{"product_id":"the-sourdough-compendium-isbn-9781835415993","title":"The Sourdough Compendium","description":"\u003cb\u003eAward-winning stories from the world of \u003ci\u003eAll the Murmuring Bones\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Briar Book of the Dead\u003c\/i\u003e, this is a compendium of fantastic tales from the dark gothic heart of the Sourdough universe. Witches, assassins and pirates are brought to life in immersive, sinister and magical prose.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eComprised of three collections (\u003ci\u003eSourdough and Other Stories, The Bitterwood Bible and Other Recountings \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Tallow-Wife and Other Tales\u003c\/i\u003e) these mosaic narratives form much of the foundational mythology for the novels \u003ci\u003eAll the Murmuring Bones\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e The Path of Thorns\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e The Briar Book of the Dead\u003c\/i\u003e¸ \u003ci\u003eThe Crimson Road \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eA Forest, Darkly\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWithin these pages, coffin-makers work hard to keep the dead buried and their own murderous urges in check; poison girls are schooled in the art of marital assassination; books carry forth stories and forbidden secrets; a young witch wreaks a terrible revenge on an old lover; the Little Sisters of St Florian devote their lives to knowledge good and bad; a dying forest god is reinvigorated; mermaids and seamstresses make dangerous bargains; changelings bring havoc. Saints slumber, hind-girls dance across the countryside, bears show their true colours, and the fate of the upper and lower worlds rests on the whim of a volatile plague maiden…\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExquisite, compelling and rich with unforgettable characters, these stories layer and intertwine in the dexterous hands of a master storyteller. All three collections were shortlisted for the World Fantasy Award with \u003ci\u003eThe Bitterwood Bible and Other Recountings\u003c\/i\u003e winning the award. This is beautiful fairy-tale gothic of the most haunting and dangerous kind.\"A dazzling masterpiece of a tapestry novel, where each dark fairy tale twist weaves together into something much greater.\" \u003cbr\u003eCaitlin Rozakis, New York Times bestselling author of Dreadful\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A collection of individually intriguing stories that built into an intricate, beautiful and brooding world”\u003cbr\u003eAdrian Tchaikovsky, Arthur C. Clarke Award-winning author of Children of Time\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Slatter displays a rare gift for evocative and poetic prose\" \u003cbr\u003ePublishers Weekly, starred review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Slatter’s work is excellent, and eminently readable. The world that her creations live within is excellently depicted, and the characters easy to relate to. It’s easy to see how she’s managed to make such an impact on the genre and garnered a British Fantasy Award and numerous other nominations.” \u003cbr\u003eBritish Fantasy Society\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[Angela Slatter] has carved a niche as one of the best writers of short stories of dark fantasy... Slatter combines darkness, passion and beauty to leave the reader at turns amused, confronted and horrified.\" \u003cbr\u003eThe Australian\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A collection of stories in which each individual work is a perfectly crafted gem... As of today’s date, I rate The Bitterwood Bible and Other Recountings the best book I have read so far this year.\"\u003cbr\u003eBlack Static\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Wonderful prose and... enticing narrative style, where words are musical notes and the stories are symphonies.\"\u003cbr\u003eBlack Gate\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Like Aickman, her sense of the fantastic serves to show us the weird world we hold within our own psyches.\"\u003cbr\u003eRick Kleffel, American Public Radio Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Slatter’s fairy tales have a ravishing quality which leaves the reader totally spellbound by their elegance and imaginative power.\" \u003cbr\u003eBookgeeks\u003cb\u003eA.G. Slatter\u003c\/b\u003e has won a Shirley Jackson Award, a World Fantasy Award, a British Fantasy Award, a Ditmar, three Australian Shadows Awards, eight Aurealis Awards and a Premier Ignotus. Most recently, All the Murmuring Bones was shortlisted for the 2021 Queensland Premier’s Literary Awards Book of the Year and the 2021 Shirley Jackson Award; The Path of Thorns won both the Aurealis Award for Best Fantasy Novel and the Australian Shadows Award for Best Novel in 2022; and The Briar Book of the Dead has been shortlisted for both the Aurealis and Australian Shadows Awards for 2024. She has a PhD in Creative Writing, is a graduate of Clarion South and the Tin House Summer Writers Workshop, and has been a judge for the World Fantasy and Aurealis Awards. Angela’s short stories have appeared in many Best Of anthologies, and her work has been translated into many languages. She lives in Brisbane, Australia with a superannuated beagle and a TBR pile which will likely be the death of her. 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