The eternal singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell is seen anew, portrayed through a witty and comprehensive exploration of anecdotes, quotes, and lyrics by Henry Alford, "the most graceful of humorists" (Vanity Fair) and a writer for The New Yorker.Joni Mitchell's life, psyche, and evolving legacy are explored here in vivid technicolor—from her childhood in Saskatoon, Canada, to her arrival in Laurel Canyon that turned her into, as Alford puts it, "the bard of heartbreak and longing." Each period of Mitchell's life is observed via the artists, friends, family, and lovers she encountered along the way, including James Taylor, Leonard Cohen, Georgia O'Keefe, Prince, and, most significantly, Kilauren, the daughter Mitchell gave up for adoption at birth but then reconnected with decades later. Presented in the impressionistic vein of Ninety-Nine Glimpses of Princess Margaret, I Dream of Joni explores in fifty-three essays, with the...

Angela Slatter's The Night Stair is a gothic fantasy tale of vampires, vengeance, and treachery set in the award-winning author's Sourdough universe.Two of Adlisa's sisters have been selected to serve, adopting the role of dutiful daughter to the dark Lady who rules the manor. Two of Adlisa's sisters were eaten, devoured when the Lady's fixations soured and they were deemed expendable.Now it's Adlisa's turn to serve, selected from seven candidates to step into the opulent luxury of her new life. Her survival depends on maintaining a fragile illusion, standing in for the child Her Ladyship lost centuries before.Yet Adlisa is no helpless daughter, here to serve and earn coin for her family until her untimely death. She plays her own games with the Lord and Lady of the house, and she is not as helpless as she seems.This chapbook presents a stand-alone story set in the world of A.G. Slatter's...

She went to Montana to inspire her next book. Instead, she found the woman to rewrite her whole story.  Alicia Hidalgo seems to have it all. A Puerto Rican New Yorker with a bestselling series and celebrity fans, she’s built a glittering life of book deals, brunches, and bustle—but when her creativity stalls, so does her carefully curated world. Fueled by a few too many glasses of wine and a mounting sense of desperation, Alicia books herself a stay at a working ranch in Montana, hoping that wide skies and silence might finally break her writer’s block. What she doesn’t expect is Georgia Hartley, the ranch’s lead wrangler. Strong, capable, and devastatingly grounded, Georgia can fix a fence post, calm a horse, or take Alicia’s breath away without saying a word. She’s everything Alicia isn’t: patient, unhurried, and at peace in a world far removed from New York’s chaos. But life in small-town Montana isn’t always easy, and the gulf between their worlds is wider than the plains that stretch between them. As Alicia’s deadline looms and Georgia’s past resurfaces, both women must decide if love can bridge the distance, or if some stories are meant to end where they began.  A slow-burn, opposites-attract romance about finding love where you least expect it, and daring to stay once you do.

Sometimes you have to fall to find your way. Will Burton escaped to The Lake District, eager to leave his past behind him. Trapped in a place he loves but with no real prospects, echoes of his previous life still haunt him. When Poppy Jackson, a fellow Lakes lover, tumbles into his path, she brings turmoil in more ways than one. Can Will learn to love, or will he walk away again? Tumbling Together is a women's fiction novel with an accompanying short story. It contains elements of mental health struggles and exposure to domestic violence. Set in The Lake District, it's an emotional tale where characters confront and overcome multiple challenges, both physically and mentally.

‘An impressive, urgent novel by a talented and courageous writer.’ – Mohsin Hamid, author of Exit West How do you mourn your father when you know his secrets? After many years abroad, Roz and Harun return to Malaysian Borneo for the funeral of their father Yusuf – and to reckon with their inheritance. A renowned palm-oil baron during Malaysia’s economic rise, Yusuf built the family’s immense wealth by destroying huge tracts of rainforest. What his children know is that he was also responsible for the violent disappearance of a man who stood in his way. Harun has become a successful tech entrepreneur in Los Angeles, Roz is an artist struggling to stay afloat in Sydney. Now they want to return something their father stole from the forests of their homeland. In their quest for redemption they grapple with the legacy of power and corruption, dreamers and exiles, thugs and zealots. Most dangerous of all, they are haunted – by the ghosts of colonialism, the ghosts of family, the ghosts of language, and the ghosts of the forest itself. A trailblazing journey across the globe, Fierceland weaves the past and the present into an emotionally powerful family saga that plays out at a mythical scale. ‘Exhilarating, melodious, smart, resonant about the fragility of our times . . . A revolutionary novel of consciousness with Borneo at its core. This is the novel I’ve been waiting for.’ — Ellen Van Neerven 'Potent and powerful, Fierceland is a shapeshifting novel of great reckoning; a brutal, beautiful study of wilderness within and without, of the ghosts that afflict and follow in the wake of family, legacy and complicity.' — Hannah Kent 'Surprising, surreal, and written with gripping poetic prose, Omar Musa reminds us why he is a virtuoso storyteller.' — Sara M. Saleh 'If ever there has been a Great Bornean Novel, Omar Musa's Fierceland

Step one: Perfect the smile. Step two: Master the routine. Step three: Never let them see what's underneath. Through this series of haunting tales, Gerden Ibrahim guides us into a realm where beautiful surfaces hide monstrous depths. I was the star of Dr. Warly's adventure club: a children's show that doesn't exist. My sister disappeared five years ago, but last night she knocked on our door. Never leave a chair empty in your bedroom at night. You don't want to know who might take a seat while you sleep. I just got a job at a lamp store. Turns out we don't actually sell lamps... When our town smells like cinnamon, you know someone just died. These stories and others chronicle terrifying impostors...