New Releases by Charles de Lint

ufeffPhilip José Farmer, bestselling author of RIVERWORLD, introduces the fifth volume of fantastic mystery within the maze of THE DUNGEON The Journey continues ... Nearing the zenith of their quest, Clive and Neville Folliot and their comrades from time and space are scattered through a ruined city Giants, hissing skeletons, and packs of huge feral dogs threaten them. But beneath the decaying streets waits the greatest danger of all—the Ren and the Chaffri, inscrutable masters of the Dungeon. If the Folliots can fight through to the undercity, at last they will face their true foes! THE HIDDEN CITY by Charles de Lint With fantastic illustrations by Robert Gould, winner of the World Fantasy Award.

Josh is searching for his former girlfriend Elzie, who he believes is in imminent danger. Back in Santa Feliz, his friends are facing a huge anti-Wildling rally that threatens all Wildling teens with segregation and incarceration.

Josh Saunders knew his troubles weren’t over. He just never thought that everything would blow up as hard and fast as it has. Sure, he’s got a mountain lion living under his skin, but he still thought he could keep his head down and get a few days of respite. But life is still complicated in the once-quiet beach town of Santa Feliz. While Josh and the other teens-turned-Wildlings would love nothing more than to keep their identities hidden, others have different ideas. The FBI still have questions for Josh—and a bully is out to make sure that he doesn’t even think about trying to return to normal life, let alone keep his public façade up at school. In the meantime, several Wildling Elders view Josh as their prospective leader and ambassador between the human and Wildling communities … but unbeknownst to almost everyone, including Josh, another formidable Wildling Elder is determined to have him secretly murdered—by the hand of one of Josh’s friends. In this riveting coming-of-age novel, Josh faces powerful Wildling clashes, angry street gangs, a hateful bully, FBI investigators and perhaps even the loss of his very best friend and confidante, Marina. A compelling story, Over My Headis a page-turner told in classic de Lint fashion.

Seventeen-year-old Josh Saunders has seen the news reports about young people transforming from human into wild animal and back again but is still unprepared when it happens to him. When he switches back to his human body, he knows his life has changed forever. He has become a Wildling. Trusting only his best friends Des and Marina with his secret, Josh tries to return to regular living.

The stories in this anthology are ripe with magic of new beginnings and will change the way you look at life, forever. Psychologist Carl Jung once suggested that an archetype will reappear in a new form to redress imbalances in society exactly when it is needed. Perhaps the Green Man is rising yet again just in time to help us cultivate a harmonious and sustainable relationship with Nature.

A collection of stories -- science fiction, fantasy, and horror -- in which the bookstore is a character, a major component of the story, and/or a true motivating factor.

Altagracia--her friends call her Grace--has a tattoo of Nuestra Señora de Altagracia on her shoulder, she's got a Ford Motor Company tattoo running down her leg, and she has grease worked so deep into her hands that it'll never wash out. Grace works at Sanchez Motorworks, customizing hot rods. Finding the line in a classic car is her calling. Grace loves John, and John loves her, and that would be wonderful, except that John, like Grace, has unfinished business: he's haunted by the childhood death of his younger brother. He's never stopped feeling responsible. Like Grace in her way, John is an artist, and before their relationship can find its resolution, the two of them will have to teach each other about life and love, about hot rods and Elvis Presley, and about why it's necessary to let some things go.--from Publisher description.

A Loving Collaboration between Charles de Lint and his fans, this extraordinary collection celebrates the finest stories of the pioneer of urban fantasy and creator of the mythical city of Newford. Asked to suggest their own favorite stories for inclusion, de Lint''s readers were instrumental in creating this timeless treasury. These retold fairy tales and modern myths redefine magic through de Lint''s enchanted characters: playful Crow Girls sneaking into the homes of their sleeping neighbors; a graffiti artist risking everything to expose a long-standing conspiracy; a half-human girl choosing between her village and her strange birthright; and an unrepentant trickster throwing one last party in his folkloric tradition.

High-schooler Jay Li, finds himself in the Arizona desert performing dangerous feats as part of his journey to prove himself a worthy member of the part human, part dragon Yellow Dragon Clan.

Sisters Laurel and Bess Dillard are traveling through the Southwest playing their music in bars and house parties when they meet two unhappy Native American spirits, Jim Changing Dog and Alice Corn Hair.

The third volume collecting the early stories of award-winning fantasy writer Charles de Lint.

Seventeen-year-old Miguel Schreiber and a long-term enemy are drawn into a strange dream world when they fall in love with shapeshifting sisters from Australia--twins hiding from a cursed ancestor who can only be freed with the girls' cooperation.

Return to the world of Widdershins and The Onion Girl in this collection of Newford tales

Familiar to Charles de Lint''s ever-growing audience as the setting of the novels Memory & Dream, Trader, and Someplace To Be Flying, Newford is the quintessential North American city, tough and streetwise on the surface and rich with hidden magic for those who can see. Now de Lint returns to this extraordinary city for a third volume of short stories set there, including several never before published in book form. Here is enchantment under a streetlamp: the landscape of urban North America as only Charles de Lint can show it. "Blending Lovecraft''s imagery, Dunsany''s poetry, Carroll''s surrealism, and Alice Hoffman''s small-town strangeness," wrote Interzone on Dreams Underfoot, de Lint''s Newford tales are "a haunting mixture of human warmth and cold inevitability, of lessons learned and prices to be paid." At the Publisher''s request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

New at her high school, Imogene enlists the help of her introverted friend Maxine and the ghost of a boy who haunts the school after receiving warnings through her dreams that soul-eaters are threatening her life.

A woman photojournalist investigates reports of "animal people" in her town. She finds them after being attacked in a slum and saved by a taxi driver who is one of the people. He introduces her to the world of shape-shifting individuals with animal blood and magical powers who live on the edge of society.

Quicksilver & Shadow is the second volume (of a projected three) of Charles de Lint''s Collected Early Stories. At nearly 150,000 words it''s even larger than volume one, A Handful of Coppers, and includes the very obscure 20,000 word novella, "Berlin," and its over 30,000 word counterpart "Death Leaves an Echo."

Fantasy-roman.

Newford''s citizens--fey folk, magicians, hustlers, painters, fiddlers, and ordinary people--stumble headfirst into enchanting adventures.