![]() ![]() Searching for the killer plunges Genny deep into the hidden heart of vampire society. When Mr October, a sexy calendar pin-up vamp, is accused of murdering his girlfriend, an old debt is called in and Genny is forced to help prove his innocence, risking her job and the protection it offers – and threatening to expose her own dark secrets. And I know firsthand just how deadly a vampire can be.’ Now the vamps are sought-after celebrities, and Getting Fanged and taking the Gift are the new height of all things cool.īut only if you’re human. Not that vampires are the big bad any more, not since they launched a slick PR campaign – oh, and they brought the goblins on board. It’s a great job, pays the rent, lets me do the thing I’m good at – finding magic and cracking it – and the bonus is it’s run by witches, which stops the vamps from taking a bite out of me. Published 2008 363 pages Summary (from the book jacket) ![]()
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When the monstrous lord rumored to have murdered his entire family notices Arien’s powers, the siblings are taken away from their village to Lakesedge Estate, where the Corruption spreads over the land. Goodreads synopsis: There are monsters in the world. When Violeta Graceling arrives at haunted Lakesedge estate, she expects to find a monster. 5RRP Paperback: 24.99 AUDRelease Date: September 2021 A huge thank you to the wonderful people at Macmillan AU for gifting me a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. Seventeen-year-old Violeta has a rough life: her adoptive mother beats her and her younger brother, Arien, because Arien has shadow magic. Lakesedge Lyndall Clipstone 3.50 6,241 ratings1,607 reviews A gothic fantasy about monsters and magic, set on the banks of a cursed lake. ![]() ![]() ![]() The theatre was raided, the show’s producer and 12-member cast were arrested and convicted on charges of obscenity, and the production was shut down. 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She was the 2011 recipient of the Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award from the Science Fiction Writers of America (SFWA). ![]() Willis most recently won a Hugo Award for All Seated on the Ground (August 2008). ![]() She has won, among other awards, ten Hugo Awards and six Nebula Awards. She is one of the most honored science fiction writers of the 1980s and 1990s. Service for the Burial of the Dead (1982)Ĭonstance Elaine Trimmer Willis is an American science fiction writer. Disturbing, revealing, and provocative, this remarkable collection of short fiction brings together some of the best work of an incomparable writer whose ability to amaze, confound, and enlighten never fails. In "The Sidon in the Mirror," a mutant with the unconscious urge to become other people finds himself becoming both killer and victim. In "A Letter from the Clearys," a routine message from distant friends shatters the fragile world of a beleaguered family. 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