New Releases by Lisa Tuttle

In this exclusive short story from the award-winning author of The Mysteries, inexplicable fear of a maze leads to unexpected consequences . . . Amy and Phil are charmed by the Old Vicarage, a beautiful Glastonbury guest house surrounded by peaceful countryside. But when they look from their window and see a group of strange figures performing a ritual dance around a turf-maze, Amy feels far from peaceful. Phil insists on treading the maze, but Amy is gripped by inexplicable fear - fear that turns out to be well-founded. Dark forces are at work, and unbeknownst to them, Amy and Phil''s holiday will be the last time they enjoy happiness together . . .

''Lisa Tuttle never disappoints'' George R.R. Martin An exclusive short story from the author of THE MYSTERIES and THE SILVER BOUGH. A working wife and mother longs for more time to write, then finds a hidden room where her wish is granted, where she can work undisturbed in a place out of time...

''A strong, poignant, and outright magical tale'' New York Review of Science Fiction In this exclusive short story from critically acclaimed and award-winning author Lisa Tuttle, a woman is haunted by an experience she had as a five-year-old, when she believed she had seen herself with her true love in the future... ''The Walled Garden'' was originally written for Hidden Turnings, a YA fantasy anthology edited by Diana Wynne Jones and was reprinted in Lisa Tuttle''s collection Ghosts and Other Lovers and The Year''s Best Horror and Fantasy, edited by Ellen Datlow and Terry Windling.

"Something terrible happened to me when I was a little girl..." so begins this extraordinary, International Horror Guild Award-winning tale of abduction, survival and escape from the author Stephen Jones has called "a major force in macabre fiction.""Lisa Tuttle''s stories have a way of lingering long after you''ve read them." - The Good Book Guide"Tuttle is at her best as a short story writer. The power and sheer quality of her work are unmistakable on every page." - Chris Morgan"For those of us who cherish short fiction, Tuttle''s work is a treasure trove, a vast and fearful kingdom in itself." - Thomas Tessier

Editor Oliver brings horror home with a collection of haunted house stories by some of the finest writers working in the horror genre, including Joe R. Lansdale, Christopher Priest, Christopher Fowler, Tim Lebbon, and others. Original.

The award-winning author of The Mysteries returns with another captivating novel in which modern-day enigmas and age-old myths come together to bear spellbinding fruit. Nestled on the coast of Scotland, Appleton was once famous for its apples. Now, though the orchards are long gone, locals still dream of the town’s glory days, when good luck seemed a way of life. And outsiders are still drawn to the charming village, including three very different American women. . . . Enchanted by Appleton’s famously ornate library, divorcée Kathleen Mullaroy has left her cosmopolitan job to start anew as the town’s head librarian. . . . Widowed Nell Westray hopes for a quiet life in the place she and her husband spent their happiest moments. . . . And young Ashley Kaldis has come to find her roots. But when a sudden landslide cuts Appleton off from the wider world—and the usual constraints of reality—the village reveals itself to be an extraordinary place, inhabited by legendary beings and secret rooms. Most unexpected is a handsome stranger who will draw all three women into an Otherworld where, as in Eden, the bite of a single apple can alter the course of reality . . . if only one of them will believe.

From award-winning author Lisa Tuttle comes a riveting novel that combines the contemporary story of one man''s search for a missing young woman with history''s most enduring legends of the disappeared. Gripping and unforgettable, here is a spellbinding mix of the mysteries that inhabit our everyday lives-and a mind-bending exploration of what happens when someone vanishes without a trace. Ever since his father disappeared when he was nine years old, Ian Kennedy has had a penchant for stories about missing people-and a knack for finding them. Now he''s a private investigator with an impressive track record. But when a woman enters his London office and asks him to find her lost daughter, Ian faces a case he fears he cannot solve-and one he knows he must. Laura Lensky''s stunning twenty-one-year-old daughter, Peri, has been missing for over two years-a lifetime, under the circumstances. But when Ian learns the details of her disappearance, he discovers eerie parallels to an obscure Celtic myth-and to the haunting case that launched his career, an early success he''s never fully been able to explain. Though Ian suspects Peri may have chosen to vanish, his curiosity leads him to take on the search. Soon he finds himself drawing not only from the mysteries that have preoccupied his adulthood, but from the fables and folklore that pervaded his youth. What follows is a journey that takes Ian and those who care for Peri into the Highlands of Scotland, as the unknowns of the past and present merge in the case-and in their lives. Rich in pathos and steeped in secrets, The Mysteries opens a thought-provoking door from one world into the heart of another, where some of our most perplexingenigmas-and their answers-are startlingly alive. "From the Hardcover edition.

Lisa Tuttle begins by looking at the different kinds of novels in the science and fantasy fiction genres. She then moves on to look at ideas, word-building, language, structure, writing for children, co-authoring, short stories, and finding an agent. This edition advises on self-publishing and on-line publishing.

Collaborative response in an artists'' book format to the letters of Anna Matilda Page King to her family (written between 1817 to 1859) from "Retreat", her St. Simons Island, Georgia plantation.

A collection of fantasy stories featuring off-beat worlds, alien landscapes and angels, among other things. Includes stories by Charles de Lint and Alan Dean Foster.

Michael Moorcock, Neil Gaiman, Michael Bishop, Larry Bond, Ben Bova, and other popular authors take readers on a literary tour of the magical and the mysterious. From Egypt''s great pyramids to the Shroud of Turin to the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, this anthology invetigates forces, people, and things which some feel are better left unexplored.

A compilation of fantasy landscapes by Mark Harrison. These include his book jackets for Sherri Tepper''s The Gate to Woman''s Country and Barry Hughart''s The Story of the Stone. Also included are his creations for writers as diverse as PD James and Isabel Allende.

Identifies leaders of the Women''s movement, discusses slogans, issues, events, organizations, and books, and defines words associated with feminism

Describes and provides illustrations, maps, and plans of eight famous fictional houses featured in "David Copperfield," "Little Women," "Robinson Crusoe," "Alice in Wonderland," "Charlotte''s Web" and other classic stories.

Having been taught reading, writing, and a little magic by his owner, Jules the kitten is persuaded by fairies that appear through the television set to return with them to fairyland and help save their captive prince.