bryan's goodness is tested again and again.

It spread like a virus, driving each nation into a war that drastically changed our world. An enchanter’s world. As sisters we were destined to be best friends, but our differences divided us and we never could agree on anything. Not us. Not even close. Our realities clashed on every level, driving our intense hatred to penetrate each arena of our lives. Even with our high-status alchemy abilities, aligning in our new magical world became an impossible task. But then those tear-filled eyes displayed the child’s terror, and it broke us wide open.

Magical gorgons do not exist anymore. Only deformed ones. That’s me. An unmagical, deformed gorgon. While the world's alchemy progression advanced without me, and the enchanters became the dominant rulers of land and sea, my meager status as a vapid allowed me to fly under the radar. That is, if my sleepy serpent remained tucked underneath my long locks. All that changed when a faerie buzzed into my life and brought Huxley slithering from his cocoon.