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The Poison Eaters: and Other Stories
A Young Adult Fantasy Short Story Collection by Holly Black
Subgenres & Tropes:
- Short Story Collection,
- Dark Fantasy,
- Urban Fantasy,
- Faeries,
- Paranormal Fantasy
This book is for you if you're into...
- Dark faerie tales with poisonous girls and devilish bargains
- Short stories mixing vampires, werewolves, and faerie markets
- Humor and humanity in the shadows of supernatural worlds
Pick your poison: Vampires, devils, werewolves, faeries, or . . . ? Find them all here in Holly Black’s amazing first collection.
In her debut collection, New York Times best-selling author Holly Black returns to the world of Tithe in two darkly exquisite new tales.
Then Black takes readers on a tour of a faerie market and introduces a girl poisonous to the touch and another who challenges the devil to a competitive eating match.
Some of these stories have been published in anthologies such as 21 Proms, The Faery Reel, and The Restless Dead, and many have been reprinted in many “Best of” anthologies.
The Poison Eaters is Holly Black’s much-anticipated first collection, and her ability to stare into the void—and to find humanity and humor there—will speak to young adult and adult readers alike.
A Junior Library Guild Pick.
Illustrated by Theo Black.
Holly Black is the author of Tithe: A Modern Faerie Tale (an ALA Best Book for Young Adults) and two related novels, Valiant (Norton Award winner) and New York Times bestseller Ironside.
Her latest novel, Black Heart is the third of a new series, The Curseworkers.
She and Tony DiTerlizzi created the best-selling Spiderwick Chronicles.
Holly lives in Massachusetts with her husband, Theo, in a house with a secret library.
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