New Releases by Ursula Vernon

The story of a wombat on an incredible journey of discovery Kurt Busiek calls "utterly charming with a delightful (and refreshingly practical) hero." Digger Unearthed is the story of a shrewd, sensible wombat engineer named Digger-of-unnecessarily-convoluted-tunnels, who finds herself stranded in a fantasy world that is far from logical. Thrust into the middle of a puzzling and often perilous situation involving gods, demons, destiny, and redemption, she finds her way based on a pragmatic honesty and the sincere belief in doing the right thing. This tale manages to be both serious and light-hearted: it explores complex themes of honor, responsibility, and the gray areas between right and wrong, but it does so with a frequent application of humor, wit, and absurdity that makes the journey fun. To celebrate its tenth anniversary, Digger Unearthed offers the complete webcomic collection in a single volume that can be fully enjoyed by young adult readers, yet also contains layers of sophistication that become deeper and more meaningful with age and experience.

¡La protagonista más peluda sigue sus aventuras! ALERTA ROEDORA Como HAMSTER PRINCESS, me complace informaros de que: 1. Las princesas no necesitan un caballero peludo que las salve. --u003e ¡Yo puedo salvarme sola! 2. Las maldiciones de las brujas CASI siempre tienen su parte positiva. --u003e En mi caso, ¡soy invencible hasta que cumpla doce años! 3. En mi reino, las aventuras están aseguradas. --u003e ¿Te atreves a acompañarme?

Harriet no es la típica princesa en apuros que espera a su caballero roedor, prefiere una buena espada antes que probarse vestidos en palacio. Cuando Harriet descubre que de pequeña una maldición la condenó a quedarse profundamente dormida al cumplir los doce años, reacciona bastante bien... ¡Está condenada a ser invencible hasta entonces! No puede quedarse sentada en su trono y desperdiciar la parte buena de la maldición: ¡hay que pasar a la acción!

It''s Little Red Riding Hood as you''ve never seen her before in this funny, feminist spin on the fairy tale, from award-winning author Ursula Vernon Most monsters know better than to mess with Princess Harriet Hamsterbone. She''s a fearsome warrior, an accomplished jouster, and is so convincing that she once converted a beastly Ogrecat to vegetarianism. So why would a pack of weasel-wolf monsters come to her for help? Well, there''s something downright spooky going on in the forest where they live, and it all centers around a mysterious girl in a red cape. No one knows better than Harriet that little girls aren''t always sweet. Luckily there''s no problem too big or bad for this princess to solve. In this sixth installment of her whip-smart Hamster Princess series, Ursula Vernon once again upends fairy tale tropes and subverts gender stereotypes to brilliant effect. This is a "Once Upon a Time" like you''ve never seen before.

Henriette est un hamster princesse qui ne perd pas de temps avec les mondanités et les délicatesses. Elle et sa monture Mamfrey, une caille bien courageuse, partent à l''aventure. Dans ce troisième tome, Henriette souhaite libérer la princesse Ratponce de sa haute tour et retrouver l''oeuf de son amie Têtouille. [SDM].

A funny, feminist twist on the Cinderella fairy tale for fans of fractured fairy tales Princess Harriet Hamsterbone is not the kind of princess who enjoys fancy dresses or extravagant parties. Cliff-diving, fractions, and whacking people with swords are more her thing. So when she''s forced to attend a boring ball in honor of a visiting ambassador, Harriet is less than thrilled--until a bewitchingly beautiful stranger arrives. Who is she? And where did she come from? The mystery leads to a not-so-wicked stepsister, an incontinent lizard, and a fairy''s spell that''s really more of a curse. Luckily, Harriet knows a thing or two about curses... Smart, funny, and filled with swashbuckling adventure, book five in the critically acclaimed Hamster Princess series is a hilariously re-told fairy tale for the modern age.

Toujours peu encline à se brosser pendant des heures et à chantonner en duo avec n''importe quel animal de la forêt, Henriette se languit de son activité préférée : sauter du haut de la plus haute tour de son château. Quand une fée musaraigne lui parle de la malédiction qui touche le Royaume rongeur, Henriette n''y tient plus, enfourche son pigeon-destrier et part à l''aventure. Les douze princesses souris du Royaume rongeur sont maudites : tous les soirs et jusqu''au petit matin, elles s''échappent mystérieusement de leur château et se mettent à danser comme par enchantement, sans jamais pouvoir s''arrêter. Les petites souris sont épuisées, la malédiction n''a que trop duré. Armée d''un poncho d''invisibilité, Henriette est bien décidée à trouver le responsable de ce mauvais sort et à sauver les princesses. Sa tâche se révèle, hélas, beaucoup plus compliquée et dangereuse que prévu, même pour une princesse aussi vaillante qu''elle... Heureusement, Henriette s''est trouvé un acolyte

Henriette n''est pas une princesse comme les autres. Déjà, Henriette est un hamster, et, au lieu d''être délicate, polie et d''aimer la poésie, comme toute tête couronnée qui se respecte, Henriette est plutôt intrépide, bruyante et particulièrement douée une épée entre les pattes. Quand ses parents lui révèlent qu''une malédiction la fera dormir pour toujours le jour de ses douze ans, Henriette est ravie ! Comme il faut bien qu''elle soit vivante pour ce jour fatidique, cela veut dire qu''elle est invincible jusqu''à son douzième anniversaire (ce qu''elle s''empresse de vérifier en sautant de la plus haute tour de son château et en apprenant à dompter des dragons !). Le jour de la grande malédiction, Henriette refuse qu''on lui dicte son destin et décide de combattre le sorcier responsable du mauvais sort. Après un duel dantesque, la malédiction se réalise de façon inattendue : c''est le sorcier qui se retrouve profondément endormi... ainsi que tout le royaume d''Henriette ! Oups ! La malédiction accomplie, Henriette n''est plus invincible et elle a une sacrée mission : trouver un prince capable d''embrasser tous ses sujets pour briser le sort qui frappe son royaume. Que la chasse au prince commence !

Henriette n''est pas une princesse comme les autres. Elle n''est ni délicate, ni polie, ni silencieuse. Et elle adore s''entraîner à l''épée. Mais une terrible malédiction la menace : le jour de ses douze ans, elle se piquera sur une roue pour hamster et s''endormira pour toujours. N''importe qui serait terrifié... mais pas Henriette l''invincible ! Que l''aventure commence !

A magical beanstalk leads to a GIANT surprise in book four of the series that’s chock-full of girl power and perfect for fans of Princess in Black and Babymouse Princess Harriet Hamsterbone doesn''t go looking for trouble. She prefers to think of it as looking for adventure. But when she climbs to the top of an enormous beanstalk and sneaks into the castle at the top, Harriet finds plenty of both. The castle is home to one very poetically challenged giant rabbit with two unusual prisoners—a girl who is half harp, half hamster, and an extremely large goose. This calls for a heroic rescue, and Harriet is just the hamster for the job. The fourth installment of the critically acclaimed Hamster Princess series turns the story of Jack and the Beanstalk upside down, with plenty of laughs along the way.

Rapunzel gets a rodent twist in book three of the critically acclaimed and uproariously funny series that’s perfect for fans of Princess in Black and Babymouse Princess Harriet Hamsterbone does not like sitting around at home. How’s a princess supposed to have any fun when her parents are constantly reminding her to be careful and act princessly? So when her pal Prince Wilbur needs help finding a stolen hydra egg, Harriet happily takes up the quest. The thief’s trail leads them to a wicked witch and a tall tower, occupied by a rat whose tail has more to it than meets the eye! The third book in the award-winning comic hybrid Hamster Princess series will make you look at rodents, royalty, and fairy tales in a whole new light.

"Harriet Hamsterbone sets out to reverse the curse on twelve mice princesses who are forced to dance all night, every night"--

The 2015 Apex Magazine Sampler contains the following stories: "Pocosin" by Ursula Vernon "Remembery Day" by Sarah Pinsker "Multo" by Samuel Marzioli "Inhabiting Your Skin" by Mari Ness "She Gave Her Heart, He Took Her Marrow" by Sam Fleming "It is Healing, It is Never Whole" by Sunny Moraine

"Danny Dragonbreath travels to the farthest North to find a way to relight his fire before it''s too late"--

The November/December 2015 issue of Uncanny Magazine. Featuring new fiction by Ursula Vernon, Elizabeth Bear, Karin Tidbeck, Yoon Ha Lee, and Alex Bledsoe, classic fiction by Alaya Dawn Johnson, essays by Annalee Flower Horne and Natalie Luhrs, Aidan Moher, Tansy Rayner Roberts, and Deborah Stanish, poetry by Mari Ness, Sonya Taaffe, and Lisa M. Bradley, interviews with Yoon Ha Lee and Alex Bledsoe by Deborah Stanish, a cover by Julie Dillon, and an editoral by Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas. As always, available DRM-free.

Sleeping Beauty gets a feisty, furry twist in this hilarious new comic series from the creator of Dragonbreath Harriet Hamsterbone is not your typical princess. She may be quite stunning in the rodent realm (you''ll have to trust her on this one), but she is not so great at trailing around the palace looking ethereal or sighing a lot. She finds the royal life rather . . . dull. One day, though, Harriet''s parents tell her of the curse that a rat placed on her at birth, dooming her to prick her finger on a hamster wheel when she''s twelve and fall into a deep sleep. For Harriet, this is most wonderful news: It means she''s invincible until she''s twelve! After all, no good curse goes to waste. And so begins a grand life of adventure with her trusty riding quail, Mumfrey...until her twelfth birthday arrives and the curse manifests in a most unexpected way. Perfect for fans of Babymouse and Chris Colfer''s Land of Stories, this laugh-out-loud new comic hybrid series will turn everything you thought you knew about princesses on its head.

When little twelve-year-old Molly arrives at Castle Hangnail to fill the vacancy for a wicked witch, the minions who dwell there have no choice but to give her the job, and at first it seems she''ll be able to keep the castle open, but Molly has quite a few secrets that could cause trouble.

Danny Dragonbreath must save his cousin from the ultimate enemy: Knights!

Danny Dragonbreath and his friend Wendell try to stop the school from being infected after Wendell is bit by an odd looking hot dog and starts turning into a were-wiener.

Danny Dragonbreath and his best friend Wendell thought the hot dog from the school cafeteria looked a little . . . off. Then things got weird when the hot dog bit Wendell, and weirder still when Wendell started to sprout back hair. Could Wendell be morphing into a . . . (cue ominous music) were-wiener? All evidence points to yes. And unless he and Danny can get past the lunch ladies and slay the alpha-wurst, the whole school could be infected. Written in Ursula Vernon''s trademark hybrid style of comic-book panels and text, this is the thrilling third book in the series. In a starred review, Kirkus Reviews said Dragonbreath "will leave readers in stiches- and on tenterhooks waiting for the next one." Curse of the Were-Wiener will make kids everywhere laugh, shriek, and take a closer look at their lunches. Perfect for fans of Wimpy Kid and Bad Kitty.

Danny Dragonbreath has seen a lot of weird things, but nothing quite like the inside of his best friend Wendell''s brain. Wendell has been having terrible nightmares, and Danny and Wendell''s totally-not-girlfriend Suki agree to venture into the iguana''s mind to get rid of the thing causing the dreams--before Wendell goes permanently insane. There''s more scary stuff in Wendell''s strange and nerdy subconscious than Danny bargained for, and getting out of there is no easy feat, even for a ninja girl and an almost-fire-breathing dragon. The eighth book in the smoking hot Dragonbreath series for fans of Diary of a Wimpy Kid , Bad Kitty, and Big Nate will make you laugh until smoke comes out your nose!

Danny Dragonbreath knows girls are nothing but trouble. And the new foreign exchange student, Suki the Salamander, is the worst: she''s reduced his best friend, Wendell, to a blithering, lovesick tadpole. But when a group of ninja frogs attempt to kid

Danny Dragonbreath is excited about going to camp with his best friend Wendell and classmate Christiana even though his obnoxious, seven-year-old cousin Spencer is going too, but things change when Spencer finds a real jackalope.