Flyaway

A superbly told tale of folklore-infused fantasy, full of rising dread, set in a sharply observed Australian outback town.--Garth Nix

In spellbinding, lyrical prose Jennings lulls readers into this rich, dreamlike world. Lovers of contemporary fairy tales will find this a masterful work.--Publishers Weekly, starred review

A fairytale wrapped about in riddles and other thorny bits of enchantments and stories, but none of them quite like any you've heard before. Kathleen Jennings' prose dazzles, and her magic feels real enough that you might even prick your finger on it.--Kelly Link

Half mystery, half fairy tale, all exquisitely rendered and full of teeth."--Holly Black

Achingly gorgeous. . . . As tangled and densely interwoven as a tuft of dusty fur snagged on a barbed wire fence, Jennings' debut novella is both deeply indebted to the Australian gothic tradition and vibrantly, bewitchingly itself. A dark, delicious shrike's feast of a fairy tale.--Brooke Bolander

Brilliant light washes through these pages, a perfect foil for the novella's shadowy, all-too-serious battles of class, community and family. Sly visitations from imported, half-naturalised folklore add further layers of mystery and wonder to a more-than-magical tale of history's grip, the land's memory, and the harm we cannot help but do to ourselves and each other.--Margo Lanagan

A darkly enchanting and unexpected tale. A gothic Alice in Wonderland meets Picnic at Hanging Rock. With Flyaway Jennings takes old threads and weaves them into something new and exciting.--Angela Slatter

I feel as if a very new voice has whispered a very old secret in my ear, and I'll never be able to un-hear it. Nor will I ever want to.--C. S. E. Cooney

Shirley Jackson Down Under: a brooding, bruising fairy tale about blood and history and sharp-toothed things waiting in the woods. I loved it.--Alix E. Harrow

An exquisite gem of a book, a story which hoards its secrets and reveals its answers slowly, patiently, rewarding the reader who's willing to go on a strange and haunting journey. . . . Subtly sinister and utterly, utterly magical.--Grimdark Magazine