Januaries: Stories of Love, Magic & Betrayal

Januaries is a collection of new and existing short stories from the internationally bestselling author Olivie Blake, featuring magical ruminations on life, death, and love that outlast both. It includes modified fairy tales, contemporary heists, absurdist poetry, and actual wedding vows.

Format: Hardback
Length: 400 pages
Publication date: 17 October 2024
Publisher: Pan Macmillan

Januaries is a captivating collection of new and existing short stories from the internationally acclaimed author Olivie Blake. With beautiful interior illustrations and special illustrated endpapers by artist Polarts, this hardcover edition is a visual feast. In one story, we follow the spirit of a magical bridge as it nears burnout and yearns for freedom. In another, Congress enacts a complex auditing system to reclaim wasted youth. We also meet a banished fairy who answers a Craigslist ad and a Victorian orphan who gains literacy for her occult situationship. In another time and place, a multiverse assassin contemplates the one who got away. Escape the slow trudge of mortality with these magical ruminations on life, death, and the love (or revenge) that outlasts both. This collection also features modified fairy tales, contemporary heists, absurdist poetry, and at least one set of actual wedding vows. Januaries is a collection of new and existing short stories from the internationally bestselling author Olivie Blake. ‘Olivie Blake is a mind-blowing talent – Chloe Gong, author of These Violent Delights ‘Sign me up for anything she writes – Cosmopolitan ‘Also by Olivie Blake: The Atlas Six The Atlas Paradox The Atlas Complex Alone with You in the Ether One For My Enemy Masters of Death Olivie Blake is a multiple Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller - reaching No. 1 for The Atlas Complex in January 2024.

Weight: 616g
Dimension: 162 x 242 x 37 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781035039579