Theodora Goss Boeken

Selected works by women writers of the fin-de-siècle whose legacy still echoes in the speculative fiction we know and love today, edited by award-winning author Theodora Goss.

Empowering the female characters from classic fairy tales, this retelling by World Fantasy Award winner Theodora Goss draws inspiration from the works of Perrault, the Brothers Grimm, Andersen, and Wilde. Through a fresh lens, the stories explore themes of strength and resilience, offering a new perspective on these beloved narratives.

Mary Jekyll and the Athena Club race to save Alice—and foil a plot to unseat the Queen, in the electrifying conclusion to the trilogy that began with the Nebula Award finalist and Locus Award winner The Strange Case of the Alchemist’s Daughter. Life’s always an adventure for the Athena Club...especially when one of their own has been kidnapped! After their thrilling European escapades rescuing Lucina van Helsing, Mary Jekyll and her friends return home to discover that their friend and kitchen maid Alice has vanished—and so has Mary's employer Sherlock Holmes! As they race to find Alice and bring her home safely, they discover that Alice and Sherlock’s kidnapping are only one small part of a plot that threatens Queen Victoria, and the very future of the British Empire. Can Mary, Diana, Beatrice, Catherine, and Justine save their friends—and save England? Find out in the final installment of the fantastic and memorable Extraordinary Adventures of the Athena Club series.

Mary Jekyll and the rest of the daughters of literature's mad scientists embark on a madcap adventure across Europe to rescue another monstrous girl and stop the Alchemical Society's nefarious plans once and for all. From Paris to Vienna to Budapest, Mary and her friends must make new allies, face old enemies, and finally confront the fearsome, secretive Alchemical Society. It's time for these monstrous gentlewomen to overcome the past and create their own destinies.

The reprint features a collection of stories by award-winning author Theodora Goss, showcasing her unique blend of fantasy and folklore. With an introduction by Terri Windling and cover art by Virginia Lee, this edition includes a modified table of contents, substituting "Phalaenopsis" with "Her Mother's Ghosts," enhancing the thematic depth of the collection. Goss's work is celebrated for its rich storytelling and imaginative narratives, inviting readers into a world where memory and myth intertwine.

Based on some of literature’s horror and science fiction classics, this “tour de force of reclaiming the narrative, executed with impressive wit and insight” (Publishers Weekly, starred review) debut is the story of a remarkable group of women who come together to solve the mystery of a series of gruesome murders—and the bigger mystery of their own origins. Mary Jekyll, alone and penniless following her parents’ death, is curious about the secrets of her father’s mysterious past. One clue in particular hints that Edward Hyde, her father’s former friend and a murderer, may be nearby, and there is a reward for information leading to his capture…a reward that would solve all of her immediate financial woes. But her hunt leads her to Hyde’s daughter, Diana, a feral child left to be raised by nuns. With the assistance of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, Mary continues her search for the elusive Hyde, and soon befriends more women, all of whom have been created through terrifying experimentation: Beatrice Rappaccini, Catherin Moreau, and Justine Frankenstein. When their investigations lead them to the discovery of a secret society of immoral and power-crazed scientists, the horrors of their past return. Now it is up to the monsters to finally triumph over the monstrous.

Nineteen writers dig into the imaginative spaces between conventional genres—realistic and fantastical, scholarly and poetic, personal and political—and bring up gems of new fiction: interstitial fiction.This is the literary mode of the new century, a reflection of the complex, ambiguous, and challenging world that we live in. These nineteen stories, by some of the most interesting and innovative writers working today, will change your mind about what stories can and should do as they explore the imaginative space between conventional genres. The editors garnered stories from new and established authors in the United States, Canada, Australia, and the United Kingdom, and also fiction translated from Spanish, Hungarian, and French. The collection features stories from Christopher Barzak, Colin Greenland, Holly Phillips, Rachel Pollack, Vandana Singh, Anna Tambour, Catherynne Valente, Leslie What, and others.

When Evelyn Morgan walks into Thorne and Son, a bookstore in the Cornish village of Clews, she doesn't know that she's going to meet the love of her life. When Brendan Thorne sells her a medieval poem called The Book of the Green Knight, he doesn't know that it will shape his future.

Für die ungewöhnlichen Damen des Athena Clubs ist jeder Tag ein Abenteuer ... vor allem, wenn eine der ihren entführt wurde! Nach der spektakulären Rettung Lucina van Helsings kehren Mary Jekyll und ihr Team nach Hause zurück und müssen feststellen, dass ihre Freundin Alice verschwunden ist – und mit ihr auch Sherlock Holmes! Bei dem Versuch, die näheren Umstände aufzuklären, stoßen sie auf ein Komplott, das Königin Victoria und die Zukunft des britischen Empires bedroht. Können Mary, Diana, Beatrice, Catherine und Justine ihre Freunde retten – und damit das Empire? Der furiose Abschluss der Athena Club-Saga, aus der Feder der Locus-Award-Gewinnerin Theodora Goss. Band 3 der Trilogie Die außergewöhnlichen Abenteuer des Athena-Clubs Überblick der Trilogie "Die außergewöhnlichen Abenteuer des Athena-Clubs" Band 1: Der seltsame Fall der Alchemisten-Tochter Band 2: Die wilde Jagd nach der Monströsen Dame Band 3: Das unheilvolle Geheimnis des faszinierenden Mädchens