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Juniper Wiles and the Ghost Girls (2022) Triskell Press, 2022
You can get the Kindle version of Juniper Wiles and the Ghost Girls (2022) at
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Anyone who knows her wouldn’t be surprised to learn that Jilly sees the world through a prism of faerie tales. It was years before I came to understand that she wasn’t just being whimsical when she talked so easily about hobs and brownies and various kinds of faerie creatures.
They were real.
Faerieland, otherworlds, and all the denizens and creatures you might imagine to live there.
It was all real.
And so were ghosts.
I remember when I first realized this. I felt like my head was going to explode.
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Juniper should have known better after her last foray into the otherworld. But when she’s asked to look into a mysterious box full of poltergeists she ends up making a promise to seven teenage ghosts that puts here directly in the crosshairs of a blood witch’s deadly ire.
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Newford Stories: The Blue Fiddle (2022) Triskell Press, 2022
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The fiddle Staley Cross’ grandmother gave her plays a calling on music that opens doors into the otherworld.
Sometimes it allows beings to step out of our world, sometimes the music lets them step in.
But it makes no allowance for the danger such actions can bring, or how it can put the fiddler’s soul in jeopardy.
These stories were previously published. “Seven for a Secret” is also available in Moonlight & Vines;
“Ten for the Devil” in Tapping the Dream Tree.
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Juniper Wiles (2021) Triskell Press, 2021
You can get the Kindle version of Juniper Wiles (2021) at
Amazon
or the paper back edition here.
All other formats can be found at Books2Read.
Juniper Wiles once starred as a plucky teen detective in the popular TV show, Nora Constantine. When the series ended seven years ago, Juniper made a decision to leave L.A. and return home to Newford where she joined friends at the artists' collective, Bramleyhaugh, the center of which is her pal, beloved faerie artist Jilly Coppercorn.
Now, out of the blue, the fictional world of Nora Constantine is bleeding into Newford, starting with the inexplicable murder of a young man. Juniper may have wanted to leave her role as a detective behind, but when she's accosted by the ghost of that young man everything changes. To solve this crime will require all the skills she learned training for Nora Constantine. And the effervescent Jilly, always up for a new adventure, is ready to come along for the ride.
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The Forest Is Crying (2020) Triskell Press, 2020
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Short story, originally published in The Earth Strikes Back, Mark Zeising Books, 1994. First time in ebook format.
With the recent death of a client social worker Chris Dennison realizes he's hitting burn out in his job but he can't seem
to pull himself out of the downward spiral he's falling into. He's ready to walk away from it all until he meets a girl
who shouldn't exist, who tries to show him that if he doesn't like the answers he's getting, maybe he's asking the wrong questions.
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The Wild Wood (1994) Triskell Press, 2019
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and all other formats at Books2Read.
Short novel, originally published in 1994, finally in ebook format.
Eithnie, a painter living in the remote Eastern woodlands of Canada, finds strange and beautiful creatures slipping unbidden into her sketches. It feels charming and somewhat eerie, until she realizes that these visitors' cryptic messages are connected to a promise made in her own forgotten past. Now the world of Faerie is reaching out to her for help, and her ability to figure out what they want from her may mark the difference between their survival...or their doom.
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Barrio Girls Triskell Press, 2019
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and all other formats at Books2Read.
Ruby and Vida haunt a dry riverbed near the trailer park where they live, pretending to be magical beings,
until a deadly encounter with an actual witch changes everything. Now magic is no longer a game of pretend, it's the
only thing that will keep them alive. But first they have to find it.
This reprinted short story takes place in Santo del Vado Viejo, the setting
of de Lint's acclaimed novels The Painted Boy and The Mystery of Grace.
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Horsepower & Medicine Triskell Press, 2019
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Yirah Green has been working in a hidden arroyo on the Kikimi rez, secretly rebuilding an old dirt bike that belonged to her late Uncle Jimmy.
Her best friend, Santana Corn Eyes, knows about the project, as does a ghost who visits her, silently urging her on.
Yirah says the spirit is that of her departed uncle, but Santana is worried. Why would a ghost be crossing over to this world?
Maybe it's not such a good idea to get a a dead man's motorbike running again.
And if Yirah does succeed, will she be patient enough to learn how to safely handle it?
Set in the Painted Hills near Santo del Vado Viejo, this original short story is loosely connected to de Lint's acclaimed novel, The Wind in His Heart.
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The Wind in His Heart Triskell Press, 2017
You can get the Kindle version of The Wind in His Heart at Amazon
and all other formats at Books2Read.
Young Thomas Corn Eyes sees into the otherworld, but all he wants to do is get off the rez. Steve Cole escaped from his rock
star life to disappear into the desert and mountains. Fifteen-year-old barrio kid Sadie Higgins has been discarded once too often.
Blogger Leah Hardin needs to leave Newford, come to terms with the loss of her best friend, and actually engage with her life. When
these lives collide in the Hierro Maderas Mountains, they must struggle to escape their messy pasts and find a way to carve a future for themselves.
They don’t just have to learn how to survive. They have to learn how to fly.
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Dreams Underfoot Triskell Press, 2017
You can get the Kindle version of Dreams Underfoot at Amazon
and all other formats at Books2Read.
In this first collection of Newford stories, you can immerse yourself in the gritty fictional city—as much
a character as Jilly who paints fey wonders, fiddle player Geordie seeking his stolen beloved, the conjure man and
his Tree of Tales, or Paperjack revealing fortunes. Meet Gemmins who live in abandoned cars and Katrina,
a mermaid so entranced by love that she’s left the cold dark water to walk in the moonlight. Visit
the music clubs, the waterfront, and the alleyways where myths and magic spill into the modern world.
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Our Lady of the Harbour Triskell Press, 2016
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and all other formats at Books2Read.
She’d been underlake when the sound of his voice drew her up from the cold and the dark, up into the moonlight,
bobbing in the white-capped waves; listening, swallowing that golden sound of strings and voice, and he is so handsome
and all alone on the shore.
This modern take on Hans Christian Anderson’s The Little Mermaid reveals the aching beauty and peril of
falling in love. A finalist for the 1992 World Fantasy Award, this novella was originally published as
a limited edition chapbook by Axolotl Press (1991), and later appeared
in de Lint's acclaimed first Newford collection, Dreams Underfoot (1993).
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Somewhere in My Mind There Is a Painting Box Triskell Press, 2016
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This short story related to The Cats of Tanglewood Forest features Lillian at 17 years old. Her discovery
of a long-lost paint box in the forest, her love of making art, her very first kiss, and the draw of a magical world all
combine in this bittersweet tale about having to make a difficult choice.
First published in The Green Man: Tales from the Mythic Forest, edited by Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling (Viking, 2002).
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Newford Stories: Crow Girls Triskell Press, 2015
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and all other formats at Books2Read.
Charles de Lint's readers have been asking him to put together story collections featuring their favourite Newford
characters. The crow girls are among his best-loved characters, so de Lint obliged by gathering their stories all
under one roof, so to speak. Some other members of the Newford repertory company show up here, but at the forefront
of each story are these two little wild girls with their big personalities.
These stories have all been published before. "Crow Girls" is also available in The Very Best of Charles de Lint and
in Moonlight and Vines; "Twa Corbies" in Moonlight and Vines; "The Buffalo Man" in Tapping the Dream Tree;
and "A Crow Girls' Christmas" in Muse and Reverie. "Make a Joyful Noise," published in a limited edition by Subterranean Press,
has not appeared in any of my previous collections.
Cover art by Tara Larsen Chang.
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You can also buy the digital version on iTunes. |
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The CD for Crow Girls is sold out.
Don't despair though.
You can still buy the music on iTunes. |
The Loon's Lament—Digital Single 99¢ |
Samples, Details and more...
Loons mate for life, but one year up on our lake near Bouchette, Quebec, only one of our nesting pair
returned. Happily, we have a number of them back on the lake now, but this slow air serves as a
reminder of the fragility of life.
Charles de Lint |
flute |
MaryAnn Harris |
vocals, guitar |
John Wood |
whistles, Uillean pipes |
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Recorded and produced by James Stephens |
Cover art by Lisa Brawn |
Audiobooks
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Recorded Books and Blackstone Audio have released audiobooks for such Charle de Lint titles as
The Wind in His Heart, The Mystery of Grace,
The Onion Girl, Moonheart, Memory and Dream and Dreams Underfoot.
Also available are the Samuel M. Key titles in audio.
They are available in a variety of formats from many retailers, You can also buy them as a digital
download from web sites such as
Audible and
iTunes along with
Recorded Books and
Blackstone Audio
themselves.
I'm especially happy that some of my work will finally be available to visually impaired folks.
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