Couldn’t sleep because I’m congested and sniffly, so I finished reading What Moves the Dead by T Kingfisher and now I can’t sleep because I’m congested, sniffly, and afraid of evil sentient fungus monsters slowly consuming me while I sleep and then puppeting my dead body for months on end. The story is about Alex, a soldier who received a letter from their childhood friend telling if the friend’s illness and impending death. From there Alex is immediately concerned and travels to the dilapidated mansion to find her friend and see if they can be of any help. A grotesque romp! It takes up residence beneath your skin and refuses to leave.”—Caitlin Starling, USA Today bestselling author of The Death of Jane Lawrence I turned. Hob lifted his head, found the visitor as disappointing as the grass and the tarn, and dropped it again.

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B&N: Yeah, I kind of loved the horror was there. It had a little bit of levity, like it brought this sort of humor to these relationships that they have which was which was just fantastic. Major early reader trade and consumer review campaign including advertising, major ARC mailings, giveaways via In both cases, my dissatisfaction may simply be indicative of my aesthetic ignorance to the changing tastes of the reading public. Some will regard me as choosing to mewl about things like overly simple plots and one-dimensional characters rather than appreciate this new literary wave that prizes sharp prose and readily digestible social commentary. I’ve often been underwhelmed by books the industry crows about for the past decade, choosing less successful authors and older texts as the captives of my leisure. I’m willing to recognize that the disappointment I feel with these new novels may be distinctly and uniquely my own. TK: You can use they because we’re speaking English. And that is how Alex would translate it. So don’t worry about trying to get it. There was definite inspiration from Poe and love how the author was able to really expand to create this eerie tale.TK: Gallacia. Yeah, I want to Ruritanian route and just made up a couple of small European countries that don’t exist yeah.

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Easton, although retired from the military, continues to use the non-binary “ka” and “kan” pronouns. And it wouldn’t be a T. Kingfisher story without engaging characters. Dissects the heart of Poe’s most famous tale and finds a wholly new mythology beating inside it. …Pure fun.”— Andy Davidson, author of The Boatman’s DaughterFrom T. Kingfisher, the award-winning author of The Twisted Ones, comes What Moves the Dead, a gripping and atmospheric retelling of Edgar Allan Poe's classic "The Fall of the House of Usher." She was, as my mother would say, “a woman of a certain age.” In this case, that age was about sixty. She was wearing men’s boots and a tweed riding habit that may have predated the manor.