Catherynne M. Valente

A woman who believes she is living a perfect life begins to wonder why her husband is away at work so much, and also what is in the locked basement she is not permitted to enter.

When his mother accidentally kills a Quidnunk in the woods, Osmo Unknown must embark on a quest to find the Eightpenny Woods--the mysterious kingdom where all wild forest creatures go when they die--and make amends.

"Mankind will not get to fight for its destiny. They must sing. A century ago, the Sentience Wars tore the galaxy apart and nearly ended the entire concept of intelligent space-faring life. In the aftermath, a curious tradition was invented by the remnants of civilization. Something to cheer up everyone who was left. Something to celebrate having escaped total annihilation by the skin of one's teeth, if indeed one has skin. Or teeth. Something to...

"September has been crowned as Queen of Fairyland but the Kingdom is in chaos. Magic has brought every King, Queen, or Marquees of Fairyland back to life, each with a claim on the throne"--

"Catherynne M. Valente, the bestselling and award-winning creator of Space Opera and The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland returns with The Past is Red, the enchanting, dark, funny, angry story of a girl who made two terrible mistakes: she told the truth and she dared to love the world. The future is blue. Endless blue... except for a few small places that float across the hot, drowned world left behind by long-gone fossil fuel-guzzlers. One of those...

A girl has been born into a world with no place for a half-native, half-white child. After being hidden for years, a very wicked stepmother finally gifts her with the name Snow White, referring to the pale skin she will never have. Filled with fascinating glimpses through the fabled looking glass and a close-up look at hard living in the gritty gun-slinging West, readers will be enchanted by this story at once familiar and entirely new.

Mit einem süßen Hündchen spielen und darauf warten, dass die Mutter aus der Fabrik heimkommt - das reicht der zwölfjährigen September nicht. Als der Grüne Wind an ihr Fenster kommt, stürzt sie sich mit ihm ins Abenteuer und reitet auf der Leopardin der leichten Lüfte ins Feenland. Dort wird sie gebraucht: Die grausame Marquess, nicht älter als September selbst, verlangt, dass ihr ein magisches Schwert aus dem Gespinstwald gebracht wird -...

For as long as they can remember, the twin endermen Fin and Mo have lived in the mysterious land of the End. On the outskirts of the great enderman city of Talos, they explore ancient ruins under the watchful gaze of the mighty ender dragon. They have everything they need in the end ship they call home, and know everything there is to know about their world -- or so they think until the strangers from another dimension arrive. The invaders are called...

This official Minecraft novel is an epic battle for survival! When humans enter the End, a pair of endermen must decide which side they’re really on.
For as long as they can remember, the twin endermen Fin and Mo have lived in the mysterious land of the End. On the outskirts of the great enderman city of Telos, they explore ancient ruins under the watchful gaze of the mighty ender dragon. They have everything they need in...

A collection of modern fairy tales includes stories of castles, canyons, dungeons, and other fantastical realms.