#Alix E. Harrow

[hacknyc]

I tipped over a tall vase of flowers, gasped an insincere “oh dear,” and slunk away while the manager swore and mopped at the mess with his coat. I escaped outdoors (see how that word slips into even the most mundane of stories? Sometimes I feel there are doors lurking in the creases of every sentence, with periods for knobs and verbs for hinges).

-- from "The Ten Thousand Doors of January", by Alix E. Harrow

[freckles-and-books]

Saturday plans

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Book cover concept for The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow, a book I really enjoyed reading 🧡

[lowcountry-gothic]

Art for Alix E. Harrow's The Once and Future Witches, by Rovina Cai.

[mpliego]

“You saw yourself as an unholy triptych, three into one, one into three: she the girl, you the Devil, I the Saint. And you understood, finally, that there had never truly been a she or a you but only a terrible, lonely I.”

Inspired by the awesome short story The Six Deaths of the Saint by Alix E. Harrow

prints available on my society6 

[ladyswartzrot]

How selfish, how fundamentally silly, that he should start wanting to live right when he ought to die.

Starling house

Alix E. Harrow

[tuuliareads]

Starting my 4th book in just as many days. A blind recommendation from a friend. I did read the blurb at some point, but I have no memory of it. No idea what the genre is, just blindly trusting my friend. Gonna be an adventure

[phaedraismyusername]

Do you have any book recs for someone in a reading slump? I always had a book out from the library when I was at school, but fell out of the habit and want to get back into it!

Personally when I find myself in a slump I tend to go for short books and novellas to try and avoid that mid-book slog that can happen when I'm not feeling motivated lol

Some excellent fast reads for me were

- Six Deaths of the Saint by Alix E Harrow it's only 33 pages and it is legitimately one of the best stories I've ever read lol

- This Is How You Lose The Time War by Max Gladstone and Amal El-Mohtar is less than 200 pages and has some of the most romantic language I've ever read if, like me, you live for the yearning lol

- Milk Blood Heat by Dantiel W Moniz is a collection of short stories that comes in around 200 pages and has some of my favourite contemporary lit fic stories I've ever read mostly surrounding the Black female experience in Florida. Just the range and quality of writing are just *perfect*

- The Singing Hills Cycle by Nghi Vo currently has 5 or 6 books around 120 pages each and are all excellent examples of Asian inspired high fantasy and are real love letters to storytelling in all its forms (the second one is my favourite though I love the tigers lol)

- Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells are a great choice if you like Sci-Fi, the first one All Systems Red is 150 pages and surprisingly funny and heartwarming considering the name lol. I think a couple of the books are full length novels but the first one at least definitely isn't

- or, if you're more of a horror girlie, Mapping the Interior by Stephen Graham Jones, Helpmeet by Naben Ruthnum, The Country Will Bring Us No Peace by Matthieu Simard, and Green Fuse Burning by Tiffany Morris are all dark weird little 100 page stories that I ate up in one sitting

Hopefully there's something on this list that appeals to you because slumps are so tough to be in and push through so I hope you you find something that helps soon 😩❤️

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Queer Fantasy Books Bracket: Round 2

Book summaries below:

The Locked Tomb series (Gideon the Ninth, Harrow the Ninth, Nona the Ninth, and others) by Tamsyn Muir

The Emperor needs necromancers. The Ninth Necromancer needs a swordswoman. Gideon has a sword, some dirty magazines, and no more time for undead bullshit. Brought up by unfriendly, ossifying nuns, ancient retainers, and countless skeletons, Gideon is ready to abandon a life of servitude and an afterlife as a reanimated corpse. She packs up her sword, her shoes, and her dirty magazines, and prepares to launch her daring escape. But her childhood nemesis won't set her free without a service. Harrowhark Nonagesimus, Reverend Daughter of the Ninth House and bone witch extraordinaire, has been summoned into action. The Emperor has invited the heirs to each of his loyal Houses to a deadly trial of wits and skill. If Harrowhark succeeds she will become an immortal, all-powerful servant of the Resurrection, but no necromancer can ascend without their cavalier. Without Gideon's sword, Harrow will fail, and the Ninth House will die. Of course, some things are better left dead. Fantasy, science fiction, horror, mystery, humor, series, adult

The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow

In 1893, there's no such thing as witches. There used to be, in the wild, dark days before the burnings began, but now witching is nothing but tidy charms and nursery rhymes. If the modern woman wants any measure of power, she must find it at the ballot box. But when the Eastwood sisters—James Juniper, Agnes Amaranth, and Beatrice Belladonna—join the suffragists of New Salem, they begin to pursue the forgotten words and ways that might turn the women's movement into the witch's movement. Stalked by shadows and sickness, hunted by forces who will not suffer a witch to vote—and perhaps not even to live—the sisters will need to delve into the oldest magics, draw new alliances, and heal the bond between them if they want to survive. There's no such thing as witches. But there will be. Fantasy, historical fiction, adult, alternate history, turn-of-the-century

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[sarahreesbrennan]

Come See Me On Evil Book Tour

Fancy seeing me and Leigh Bardugo telling each others’ dark secrets? Me and Jennifer Lynn Barnes talking favourite characters and the meaning of parasocial connection? Me and Rachel Gillig talking love and monsters? Kalyani Saxena asking me and Melissa Caruso… we will all be surprised! Me staring at Alix Harrow and after I get over being awed talking portal fantasy? Anyway… you can!

Details and ticket links on my events page below…

[rohsolism]

Penelope and Colin scenes that came up on my fyp give me so much jamescordelia vibes. The scene where they shake hands and say they are friends reminds of me herondaisy in chog after he abandoned her in the ballroom. Also colin assisting penelope in finding a husband reminds me of cordelia asking james to find her a man. And the friends with benefits scenes reminds of cordelia asking james to teach her how to kiss. I have never seen or read bridgerton, that's what i have gathered from seeing edits on my fyp. Idk if the characters are problematic or not so don't attack me. Maybe if they are not i will read colinpenelope book.

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[libinih28]

"people have this idea of mothers, that we are soft and gentle and sweet. as though the moment my daughter was laid on my breast, the phrase i would do anything did not take on a depth i could have never understood before."

-- shannon chakraborty

"mothers are supposed to be weak, weepy creatures, women who give birth to their children and drift peacefully into death, but the mother is none of those things. she's the brave one, the ruthless one, the witch who traded the birthing-chamber for the battlefield, the kitchen for the knife. she is bloody boadicea and heartless hera, the mother who became a monster."

-- alix e harrow

[beingharsh]

You saw yourself as an unholy triptych, three into one, one into three: she the girl, you the Devil, and I the Saint. And you understood, finally, that there had never truly been a she or a you but only a terrible, lonely I.

The Six Deaths of the Saint, Alix E. Harrow

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