The Slantwise Histories

Omtale

Award-winning and internationally bestselling author Alix E. Harrow delivers a fantastical collection of stories old and new. Tales about tricksters and ghosts, ordinary magic and mundane spectacle, all in the tradition of Angela Carter, Anne Sexton and Carmen Maria Machado.Before I was a liar I was a historian. Which is a kind of storyteller who doesn't make any money and likes footnotes.When I took up professional lying (writing fiction), I thought I was done with the truth. But when I paused and turned back to look at my almost-decade of stories, I didn't find pure fantasy. I found history, fractured and recast, but not false. I am still telling the truth - but slant, by starlight.These are stories about the past as it wasn't quite, but might have been, from ancient battlefields all the way up through roadside attractions off I-70. They're about the people caught in the mean jaws of history: the women and workers, the soldiers and mothers, everyone shoved into the margins of the world.But these aren't tragedies - these are the stories of the ones that got away. The ones who defected and dissented, who broke the rules, who ran and tossed a match behind them.* * *PRAISE FOR ALIX E. HARROW'This book has everything you could possibly want'- Reese Witherspoon on Starling House'Alix E. Harrow is an exceptional, undeniable talent' - Olivie Blake, New York Times bestselling author of Girl Dinner'A feat of the ages. An utter masterpiece . . . I loved every single page'- Rachel Gillig, New York Times bestselling author of One Dark Window, on The Everlasting'I was utterly trapped in its pages - and now free, already long to return' - Caitlin Starling, Bram Stoker Award Winner and bestselling author of The Death of Jane Lawrence on The Everlasting'No one writes about why we read quite like Alix Harrow '- Ava Reid, No.1 New York Times bestselling author of A Study in Drowning