Bewere the Night
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Description
- Kitsune. Werewolves. Crane wives. Selkies. Every culture has stories of suchstrange creatures -- animals turning into humans, humans shapeshifting intoanimals. Sometimes seductive, sometimes bloodthirsty, but always unpredictablelike nature itself, these beings are manifestations of our secret hearts, ourdesire to belong to both worlds: one tame and civilized, the other unfetteredand full of wild impulse. Here are stories that will make you wish you couldhowl at the moon until your heart bursts with longing or feel yourself sheddingyour human body as easily as a snake sheds its skin. Beware the night...it mightnot kill you, but it will certainly steal you away!
Product Details
Price
$14.95
$13.90
Publisher
Prime Books
Publish Date
April 19, 2011
Pages
480
Dimensions
6.0 X 8.9 X 1.1 inches | 0.83 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9781607012528
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Holly Black?is the #1?New York Times bestselling author of?fantasy books, including?the Novels of Elfhame, ?The Coldest Girl in Coldtown, The Spiderwick Chronicles, and her adult debut, Book of Night, as well as an Arthurian picture book called Sir Morien.?She has been a?finalist for the Eisner Award and Lodestar Awards, and the recipient of a Mythopoeic Award, a Nebula Award, and a Newbery Honor. Her books have been translated into thirty-two languages worldwide and adapted for film. She currently lives in New England with her husband and son in a house with a secret library. She invites you to visit her online at BlackHolly.com or on Instagram @BlackHolly.
Elizabeth Hand is the author of more than fifteen cross-genre novels and collections of short fiction, including her most recent, The Book of Lamps and Banners and Curious Toys. Her work has received the Shirley Jackson Award (three times), the World Fantasy Award (four times), the Nebula Award (twice), as well as the James M. Tiptree Jr. and Mythopoeic Society Awards. She's a longtime critic and contributor of essays for the Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Salon, Boston Review, and the Village Voice, among many others. She divides her time between the Maine coast and North London.
Vandana Singh is a professor of physics and a writer of science fiction and fantasy for children and young adults.