{"product_id":"the-slantwise-histories-collected-stories-5363","title":"The Slantwise Histories: Collected Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePub Date: 10\/20\/2026\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDive into a dazzling collection of short fiction from Alix E. Harrow, the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of\u003ci\u003e The Everlasting \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Starling House.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Full of haunting prose, Harrow's stories are pitch-perfect. Ardent fans and new readers will love this delightful collection of tales across time.\"\u003c\/b\u003e --\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, STARRED review\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese are stories about the past as it wasn't quite, but might have been--or could still be.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese are stories about dreamers and liars and lovers and ghosts; people just like you.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese are stories about places the world has seen, and some that hide just beyond the periphery of possibility.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMost of all, these are stories for anyone who ever wanted more.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat's a legend, except a history told slantwise?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Slantwise Histories: Collected Stories \u003c\/i\u003epresents the best known short fiction of Alix. E. Harrow, including the Hugo-award winning \"A Witch's Guide to Escape: A Practical Compendium of Portal Fantasies\" as well as five all-new stories. The collection also includes the author's preferred text of previously published stories \"The Long Way Up\", \"Roadside Attraction\", \"Mr. Death\", \"The Ransom of Miss Coraline Connelly\", \"The Sycamore and the Sybil\", \"Do Not Look Back, My Lion\", \"The Whisper in the Weld\", \"Dustbaby\", and Amazon Original short stories, \"The Six Deaths of the Saint\" and \"The Knight and the Butcherbird\".\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Alix E. Harrow\u003c\/b\u003e is the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e-bestselling and Hugo Award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Ten Thousand Doors of January\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Once and Future Witches\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eStarling House\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Everlasting\u003c\/i\u003e and various short fiction. A former Kentuckian, Harrow now lives in Virginia with her husband and their two semi-feral kids.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alix E Harrow","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52997489426717,"sku":"9781250345363","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0821\/9095\/8877\/files\/9781250345363.jpg?v=1789929841","url":"https:\/\/www.anovelideaphilly.com\/products\/the-slantwise-histories-collected-stories-5363","provider":"A Novel Idea on Passyunk","version":"1.0","type":"link"}