#katharine duckett

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Balbusso Twins, "The Tempest", 2018. (Anna + Elena = Balbusso Twins Artist Duo), Milano, Italy.

Inspired by "The Tempest" by William Shakespeare. Image for "Miranda in Milan" cover, 2019 fantasy debut novella by Katharine Duckett.

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Title: Miranda in Milan | Author: Katharine Duckett | Publisher: Tor (2019)

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Hi do you by chance have any sapphic fantasy recs? preferably adult fantasy but YA is fine too

sure! tho this could will get quite long... no links, sorry!, bc it was kicking up a fuss with those for some reason

+ = ya

pennyblade by j.l. worrad

lady hotspur by tessa gratton

sofi and the bone song by adrienne tooley (+)

she who became the sun by shelley parker chan

the scapegracers by h.a. clarke (+)

the third daughter by adrienne tooley (+)

the daughters of izdihar by hadeer elsbai

the malevolent seven by sebastien de castell

blackheart knights by laure eve

the warden by daniel m. ford

the unbroken by c.l. clark

dark earth by rebecca stott

witch king by martha wells

scorpica by g.r. macallister

the mirror empire by kameron hurley

now she is witch by kirsty logan

silverglass by j.f. rivkin

the woman who loved the moon and other stories by elizabeth a. lynn

...(this answer is how i discover there's a character limit per block so. doing this in chunks.)

fire logic by laurie j. marks

a restless truth by freya marske

when angels left the old country by sacha lamb (+)

the traitor baru cormorant by seth dickinson

an archive of brightness by kelsey socha

the bladed faith by david dalglish

the winged histories by sofia samatar

dragonoak by sam farren

the forever sea by joshua phillip johnson

into the broken lands by tanya huff

the jasmine throne by tasha suri

daughter of redwinter by ed mcdonald

the last magician by lisa maxwell (+)

the fire opal mechanism by fran wilde

...

the black coast by mike brooks

high times in the low parliament by kelly robson

foundryside by robert jackson bennett

the enterprise of death by jesse bullington

mamo by sas milledge (+)

from dust, a flame by rebecca podos (+)

uncommon charm by emily bergslien & kat weaver

wild and wicked things by francesca may

the unspoken name by a.k. larkwood

brother red by adrian selby

the final strife by saara el-arifi

way of the argosi by sebastien de castell (+)

the bone shard daughter by andrea stewart

ghost wood song by erica waters (+)

into the crooked place by alexandra christo (+)

ashes of the sun by django wexler

the midnight girls by alicia jasinska (+)

the midnight lie by marie rutkoski (+)

the never tilting world by rin chupeco (+)

water horse by melissa scott

...

a master of djinn by p. djeli clark

the good luck girls by charlotte nicole davis (+)

among thieves by m.j. kuhn

black water sister by zen cho

the velocity of revolution by marshall ryan maresca

sweet & bitter magic by adrienne tooley (+)

the dark tide by alicia jasinska (+)

the library of the unwritten by a.j. hackwith

a dark and hollow star by ashley shuttleworth (+)

the chosen and the beautiful by nghi vo

the councillor by e.j. beaton

these feathered flames by alexandra overy (+)

the factory witches of lowell by c.s. malerich

fireheart tiger by aliette de bodard

...

city of lies by sam hawke

bestiary by k-ming chang

the raven and the reindeer by t. kingfisher

the winter duke by claire eliza bartlett (+)

master of poisons by andrea hairston

the empress of salt and fortune by nghi vo

night flowers shirking from the light of the sun by li xing

down comes the night by allison saft (+)

wench by maxine kaplan (+)

girls made of snow and glass by melissa bashardoust (+)

girls of paper and fire by natasha ngan (+)

the impossible contract by k.a. doore

burning roses by s.l. huang

the house of shattered wings by aliette de bodard

not for use in navigation by iona datt sharma

weak heart by ban gilmartin

girl, serpent, thorn by melissa bashardoust (+)

the devil's blade by mark alder

...

we set the dark on fire by tehlor kay mejia (+)

the true queen by zen cho

moontangled by stephanie burgis

a portable shelter by kirsty logan

sing the four quarters by tanya huff

all the bad apples by moira fowley doyle (+)

the drowning eyes by emily foster

the priory of the orange tree by samantha shannon

miranda in milan by katharine duckett

the afterward by e.k. johnston (+)

thorn by anna burke

penhallow amid passing things by iona datt sharma

in the vanishers' palace by aliette de bodard

summer of salt by katrina leno (+)

the gracekeepers by kirsty logan

out of the blue by sophie cameron (+)

black wolves by kate elliott

the circle by sara b. elfgren & mats strandberg (+)

unspoken by sarah rees brennan (+)

thistlefoot by gennarose nethercott

passing strange by ellen klages

(and breathe)

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Fave Five: Shakesqueer

In honor of That Way Madness Lies: XV of Shakespeare’s Most Notable Works Reimagined (edited by me) releasing tomorrow and containing queer adaptations of Midsummer Night’s Dream, Twelfth Night, Julius Caesar, Much Ado About Nothing, and more, here are some more queer Shakespeare adaptations to check out: Requiem of the Rose King by Aya Kanno (manga, Richard III) The Last True Poets of the Sea by…

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Seconding Siren Queen, it's really good! I'd also recommend Orphan #8 by Kim van Alkemade and Miranda in Milan by Katharine Duckett (which also has some fantasy in it--it's sort of a Tempest retelling).

Recommendations for historical fiction with wlw, please? Preferably not a straight up romance. Just a good story with a wlw relationship or at least hints that could lead to that. Thanks.

PS: I am aware of Sarah Waters' books.

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Free Ebooks from TOR!

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Miranda in Milan A reimagining of the consequences of Shakespeare’s The Tempest, casting Miranda into a Milanese pit of vipers.

Every Heart a Doorway The children under Miss West’s care understand all too well what it feels like to tumble into their own magical world. And each of them is seeking a way back.

Sisters of the Vast Black The sisters of the Order of Saint Rita are on an interstellar mission of mercy aboard Our Lady of Impossible Constellations, a living, breathing ship which seems determined to develop a will of its own.

The Sorcerer of the Wildeeps The Sorcerer follows the Captain, a beautiful man with song for a voice and hair that drinks the sunlight. The two of them are the descendants of the gods who abandoned the Earth for Heaven, and they will need all the gifts those divine ancestors left to them to keep their caravan brothers alive.

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Miranda in Milan by Katharine Duckett

With Miranda in Milan, debut author Katharine Duckett reimagines the consequences of Shakespeare’s The Tempest, casting Miranda into a Milanese pit of vipers and building a queer love story that lifts off the page in whirlwinds of feeling.

After the tempest, after the reunion, after her father drowned his books, Miranda was meant to enter a brave new world. Naples awaited her, and Ferdinand, and a throne. Instead she finds herself in Milan, in her father’s castle, surrounded by hostile servants who treat her like a ghost. Whispers cling to her like spiderwebs, whispers that carry her dead mother’s name. And though he promised to give away his power, Milan is once again contorting around Prospero’s dark arts.

With only Dorothea, her sole companion and confidant to aid her, Miranda must cut through the mystery and find the truth about her father, her mother, and herself.

Pre-orders going on now. Comes out March 26, 2019.

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Title: The Ones Who Look | Author: Katharine Duckett | Publisher: Tor (2020)

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Top Ten Tuesday | The best books of 2019 (so far!)

Top Ten Tuesday | The best books of 2019 (so far!)

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature hosted at That Artsy Reader Girl. Each week you compile a list of ten books which coincide with that week’s theme. You can find everything you need to know about joining in here!

This week’s theme is all about our childhood favourites, but I have a feeling this is a topic I’ve done once or twice before and I don’t think my answers would be any different, so…

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#ReadShortStories (46 to 50)

The milestone of reaching 50 short stories read for the year comes just as I begin my Hugo reading, with story number fifty coming from the short story shortlist. If you would like to join me in reading the Hugo nominated fiction (or non-fiction etc) then I draw your attention to this post on File 770, which goes through the short list and directs you to where you can read/watch/listen to everything for free or, at least, read an excerpt or watch a trailer. Internal Investigations by Naomi Alderman — This story was interesting in so far as it looked at hacking the mind/body, but not exceptionally original in doing so. It was well written enough to be enjoyable and creepy, which counts for a lot. Source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00pbgrk

The Frequency of Compassion by A. Merc Rustad — There were too many very wrong throwaway statements about space/physics for me to enjoy this story. For me they overshadowed what was otherwise a nice story about an agender and neuroatypical protagonist making first contact at the edge of the solar system. Source: https://uncannymagazine.com/article/the-frequency-of-compassion/ The Stars Above by Katharine Duckett — An excellent story, my favourite in the issue so far. A small Kazakhstani village returns to nomadism and living off the grid after aliens invade. The protagonist being a foreigner worked well for the outsider view and the links to family back in the US. Source: https://uncannymagazine.com/article/the-stars-above/ The Things I Miss the Most by Nisi Shawl — An unexpected story essentially about a hallucination generated by a futuristic treatment for seizures. I found it touching and difficult to have a single opinion on, in a good way. Source: https://uncannymagazine.com/article/the-things-i-miss-the-most/ The Rose MacGregor Drinking and Admiration Society by T. Kingfisher — An amusing story about the tables turning on a group of fairies who usually get their way and enjoy leaving humans to pine after them. Short and sweet. Source: https://uncannymagazine.com/article/the-rose-macgregor-drinking-and-admiration-society/ Content imported from Blogger https://ift.tt/2OLOwiF. If you would like to leave a comment, please do so at the aforementioned link.

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was tagged by the lovely @goosemixtapes to post my top 9 books of the year (sorted roughly in order of preference and then a whole shelf of That’s Just The Tempest, Oh My God)

1. everyone in this room will someday be dead by emily austin is a fantastic, terribly relatable portrait of a very anxious young woman who’s taken a job as a receptionist at a catholic church despite being a lesbian atheist. high-key recommend.

2. all’s well by mona awad is a super jaded professor trying to keep a theatre minor afloat with a production of all’s well that ends well, and it’s great

3. brutus and other heroines is a really insightful read by harriet walter about playing shakespeare’s women, and later shakespeare’s men. it’s half acting manual and half memoir (more like 70-30, honestly) and it’s so compelling btu only if you have my brainrot

4. who is vera kelly is a FANTASTIC spy novel and i didn’t think i would, yknow, enjoy a spy novel but i do. what a good quick read to enjoy while on a 3 hour bus ride anxiously awaiting an upcoming terrible conversation!

5. unholy by diane flacks is a play about four women debating religion (two for, two against) and i bought it so i’d have a reason to email diane flacks again after i met her in a playwriting thing and then i didn’t so. it’s a good play FHVHDSF

6. the dog the night and the knife is a play obscure enough i couldnt find an actual cover for it in 15 seconds of googling. i had to design for this for a school application (i did not get in!) but i really enjoyed just how Bonkers it is. also i love when eating/not eating someone is, like, metaphorical for love in weird surrealist shit so.

7. hag-seed by margaret atwood. look i reread this still in the throes of my tempesting and oh my god is it just fantastic. i do think about it. ms atwood you were right about that one

8. miranda in milan is for people who read tempest and went ‘hm. needs more lesbians, and i want prospero to Fucking Die’ (me). it’s for me. thank you katharine duckett

9. the tempest is the play i did this year i could never Not include it. i got to have my lesbian prince gender <3 shakespeare you did not really go off with the colonialism but some of the words are still good

tagging. uh. @ardenrosegarden @lazarusemma @sofyarostova @flora-like-the-fairy @brechtian n anyone else inch rested i am sorry i am tired

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Miranda in Milan by Katharine Duckett

Reimagine the consequences of Shakespeare’s The Tempest, casting Miranda into a Milanese pit of vipers and building a queer love story that lifts off the page in whirlwinds of feeling.

After the tempest, after the reunion, after her father drowned his books, Miranda was meant to enter a brave new world. Naples awaited her, and Ferdinand, and a throne. Instead she finds herself in Milan, in her father’s castle, surrounded by hostile servants who treat her like a ghost. Whispers cling to her like spiderwebs, whispers that carry her dead mother’s name. And though he promised to give away his power, Milan is once again contorting around Prospero’s dark arts.

With only Dorothea, her sole companion and confidant to aid her, Miranda must cut through the mystery and find the truth about her father, her mother, and herself.

Genres: retelling, historical, fantasy, romance

Get the book from The Book Depository here!

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i just finished reading the poppy war after i heard about it being based off azula/dark atla on drugs; im likely gonna continue the series and finish it, but in the meantime do you have any other book recommendations? of any genre, really

I have a lot of book recs, actually. It really is easier if I kind of know what you’re looking for. Although recently, I’ve been really trying to read books with main characters who are non-white, queer, women (cis or trans) or nb, or some combination thereof. I have just basically gotten completely tired of “cis, white dude protagonist”.

But here’s a random sampling:

Ngan, Natasha. Girls of Paper and Fire - why we need to smash the patriarchy in fantasy Southeast Asia with demons (book 1 of 3)

Gladstone, Max  Empress of Forever  - Journey to the West...IN SPACE 

Wexler, Django Ship of Smoke and Steel -  teenage guttersnipe needs to take over eldritch ship. GIANT ENEMY CRAB (book 1 of 3)

Medows, Foz An Accident of Stars - teenager trips into another world, reality ensues (book 1 of 2)

Yee, F.C. The Epic Crush of Genie Lo  - teenage girl meets Sun Wukong, finds out she's a reincarnation from Journey to the West, punches things (book 1 of series?)

Vo, Nghi The Empress of Salt and Fortune - in which a girl sent south as a hostage carves a kingdom with the other invisible and disposable women

Mandanna, Sangu A Spark of White Fire - genderswappend The Mahābhārata IN SPACE (book 1 of 3)

Duckett, Katharine Miranda in Milan -  for the love of god, someone please give Miranda from The Tempest some actual agency...okay ontological mystery works too

Toukuda-Hall, Maggie The Mermaid, The Witch, and the Sea - lady off to be married encounters gender-conflicting pirate, oh shit try not to die