Before I was a liar I was a historian, which is a kind of storyteller who doesn’t make any money and likes footnotes.
When I took up professional lying (writing fiction), I thought I was done with the truth. But when I paused and turned back to look at my almost-decade of stories, I didn’t find pure fantasy. I found history, fractured and recast, but not false. I am still telling the truth – but slant, by starlight.
From the award-winning and internationally bestselling author comes a new fantastical collection of stories old and new – including The Six Deaths of the Saint and the story that started Alix's career, A Witch’s Guide to Escape.
These are stories about the past as it wasn’t quite, but might have been, from ancient battlefields all the way up through roadside attractions off I-70. They’re about the people caught in the mean jaws of history: the women and workers, the soldiers and mothers, everyone shoved into the margins of the world.
But these aren’t tragedies – these are the stories of the ones that got away. The ones who defected and dissented, who broke the rules, who ran and tossed a match behind them.
Praise for Alix E. Harrow:
'This book has everything you could possibly want this fall...a cursed town, a haunted house, a vivid & eerie setting—plus, characters willing to risk everything' — Reese Witherspoon (Reese’s Book Club October ’23 Pick) on Starling House
'[The Everlasting] is a feat of the ages. An utter masterpiece...I loved every single page' — Rachel Gillig, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of One Dark Window
'I was utterly trapped in its pages— and now free, already long to return' — Caitlin Starling, Bram Stoker Award Winner and USA Today bestselling author of The Death of Jane Lawrence on The Everlasting
'No one writes about why we read quite like Alix Harrow…A wildly inventive, truly magical tour de force' — Ava Reid, #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Study in Drowning, on The Everlasting
'Starling House will no doubt take its place alongside fiction’s most memorable haunted houses' — Publishers Weekly, starred review
'Alix E. Harrow is an exceptional, undeniable talent' — Olivie Blake, New York Times bestselling author, on Starling House
'Alix E. Harrow is a fantasy author who just does not miss' — Paste Magazine
