author results for "Jiang, Ai"

A Palace Near the Wind

Jiang, Ai — Fri, 31 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Sometimes called Wind Walkers for their ability to command the wind, unlike their human rulers, the Feng people have bark faces, carved limbs, arms of braided branches, and hair of needle threads. Bound by duty and tradition, Liu Lufeng, the eldest princess of the Feng royalty, is the next bride to the human king. The negotiation of bridewealth is the only way to stop the expansion of the humans so that the Feng can keep their lands, people, and culture intact. As the eldest, Lufeng should be the next in line to lead the people of Feng, and in the past, that made her sisters disposable. Thankful that her youngest sister, Chuiliu, is too young for a sacrificial marriage, she steps in with plans to kill the king to finally stop the marriages. But when she starts to uncover the truth about her peoples' origins and realizes Chuiliu will never be safe from the humans, she must learn to let go of duty and tradition, choose her allies carefully, and risk the unknown in order to free her family and shape her own fate

Linghun

Jiang, Ai — Tue, 31 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMT

WINNER OF THE NEBULA AND BRAM STOKER AWARD FOR BEST NOVELLA/LONG FICTION!

From acclaimed author Ai Jiang, follow Wenqi, Liam, and Mrs. to the mysterious town of HOME, a place where the dead live again as spirits, conjured by the grief-sick population that refuses to let go. This edition includes a foreword by Yi Izzy Yu, Translator of The Shadow Book of Ji Yun, the essay "A Ramble on Di Fu Ling & Death" by the author, and two bonus short stories from Jiang: "Yǒngshí" and "Teeter Totter."

Scaring and Daring

Fri, 31 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT

"Get ready for a terrifying spin on some of literature's most beloved tales--no story is safe! From Captain Hook's run-in with dark magic to Sherlock Holmes narrowly escaping graveyard spirits to a happily NEVER after for Cinderella, this horror anthology is anything but a bedtime story."-- Page 4 of cover

The Best Science Fiction of the Year

Wed, 31 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT

Hugo and Locus award-winning editor Neil Clarke provides a comprehensive review of 2022's short fiction markets, selecting 31 of the best stories from magazines, anthologies, podcasts, and collections

Silk & Sinew

Fri, 31 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT

"Silk & Sinew: A Collection of Folk Horror from the Asian Diaspora will tease forth folk horror rooted in the experience of the Asian Diaspora. From lengths of muscle and vein, ground bones, endless ropes of sinew it is with our bodies folk horror is woven."-- Amazon.com

Obsolescence

Tue, 31 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMT

"27 brand-new tales of technological terror! All leaps in technology are scary. Mysterious. Misunderstood. Until they slowly creep into our daily lives and become impossible to get rid of, like an evolving parasite. The unique camera lens that exposes hidden monsters. The blue-collar robot that would do anything to not become obsolete. The app that knows your needs better than you know them yourself. In OBSOLESCENCE, technology gets repurposed, subverted, and redefined. Featuring a special foreword by Naomi Grossman, star of American Horror Story." -- back cover