Alix E. Harrow

Even time travel can’t unravel loveTime-travel is a way for writers to play with history and imagine different futures – for better, or worse.When romance is thrown into the mix, time-travel becomes a passionate tool, or heart-breaking weapon. A time agent in the 22nd century puts their whole mission at risk when they fall in love with the wrong person. No matter which part of history a man visits, he cannot not escape his ex. A woman is desperately in love with the time-space continuum, but it doesn’t love her back. As time passes and falls apart, a time-traveller must say goodbye to their soulmate.With stories from best-selling and award-winning authors such as Seanan McGuire, Alix E. Harrow and Nina Allan, this anthology gives a taste for the rich treasure trove of stories we can imagine with love, loss and reunion across time and space. Including stories by: Alix E. Harrow, Zen Cho, Seanan McGuire, Sarah Gailey, Jeffrey Ford, Nina Allan, Elizabeth Hand, Lavanya Lakshminarayan, Catherynne M. Valente, Sam J. Miller, Rowan Coleman, Margo Lanagan, Sameem Siddiqui, Theodora Goss, Carrie Vaughn, Ellen Klages

The instant Sunday Times bestseller from Alix E. Harrow, the author of Starling House - a moving and genre-defying quest. A legend. A lie. A love story. A lady-knight whose legend built a nation meets a retiring historian in awe of her fame. He’s sent back through time to make sure she plays her part . . . even if it breaks his heart. Sir Una Everlasting was Dominion’s greatest hero: the orphaned girl who became a knight, who died for queen and country. Her legend lives on in songs and stories, in children’s books and recruiting posters – but her life as it truly happened has been forgotten. Centuries later, Owen Mallory – failed soldier, struggling scholar – falls in love with the tale of Una Everlasting. Her story takes him to war, to the archives, and then into the past itself. Una and Owen are tangled together in time, bound to retell the same story over and over again, no matter what it costs. But that story always ends the same way. If they want to rewrite Una’s legend, and finally tell a different story, they’ll have to rewrite history itself – and change their lives in the process. Praise for The Everlasting ‘An exquisite, epic romance . . . Simply superb’ – Freya Marske ‘A book so wildly original as to be unlike any other . . . Simply a masterpiece’ – Laura Steven ‘As dark and oppressive as it is utterly sublime . . . I loved every word of it’ – Olivia Atwater ‘Incandescent. The Everlasting should enshrine Alix E. Harrow as one of the finest writers of our generation’ – Cassandra Khaw Alix E. Harrow’s The Everlasting was a Sunday Times bestseller w/c 3/11/2025.

Award-winning and internationally bestselling author Alix E. Harrow delivers a fantastical collection of stories old and new. Tales about tricksters and ghosts, ordinary magic and mundane spectacle, all in the tradition of Angela Carter, Anne Sexton and Carmen Maria Machado. 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. 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' — Reese Witherspoon on Starling House 'Alix E. Harrow is an exceptional, undeniable talent' — Olivie Blake, New York Times bestselling author of Girl Dinner 'A feat of the ages. An utter masterpiece . . . I loved every single page' — Rachel Gillig, New York Times bestselling author of One Dark Window, on The Everlasting 'I was utterly trapped in its pages – and now free, already long to return' — Caitlin Starling, Bram Stoker Award Winner and bestselling author of The Death of Jane Lawrence on The Everlasting 'No one writes about why we read quite like Alix Harrow ' — Ava Reid, No.1 New York Times bestselling author of A Study in Drowning

A New York Times Bestselling Author An Award-Winning Author Sir Una Everlasting was Dominion's greatest hero: the orphaned girl who became a knight, who died for queen and country. Her legend lives on in songs and stories, in children's books and recruiting posters -- but her life as it truly happened has been forgotten. Centuries later, Owen Mallory -- failed soldier, struggling scholar -- falls in love with the tale of Una Everlasting. Her story takes him to war and then into the past itself. Una and Owen are tangled together in time, bound to retell the same story over and over again, no matter what it costs. But that story always ends the same way. If they want to rewrite Una's legend, they'll have to rewrite history itself.

From Alix E. Harrow, the Sunday Times bestselling author of Starling House, comes a moving and genre-defying quest.A legend. A lie. A love story.A lady-knight whose legend built a nation meets a retiring historian in awe of her fame. He's sent back through time to make sure she plays her part . . . even if it breaks his heart.Sir Una Everlasting was Dominion’s greatest hero: the orphaned girl who became a knight, who died for queen and country. Her legend lives on in songs and stories, in children’s books and recruiting posters - but her life as it truly happened has been forgotten. Centuries later, Owen Mallory - failed soldier, struggling scholar - falls in love with the tale of Una Everlasting. Her story takes him to war, to the archives, and then into the past itself. Una and Owen are tangled together in time, bound to retell the same story over and over again, no matter what it costs. But that story always ends the same way.If they want to rewrite Una’s legend, and finally tell a different story, they’ll have to rewrite history itself - and change their lives in the process.Praise for The Everlasting‘An exquisite, epic romance . . . Simply superb’ – Freya Marske'A book so wildly original as to be unlike any other . . . Simply a masterpiece' - Laura Steven‘As dark and oppressive as it is utterly sublime . . . I loved every word of it’ – Olivia Atwater‘Incandescent. The Everlasting should enshrine Alix E. Harrow as one of the finest writers of our generation’ – Cassandra KhawAlix E. Harrow's Starling House was a Sunday Times bestseller w/c 18/11/2023, a Waterstones Book of the Month and a Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick

DELUXE EDITION--a beautiful hardcover edition featuring dark teal sprayed edges, a foil stamp on the casing, and full-page illustrations From Alix E. Harrow, the New York Times bestselling author of Starling House, comes a moving and genre-defying quest about the lady-knight whose legend built a nation, and the cowardly historian sent back through time to make sure she plays her part-even if it breaks his heart. Sir Una Everlasting was Dominion's greatest hero: the orphaned girl who became a knight, who died for queen and country. Her legend lives on in songs and stories, in children's books and recruiting posters--but her life as it truly happened has been forgotten. Centuries later, Owen Mallory--failed soldier, struggling scholar--falls in love with the tale of Una Everlasting. Her story takes him to war, to the archives--and then into the past itself. Una and Owen are tangled together in time, bound to retell the same story over and over again, no matter what it costs. But that story always ends the same way. If they want to rewrite Una's legend--if they want to tell a different story--they'll have to rewrite history itself. "Alix E. Harrow is an exceptional, undeniable talent." --Olivie Blake, New York Times bestselling author of The Atlas Six An utter masterpiece...I loved every single page. --Rachel Gillig, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of One Dark Window

Step into Starling House, if you dare . . .Alix E. Harrow reimagines Beauty and the Beast in this gorgeously modern Gothic fantasy, perfect for fans of V. E. Schwab and Naomi Novik. This paperback edition includes a bonus short story that reaches beyond the house's gnarly, tangled gates. Opal is a lot of things – orphan, high-school dropout, full-time cynic. Most of all, she’s determined to find a better life for her younger brother. One that gets them both out of Eden, a town renowned for bad luck. So when Opal gets the chance to earn a good wage at Starling House, Eden’s very own haunted mansion, she can’t resist. Her new workplace is uncanny and full of secrets ­­– just like Arthur, its brooding heir. It also feels strangely, dangerously, like something Opal never had: a home. As sinister forces converge on Eden, Opal realizes she might finally have found a reason to stick around. But now she’ll have to fight for it . . . This is a romantic and spellbinding Gothic fairytale from Hugo, Nebula and Locus Award-shortlisted Alix E. Harrow. Praise for Starling House‘Alix E. Harrow is an exceptional, undeniable talent‘ – Olivie Blake, author of The Atlas Six‘Alix E. Harrow’s greatest work yet‘ – Ava Reid, author of A Study in Drowning‘This book has everything you could possibly want this fall . . . a cursed town, a haunted house, a vivid & eerie setting‘ – Reese Witherspoon **A Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick**Starling House was a No. 6 Sunday Times bestseller

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK "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)Starling House is a gorgeous, modern gothic fantasy from the New York Times bestselling author of The Ten Thousand Doors of January. I dream sometimes about a house I've never seen.... Opal is a lot of things--orphan, high school dropout, full-time cynic and part-time cashier--but above all, she's determined to find a better life for her younger brother Jasper. One that gets them out of Eden, Kentucky, a town remarkable for only two things: bad luck and E. Starling, the reclusive nineteenth century author of The Underland, who disappeared over a hundred years ago. All she left behind were dark rumors--and her home. Everyone agrees that it's best to ignore the uncanny mansion and its misanthropic heir, Arthur. Almost everyone, anyway. I should be scared, but in the dream I don't hesitate. Opal has been obsessed with The Underland since she was a child. When she gets the chance to step inside Starling House--and make some extra cash for her brother's escape fund--she can't resist. But sinister forces are digging deeper into the buried secrets of Starling House, and Arthur's own nightmares have become far too real. As Eden itself seems to be drowning in its own ghosts, Opal realizes that she might finally have found a reason to stick around. In my dream, I'm home. And now she'll have to fight. Welcome to Starling House: enter, if you dare. A Book of the Month Club PickAn October 2023 Indie Next PickA LibraryReads October 2023 Hall of Fame PickApple, Best Books of OctoberEW.com, Fall Book Must Reads 2023Washington Post, Noteworthy Books for OctoberPaste Magazine, The Must-Read Fantasy Books of Fall 2023PopSugar Best New Fantasy Books of 2023BookPage, Most Anticipated Books of Fall 2023Observer, Must-Read Books of Fall 2023Polygon, 12 Best New SFF for the FallLitHub, October's Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy BooksBookish, October's Most-Anticipated BooksGizmodo, October's Huge List of New Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Horror Books

Adentraos en una nueva fantas a g tica de la incomparable autora de Las brujas del ayer y del ma ana. Una casa con sombras que guardan secretos y un hombre cuyas pesadillas son m s de lo que parecen. La incre ble b squeda de una joven valiente para encontrar su hogar, aunque deba arriesgar la vida por l. Bienvenidos a la Mansi n Starling. ***En la lista de m s vendidos del New York Times en su primera semana de venta*** ***En los m s vendidos seg n Indie, USA Today y el Washington Post*** La ciudad de Ed n es conocida por la leyenda de E. Starling, una ermita a autora famosa por escribir e ilustrar La Subterra... y esfumarse. Todos en el pueblo evitan la tenebrosa mansi n Starling y al solitario heredero, Arthur. Sin embargo, a pesar de que sabe que no deber a relacionarse con hombres hura os ni casas encantadas, Opal no puede ignorar la oferta de empleo que le ofrecen. La mansi n Starling no tarda en convertirse en algo que nunca ha tenido, un hogar. Pero fuerzas siniestras acechan en sus muros, y Arthur y ella deben decidir si desenterrar el pasado y enfrentarse a l, o dejar que Ed n sea devorado por las pesadillas. Y si Opal quiere tener un lugar al que pertenecer, primero deber luchar por l. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER. A REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK "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) Starling House is a gorgeous, modern gothic fantasy from the New York Times bestselling author of The Ten Thousand Doors of January. I dream sometimes about a house I've never seen.... Opal is a lot of things―orphan, high school dropout, full-time cynic and part-time cashier―but above all, she's determined to find a better life for her younger brother Jasper. One that gets them out of Eden, Kentucky, a town remarkable for only two things: bad luck and E. Starling, the reclusive nineteenth century author of The Underland, who disappeared over a hundred years ago. All she left behind were dark rumors―and her home. Everyone agrees that it's best to ignore the uncanny mansion and its misanthropic heir, Arthur. Almost everyone, anyway. I should be scared, but in the dream I don't hesitate. Opal has been obsessed with The Underland since she was a child. When she gets the chance to step inside Starling House―and make some extra cash for her brother's escape fund―she can't resist. But sinister forces are digging deeper into the buried secrets of Starling House, and Arthur's own nightmares have become far too real. As Eden itself seems to be drowning in its own ghosts, Opal realizes that she might finally have found a reason to stick around. In my dream, I'm home. And now she'll have to fight. Welcome to Starling House: enter, if you dare.

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?

A Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick‘Alix E. Harrow is an exceptional, undeniable talent’ - Olivie Blake, author of The Atlas SixStep into Starling House – if you dare. Alix E. Harrow reimagines Beauty and the Beast in this gorgeously modern Gothic fantasy, perfect for fans of V. E. Schwab and Naomi Novik.No one in Eden remembers when Starling House was built. But everyone agrees that it’s best to let the house – and its last, lonely heir – go to rot.Starling House is uncanny and ugly and fully of secrets, just like its heir. Opal knows better than to mess with haunted houses or brooding men, but it might be a chance to get her brother out of Eden. It feels dangerously like something she’s never had: a home.But Opal isn’t the only one interested in the house, or the horrors and wonders that lie beneath it. If Opal wants a home, she’ll have to fight for it. She’ll have to dig up her family’s ugly history and let herself dream of a better future. She’ll have to go down, down into Underland, and claw her way back to the light . . .This is a romantic and spellbinding Gothic fairytale from Hugo, Nebula and Locus Award-shortlisted Alix E. Harrow.'Starling House is Alix E. Harrow’s greatest work yet' - Ava Reid, author of A Study in Drowning‘Gorgeous, poignant, and honest – an unforgettable read’ - Andrea Stewart, author of The Bone Shard DaughterReaders love Starling House:'This book is literally EVERYTHING TO ME''This was the perfect mix of fantasy and horror''I will never not be swooning over this book!''10/10, no notes, will absolutely read again when I'm prepared to cry'

Opal Gravely has spent her life obsessed with the mysterious Starling House, but when its reclusive heir offers her a job, she discovers there may be monsters lurking within. This is a sweeping, Gothic fairytale from Hugo, Nebula and Locus Award-shortlisted Alix E. Harrow, author The Ten Thousand Doors of January.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK "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)Starling House is a gorgeous, modern gothic fantasy from the New York Times bestselling author of The Ten Thousand Doors of January. I dream sometimes about a house I've never seen.... Opal is a lot of things--orphan, high school dropout, full-time cynic and part-time cashier--but above all, she's determined to find a better life for her younger brother Jasper. One that gets them out of Eden, Kentucky, a town remarkable for only two things: bad luck and E. Starling, the reclusive nineteenth century author of The Underland, who disappeared over a hundred years ago. All she left behind were dark rumors--and her home. Everyone agrees that it's best to ignore the uncanny mansion and its misanthropic heir, Arthur. Almost everyone, anyway. I should be scared, but in the dream I don't hesitate. Opal has been obsessed with The Underland since she was a child. When she gets the chance to step inside Starling House--and make some extra cash for her brother's escape fund--she can't resist. But sinister forces are digging deeper into the buried secrets of Starling House, and Arthur's own nightmares have become far too real. As Eden itself seems to be drowning in its own ghosts, Opal realizes that she might finally have found a reason to stick around. In my dream, I'm home. And now she'll have to fight. Welcome to Starling House: enter, if you dare. A Book of the Month Club PickAn October 2023 Indie Next PickA LibraryReads October 2023 Hall of Fame PickApple, Best Books of OctoberEW.com, Fall Book Must Reads 2023Washington Post, Noteworthy Books for OctoberPaste Magazine, The Must-Read Fantasy Books of Fall 2023PopSugar Best New Fantasy Books of 2023BookPage, Most Anticipated Books of Fall 2023Observer, Must-Read Books of Fall 2023Polygon, 12 Best New SFF for the FallLitHub, October's Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy BooksBookish, October's Most-Anticipated BooksGizmodo, October's Huge List of New Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Horror Books

El espejo enmendado de Alix E. Harrow, la autora superventas de Las brujas del ayer y del ma ana y de Las diez mil puertas de Enero, consigue insuflar de un atractivo incuestionable a una nueva versi n de una historia cl sica. Zinnia Gray, reparadora profesional de cuentos de hadas y la Bella Durmiente en receso, est por rescatar princesas que roncan. Una vez que hayas rescatado a una docena de doncellas y quemado cincuenta husos, una vez que te hayas emborrachado con veinte buenas hadas y te hayas besado con demasiados miembros de la familia real, empiezas a desear que algunas de estas chicas simplemente se controlen y tratar de resolver sus propios problemas narrativos. Justo cuando Zinnia comienza a pensar que no puede manejar a una princesa m s, se mira en un espejo y ve otra cara que la mira: la cara sorprendentemente hermosa del mal, que le pide ayuda. Porque hay m s de una persona atrapada en una historia que no eligieron. La Reina Malvada de Blancanieves ha descubierto c mo termina su historia a partir de lo que podr a ser el libro de cuentos de hadas de Zinnia y est desesperada por un final mejor. Quiere que Zinnia la ayude y necesita hacerlo antes de que sea demasiado tarde para todos. Zinnia aceptar la solicitud venenosa de la Reina y los salvar a ambos de los zapatos de hierro candente que los esperan, o intentar otro camino? ENGLISH DESCRIPTION A Mirror Mended is the next installment in USA Today's bestselling author, Alix E., Harrow's Fractured Fables series. Zinnia Gray, professional fairy-tale fixer and lapsed Sleeping Beauty is over rescuing snoring princesses. Once you've rescued a dozen damsels and burned fifty spindles; once you've gotten drunk with twenty good fairies and made out with one too many members of the royal family, you start to wish some of these girls would just get a grip and try solving their own narrative issues. Just when Zinnia's beginning to think she can't handle one more princess, she glances into a mirror and sees another face looking back at her: the shockingly gorgeous face of evil, asking for her help. Because 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 better ending. She wants Zinnia to help her before it's too late for everyone. Will Zinnia accept the Queen's poisonous request, and save them both from the hot iron shoes that await them, or will she try another path?