Short fiction thatтАЩs тАЬpoignant and terrifying by turnsтАЭтАФincluding a Nebula and World Fantasy AwardтАУwinning novella (Publishers Weekly).
Twelve exceptional stories by the multiple awardтАУwinning author of Waking the Moon and Black Light prove that Elizabeth Hand is just as adept with short fiction as she is in the novel form. The title story traces a world-changing summer at a New England artistsтАЩ colony for young Shadowmoon Starlight Rising, who comes to know life, death, and an unbelievable secret about the strange apparitions that dwell in her community.┬аOther stories include тАЬSnow on Sugar Mountain,тАЭ which features a young boy who has the power to shapeshift into any form with the help of a Native American artifact; тАЬThe Bacchae,тАЭ in which womankind rules a savage futuristic version of our world; and тАЬThe Erl-King,тАЭ where a fairy tale horrifyingly comes true. Each story includes an afterword by the author.┬аThis ebook features an illustrated biography of Elizabeth Hand including rare images and never-before-seen documents from the authorтАЩs personal collection.