{"product_id":"the-slantwise-histories-collected-stories-by-alix-e-harrow-hardback-copy","title":"The Slantwise Histories: Collected Stories By Alix E. Harrow (Trade Paperback)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003ePublished: \u003cstrong\u003e22\/10\/2026\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGenres: Fantasy - Short Stories - Fiction - Adult - Historical Fiction - Anthologies - Short Story Collection\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv itemprop=\"description\" id=\"scope_book_description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese tales tell\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003ea different truth\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eslantwise and by starlight.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAward-winning and internationally bestselling author Alix E. Harrow delivers a fantastical collection of stories old and new: tales about tricksters and ghosts, ordinary magic and mundane spectacle, all in the tradition of Angela Carter, Anne Sexton and Carmen Maria Machado.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStretching from ancient battlefields to the American freeway’s neon-lit attractions, these stories are filled with tricksters, ghosts and ordinary magic. They honour the people caught in the jaws of history; women, workers, soldiers and mothers – everyone who’s been shoved into the margins of the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhether exploring the airless, unchanging dark of an underworld, tracking werewolves through snow-crusted mountain passes or watching a steel mill grind a community into ash, these narratives dive into mysteries that\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003emight\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ehave been. But these tales aren’t tragedies. They are the triumphant stories of the ones who got away: the dissenters and rule-breakers who ran – and tossed a match behind them as they left.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis collection includes Alix’s acclaimed novelette\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Six Deaths of the Saint\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand the Hugo-Award winning story that started her career,\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eA Witch’s Guide to Escape.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e* * *\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePraise for Alix E. Harrow:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘This book has everything you could possibly want’\u003cbr\u003eReese Witherspoon on\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eStarling House\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘Alix E. Harrow is an exceptional, undeniable talent’\u003cbr\u003eOlivie Blake,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ebestselling author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eGirl Dinner\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘A feat of the ages. An utter masterpiece . . . I loved every single page’\u003cbr\u003eRachel Gillig,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ebestselling author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eOne Dark Window\u003c\/i\u003e, on\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eThe Everlasting\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘I was utterly trapped in its pages – and, now free, already long to return’\u003cbr\u003eCaitlin Starling, Bram Stoker Award-winner and bestselling author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Death of Jane Lawrence\u003c\/i\u003e, on\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Everlasting\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘No one writes about why we read quite like Alix E. 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