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Fractured Fables: Containing a Spindle Splintered and a Mirror Mended
"Implacable destiny is no match for courage, sisterhood, stubbornness, and a good working knowledge of fairy tales." --Katherine Arden, bestselling author of the Winternight trilogy, on A Spindle Splintered
Follow professional fairy tale fixer, Zinnia Gray, as she helps women get the endings they deserve! First, Sleeping Beauty in A Spindle Splintered, featuring Arthur Rackham's original illustrations for The Sleeping Beauty, fractured and reimagined. And then, Snow White's Evil Queen in A Mirror Mended!
In A Spindle Splintered, it's Zinnia Gray's twenty-first birthday. When she was young, an industrial accident left her with a rare condition and no one who has it has lived to twenty-two.
Her best friend is intent on making Zin's last birthday special with a full sleeping beauty experience, complete with a tower and a spinning wheel. But when Zinnia pricks her finger, she finds herself cast into another world, with another sleeping beauty, just as desperate to escape her fate.
Then, in A Mirror Mended, Zinnia discovers there's more than one person trapped in a story they didn't choose. Snow White's Evil Queen has found out how her story ends and she's desperate for a rewrite. Will Zinnia accept the queen's poisonous request for a rewrite and save them both from the hot iron shoes that wait for them? Or will she try another path?
Book Details
- Publisher: Tordotcom
- Publish Date: Feb 13rd, 2024
- Pages: 272
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 8.19in - 5.28in - 0.79in - 0.50lb
- EAN: 9781250905758
- Categories: • Fantasy - Action & Adventure• Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology• LGBTQ+ - General
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Praise for Alix E. Harrow's Fractured Fables
A Spindle Splintered shortlisted for the Hugo, Locus, and British Fantasy Awards!
A Mirror Mended is a Hugo and Locus Award Finalist and a finalist for the SIBA Southern Book Prize!
"A vivid, subversive, and feminist reimagining of Sleeping Beauty, where implacable destiny is no match for courage, sisterhood, stubbornness, and a good working knowledge of fairy tales." --Katherine Arden, bestselling author of the Winternight trilogy, on A Spindle Splintered
"An exceptional heroine, smart writing, and a winning plot." --Nancy Pearl, on A Spindle Splintered
"A lively, engaging fairy-tale retelling perfect for devouring in a single sitting." --Kirkus Reviews, on A Mirror Mended
"It's funny, sharp, queer, and deeply loves its source material...This novella pushes against the hopelessness of inevitability; it dares us to believe in sympathetic magic; it tells us we're connected through story. It might dent your heart a little, but it's good fun." --NPR, on A Spindle Splintered
"Like Into the Spider-Verse for Disney princesses, A Spindle Splintered is a delightful mash-up featuring Alix E. Harrow's trademark beautiful prose and whip-smart characters." --Mike Chen, author of Here and Now and Then
"A wonderfully imaginative, and Queer as hell, tale for those who wish to be the authors of their own stories." --Kalynn Bayron, author of Cinderella is Dead, on A Spindle Splintered