Porcelain: A Gothic Fairy Tale

Porcelain: A Gothic Fairy Tale
Title Porcelain: A Gothic Fairy Tale PDF eBook
Author Benjamin Read
Publisher Improper Books
Pages 112
Release 2015-12-22
Genre Fiction
ISBN 1473365309

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Set within a world that’s a magical echo of our own, Porcelain is the story of Child, an urchin, who leaves behind the cold streets of a snowy city when she climbs the high wall into the Porcelain Maker’s garden. The Porcelain Maker discovers Child trespassing but, amused by her audacity, he offers her the chance to stay. He’s a lonely man, kept company only by his alchemically-powered automata, and he and Child form an unlikely friendship. Shut off from the world beyond the wall, Child wants or needs for nothing as the Porcelain Maker heaps affection and luxury upon her, indulging her like a daughter. In return, she can do as she pleases, except for one command, one rule that must never be broken, she must not look behind the workshop door.

Butterfly Gate

Butterfly Gate
Title Butterfly Gate PDF eBook
Author Benjamin Read
Publisher Read Books Ltd
Pages 48
Release 2016-06-01
Genre Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN 147336535X

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A Brother and Sister leave our world and its rules behind, journeying into legend through the Butterfly Gate, where every step they take will come at a price. Butterfly Gate follows the story of two siblings who, after throwing themselves headlong into another world, must face the brutal reality that lies beyond and find their place amidst an empire built after a revolution against the Gods. An ongoing, episodic, SF odyssey, Butterfly Gate is also a silent comic, conveying the story purely through its imagery.

Night Post

Night Post
Title Night Post PDF eBook
Author Benjamin Read
Publisher Improper Books
Pages 48
Release 2015-12-22
Genre Fiction
ISBN 1473365317

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At Midnight, when all good folk should be abed, the Night Post rides forth to serve the dead.’ – Victorian Children’s Verse Written by Benjamin Read and illustrated by Laura Trinder, Night Post is the story of the other mail service; the one you haven’t heard of, the one that starts work at midnight and delivers to all the creatures of the night. Whether ghost or ghoul, witch or werewolf, or just downright odd things with tentacles, they all have post and someone has to deliver it, no matter how terrifying it might be to do so. Night Post follows a very special type of postman on his round, as he delivers macabre mail to a spooky set of customers. From graveyard, to cave, tower to lair, the post must get through, even if the postman is sometimes mistaken for supper. Offering a fascinating glimpse into a midnight world, Night Post is a picture book suitable for Children of All Ages.

How to Be Eaten

How to Be Eaten
Title How to Be Eaten PDF eBook
Author Maria Adelmann
Publisher Little, Brown
Pages 297
Release 2022-05-31
Genre Fiction
ISBN 0316450820

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One of NPR's Best Books of the Year: This darkly funny and provocative novel reimagines classic fairy tale characters as modern women in a support group for trauma. In present-day New York City, five women meet in a basement support group to process their traumas. Bernice grapples with the fallout of dating a psychopathic, blue-bearded billionaire. Ruby, once devoured by a wolf, now wears him as a coat. Gretel questions her memory of being held captive in a house made of candy. Ashlee, the winner of a Bachelor-esque dating show, wonders if she really got her promised fairy tale ending. And Raina's love story will shock them all. Though the women start out wary of one another, judging each other’s stories, gradually they begin to realize that they may have more in common than they supposed . . . What really brought them here? What secrets will they reveal? And is it too late for them to rescue each other? ​Dark, edgy, and wickedly funny, this debut for readers of Carmen Maria Machado, Kristen Arnett, and Kelly Link takes our coziest, most beloved childhood stories, exposes them as anti-feminist nightmares, and transforms them into a new kind of myth for grown-up women. *Belletrist June Book Club Pick* Named a Best Book of May by TIME Magazine & Glamour One of NPR’s Best Books of the Year

Porcelain: Bone China

Porcelain: Bone China
Title Porcelain: Bone China PDF eBook
Author Benjamin Read
Publisher Read Books Ltd
Pages 128
Release 2016-02-17
Genre Fiction
ISBN 1473365368

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More than a decade has passed since the events of Porcelain: A Gothic Fairy Tale, and Child has become Lady. Inheritor of all of Uncle’s secrets and wealth, she has continued his work, becoming equally as isolated in her quest to refine the Porcelain and put right past mistakes. With the Porcelain more sought after than ever, Lady comes to the attention of a ruthlessly ambitious General who desires inhuman soldiers for the war effort and won’t take no for an answer. Other, more human, problems rear their head when a handsome young Captain discovers a secret part of Lady’s life. Faced with impossible choices, Lady must forge her own path through the complexities of love and war.

The Porcelain Dove, Or, Constancy's Reward

The Porcelain Dove, Or, Constancy's Reward
Title The Porcelain Dove, Or, Constancy's Reward PDF eBook
Author Delia Sherman
Publisher Plume Books
Pages 424
Release 1994
Genre Family & Relationships
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Narrated by the family's chatterbox chambermaid, it is a rich, sinister, and funny novel of romance, sorcery, and aristocracy.

Sally Heathcote, Suffragette

Sally Heathcote, Suffragette
Title Sally Heathcote, Suffragette PDF eBook
Author Mary M. Talbot
Publisher Dark Horse Comics
Pages 195
Release 2014
Genre Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN 1616555475

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Follows the fortunes of a common housemaid swept up in the feminist militancy of early 20th century Edwardian Britain. As the growing hunger for change grows within a culture of rigid social mores and class barriers, Sally and thousands like her rise up to break the bonds of oppression at the risk of ostracization and violence.