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

"Who put Ellen in the blackgum tree?" Decades after trespassing children spotted the desiccated corpse wedged in the treetop, no one knows the answer. Kate Thrush and her former college professor, Dr. Judith Kane, travel to Cinderwich, Tennessee in hopes that maybe it was their Ellen: Katie's lost aunt, Judith's long-gone lover. But they're not the only ones to have come here looking for closure. The people of Cinderwich, a town hardly more than a skeleton itself, are staunchly resistant to the outsiders' questions about Ellen and her killer. And the deeper the two women dig, the more rot they unearth ... the closer they come to exhuming the evil that lies, hungering, at the roots of Cinderwich. "Cinderwich is a fantastic, spooky treasure from Cherie Priest — a mystery wrapped in Appalachian lore and family secrets, with so much heart. An absolute must read." — Fran Wilde, double Nebula winner and author of The Book of Gems "Cinderwich is, at its heart, a compelling story of loss and the lengths we'll go to reckon with it, and it's a hell of a creepy ghost story too." — Kelly Baker, author of Final Girl: And Other Essays on Grief, Trauma, and Mental Illness "A maestro of the uncanny, with Cinderwich Cherie Priest weaves a masterful tapestry of the extraordinary and the everyday, flipping the small-town mystery on its head. The book reads like a cozy, the way you'd feel wearing your favorite sweater. Her storytelling prowess draws readers into its intricately crafted world. With each page turned, Priest proves herself a visionary wordsmith. A wild, entertaining ride, Cinderwich resonates long after the last page is turned." — Maurice Broaddus, Stoker Award finalist and author of Sweep of Stars "Cinderwich is one of those atmospheric stories where the unease comes from inside as much as from an external threat. It's a ghost story, in the truest sense and I loved the questions it asked. It's a quiet story about grief and the ripple effects trauma leaves on the the people surrounding the trauma. It's a moody, atmospheric tale that delivers fear and hope." — Mary Robinette Kowal, Hugo Award-winning author of The Calculating Stars "How about a road trip to a creepy, old town full of secrets with your two best friends to solve a murder-mystery. Earl grey tea, ghosts, and secrets — a perfect cozy horror/mystery to read during Halloween. No bookmark required." — Sadie Hartmann, author of Stoker Award finalist and author of 101 Horror Books to Read Before You're Murdered 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.