New Releases by Charles de Lint

Here is the eagerly anticipated follow-up to the award-winning anthology Firebirds! Firebirds Rising takes readers from deep space to Faerie to just around the corner. It is full of magic, humor, adventure, and?best of all?the unexpected. The one thing readers can count on is marvelous writing. Firebirds Rising proves once again that Firebird is a gathering place for writers and readers of speculative fiction from teenage to adult, from the United States to Europe, Asia, and beyond.

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Welcome to three tales of the authors most enduring creation, Newford, in the first short story collection to be both written and illustrated by the author.

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."

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His name when he was human was Kern. Now he is the most feared of beings: a werewolf. When the change first came upon him, his parents drove him away with silver daggers. Later, he sought human companionship, but he could not hide the truth for long. And so he kept running until he ran headlong into the deadliest pursuer of all-a harper bent on stealing his life away. By chance Kern was able to find refuge at the Inn of the Yellow Tinker, and the woman he was destined to love. But can he risk both human and harper vengeance to keep her?

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.

Twins sisters on a musical tour of the Southwest meet up with Native American spirits in search of soul mates.

Ancient magic and the Internet weave a spell in the latest Newford novel fromurban fantasy master Charles de Lint.

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Lillian is an orphan who lives with her aunt on a homestead miles from anyone, surrounded by uncharted forest. She wanders the woods, chasing squirrels and rabbits and climbing trees. Free-spirited and independent Lillian is a kindred spirit to the many wild cats who gather around the ancient beech tree. One day, while she is under the beech, Lillian is bitten by a poisonous snake. The cats refuse to let her die, and use their magic to turn her into one of their own. How she becomes a girl again is a lyrical, original folktale. Set in the countryside north of de Lint''s fictional Newford, with some of the same characters as the duo''s recent, acclaimed Seven Wild Sisters, A Circle of Catsis the long-awaited first picture book by long-time friends Charles de Lint and Charles Vess, whose masterful art is as magical as the story. Illustrations by Charles Vess.

Continuing Philip Jos Farmer''s classic "shared world" fantasy, this second volume features two more adventures in the saga. Includes "The Valley of Thunder" and "The Lake of Fire." Original.

Continues the story of the inhabitants of the magical city of Newford, including a bluesman hiding from the devil, a dying Buffalo Man, a murderous and vengeful ghost, and a wolf man confronting his first blind date.

“[This] fantasy moves from the outer to the inner world with amazing ease and should satisfy new and old fans of this prolific and gifted storyteller.” —Publishers Weekly In novel after novel, and story after story, Charles de Lint has brought an imaginary North American city to vivid life. Newford: where magic lights dark streets; where myths walk clothed in modern shapes; where a broad cast of extraordinary people work to keep the whole world turning. At the center of all the entwined lives in Newford stands a young artist named Jilly Coppercorn, with her tangled hair, her paint-splattered jeans, a smile perpetually on her lips—Jilly, whose paintings capture the hidden beings that dwell in the city’s shadows. Now, at last, de Lint tells Jilly’s own story . . . for behind the painter’s fey charm lies a dark secret and a past she’s labored to forget. And that past is coming to claim her now. “I’m the onion girl,” Jilly Coppercorn says. “Pull back the layers of my life, and you won’t find anything at the core. Just a broken child. A hollow girl.” She’s very, very good at running. But life has just forced Jilly to stop. “A master storyteller, [de Lint] blends Celtic, Native American, and other cultures into a seamless mythology that resonates with magic and truth.” —Library Journal “Like great writers of magic realism, [de Lint] writes about people in the world we know, encountering magic as a part of that world. Fairy tales come true, and their magic affects realistic characters full of particular lusts and fears.” —Booklist

Minda, who is trapped inside a dark nightmare, makes a journey to another world to confront Ildran the Dream-master and try to save the Lord of the Moors.

The harp was a gift from Jacky Lantern''s fey kin, as was the music Angharad pulled from its strings. "Into the Green" is an unusual tale set in an entirely fantasy world, now returned to print in a trade paperback edition.

Janey Little, a folk musician, discovers a mysterious manuscript hidden in her grandfather''s cottage in Cornwall and gets caught up in a world both strange and familiar, with only her music as a weapon.

De Lint''s classic novel of native magic in an American future is now back in print. Only Gahzee can save the downed Indian flyer, walking the line between the Dreamtime and the Realtime, bringing his people''s ancient magic to bear on the poisoned world of tomorrow.

A new tale of urban magic, in which a diverse cast of characters learns that all the oldest myths are true. Teems with music, danger and a touch of romance.

A collection of the author''s writings, from 1977 to 1999, mostly written as annual Christmas gifts to his wife.

Jacky Rowan is hurtled into the land of Faerie and is hailed as a trickster hero destined to save the Elven Courts.

A classic urban fantasy--back in print. Not far from the city lies an ancient wood, forgotten by the rest of the world, where mystery walks in the shape of a horned man wearing a cloak of leaves. And, when this man touches your dreams, your life will never be the same again. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

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.