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INDIES INTRODUCE SELECTION ● DEBUT AUTHOR, MOLLY OLGUÍN brings us THE SEA GIVES UP THE DEAD, a collection of stories sprinkled into the soil of fairy tales, left to take root and grow wild there.
"A wunderkammer of beauty and sorrow." -Carmen Maria Machado, author of In the Dream House ● "Witty, witchy, darkly brilliant" -Andrea Barrett, author of Natural History and Ship Fever ● "Mix the wildness of fairy tales with horror." -Kim Brock, Joseph-Beth Booksellers ● "Fantastical, queer, wildly inventive stories." -Austin Carter, Pocket Books Shop ● "A mouthwatering ride." -Desirae Wilkerson, Paper Boat Booksellers ● "Absolutely fantastic!" -Randy Schiller, Left Bank Books, St. Louis, Missouri
A lovesick nanny slays a dragon. The devil tries to save her mother. A girl drowns and becomes a saint. Three kids plot to blow up their dad, a grieving mother sails the sea to find her son's grave, a scientist brings a voice to life, and a mermaid falls into the power of a witch. Here, historical fiction, horror, and fantasy tangle together in a queer garden of love, grief, and longing.
"A wunderkammer of beauty and sorrow." -Carmen Maria Machado, author of In the Dream House ● "Witty, witchy, darkly brilliant" -Andrea Barrett, author of Natural History and Ship Fever ● "Mix the wildness of fairy tales with horror." -Kim Brock, Joseph-Beth Booksellers ● "Fantastical, queer, wildly inventive stories." -Austin Carter, Pocket Books Shop ● "A mouthwatering ride." -Desirae Wilkerson, Paper Boat Booksellers ● "Absolutely fantastic!" -Randy Schiller, Left Bank Books, St. Louis, Missouri
A lovesick nanny slays a dragon. The devil tries to save her mother. A girl drowns and becomes a saint. Three kids plot to blow up their dad, a grieving mother sails the sea to find her son's grave, a scientist brings a voice to life, and a mermaid falls into the power of a witch. Here, historical fiction, horror, and fantasy tangle together in a queer garden of love, grief, and longing.