Variations on a Theme from Turandot; How I Knew My Professor Was a Faerie in Disguise; Jenny’s House; Culvet Kelpie; Transitional Chords; The Pattern of Eightfold Limbs; Back Room; Kraken Quatrain; Nightmare II; Harmony Amid the Stars; Dunkleosteus; Night

This collection of short stories and poems by Ada Hoffmann traverses extraordinary universes packed with faeries, cyborgs, talking otters, punitive gods, lovestruck sea creatures, fossil hunters, extraterrestrials, and much more. Exploring themes of love and self-existence, community and otherness, and perseverance, Resurrections is a wondrous blend of genres and literary forms. In "Jenny's House," a young girl brings a slimy souvenir from a playdate gone wrong to show-and-tell. "Variations on a Theme from Turandot" is the story of a devout slave's struggle with a stubborn, ruthless princess, replayed as an epic opera every night. In "Transitional Chords," an unmotivated conservatory student finally connects with music when he falls victim to an otherworldly voice. "Harmony Amid the Stars" chronicles a spaceship's inhabitants' descent into madness through a cleaning lady's diary. "I Sing Against the Silent Sun" is about the unbreakable bond between a fugitive and his ship's AI. Each universe contains an intricately crafted history, cast of characters, places, and paradoxes. From layered magical realms to beauty supply storerooms, Hoffmann brings often-overlooked characters and perspectives to life and lets their unfettered reality expand our imaginations. Resurrections is a glimpse into the spectrum of human existence, flitting from world to world in Hoffmann's spectacular style. "A stellar collection. Ada Hoffmann's stories are vivid and transporting." Kelly Robson, author of Gods, Monsters, and the Lucky Peach "Vividly imagined worlds ... well worth diving into." Juliette Kemp, author of The Marek Series I – Dusk Variations on a Theme from Turandot How I Knew My Professor Was a Faerie in Disguise Jenny’s House Culvet Kelpie Transitional Chords The Pattern of Eightfold Limbs Back Room Kraken Quatrain Nightmare II Harmony Amid the Stars Dunkleosteus Nightmare IV Melting Like Metal II – Midnight The Giantess’s Dream Rabbit Pulls a Magician Out of Her Hat As Hollow as a Heart Bluebells A Lover, Asleep A Spell to Retrieve Your Lover From the Bottom of the Sea Married Men Snowflake The Herdsman of the Dead Fairest of All III – The Small Hours The Button Who Do You Think You Are Five Songs and a River A Glance Across the Ballroom Research Lab Electricity Usage Timesheet Reporting Dream Logic Across the Ice IV – Dawn Minor Heresies Prayer: A Cautionary Tale The Scrape of Tooth and Bone Roar Held Tongue The Raising of Lazarus I Sing Against the Silent Sun Story Notes Acknowledgments About the Author CINDERWICH is a mystery/thriller southern gothic novel set in dying Tennessee town that is known for one the mysterious death of a young woman decades prior. A journalist, along with her college mentor, travel to rural Tennessee finding answers that by turns are familial and unexpected. CINDERWICH is a return, in some ways, to the thematic concerns of Cherie's early work set in the American South such as FOUR AND TWENTY BLACKBIRDS and NOT FLESH NOR FEATHERS.