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Charles de Lint
From one of the fantasy genre’s greatest trailblazers, Waifs and Strays is a must-read.
Charles de Lint’s remarkable novels and shorter fiction are, in a very real sense, coming of…
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Cat Midhir has made a name for herself as the author of popular fantasy novels, but her fans do not know that Cat’s mysterious Otherworld is no fantasy–it is a…
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The author who has four books among the 20th century’s top 50 English-language novels picked by The Modern Library tells the story of Newford, a quintessential North American city, tough…
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A young artist returns to her cabin in the deep woods of Canada to concentrate on her illustrations. But somehow, strange and beautiful creatures are slipping into her drawings and…
Young Kern is a werewolf. Cast out by his villagers, he lives a lonely life–until he finds himself at The Inn of the Yellow Tinker which becomes his home. But…
The compelling and powerful first novel from World Fantasy Award winner Charles de Lint!
He is the Songweaver, but before he was a master of song he was merely Cerin…
The harp was a gift from Jacky Lantern’s fey kin, as was the music Angharad pulled from its strings. Into the Green is an unusual tale set in an entirely…
Tamson House, in modern, urban Ottawa, is a rambling, eccentric curiosity of a house and a place of hidden power. Built upon land that was once a sacred site, it…
From one of the world’s leading fantasists comes an exhilarating new series that will thrill teen and adult readers alike.For the past six months, something has been happening to young…
A charming novella about one of Newford’s best-loved characters: artist and dreamer Sophie Etoile. Lured by mystical Native American flute-player Kokopelli, Sophie opens a door in her dreams only to…
Now in trade paperback, one of the classics of Charles de Lint’s Newford sequence that infuses modern urban life with ancient myths and mysteries; with the magic of art, friendship…
THE DUNGEON: Will they ever escape? Trapped within the confines of a multi-leveled prison in a world of no reason. Clive Folliot and his fellow captives face a new death…
In the early 1990s, de Lint wrote and published three dark fantasy novels under the pen name Samuel M. Key. Now, beginning with Angel of Darkness and From a Whisper…
From the master of contemporary urban fantasy, a new collection of Newford stories.
In the wake of a series of bizarre murders that are baffling the police and connected to the city’s elusive gypsy community, the Romany realizes that the evil Mulengro is…
Return to the world of Widdershins and The Onion Girl in this collection of Newford tales
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…
When folk musician Janey Little finds a mysterious manuscript in an old trunk in her grandmother’s cottage, she is swept into a dangerous realm both strange and familiar. But true…
In this novel of loss, identity, and hope, two men inexplicably wake up in each other’s bodies. Johnny gleefully moves into Leonard’s comfortable and stable existence, leaving Leonard penniless, friendless…
A classic urban fantasy–back in print. Not far from the city lies an ancient wood, forgotten by the rest of the world, where mystery walks in the shape of a…
Now in paperback comes the latest Newford novel from urban fantasy master Charles de Lint.
Sara Kendall and Kieran Foy become trapped in the midst of the eternal battle between good and evil, in a tale of magic and romance that moves from ancient Wales…
Jilly Coppercorn of Newford is back. With the help of a mentor and an anonymous benefactor, the talented young artist has overcome her troubled past and is enrolled in art…
Taking a delightful departure from his more common urban-fantasy settings, this epic tale from acclaimed author de Lint weaves elements of Celtic and Nordic mythology while bringing sword and sorcery…
While a young yet angry woman named Ash is drawn into a wondrous Otherworld of totems and dryads, her cousin, Nina, is stalked by an Otherworld demon–a manitou who can…
The Crow Girls and their kind, once seen, are impossible to forget. Wild, but curiously childlike; wise and yet playful; existing outside the confines of conventional morality, and yet bringing…
The author mingles Native American, Hispanic, and Celtic magic to invoke a world where classic hot rods and surf guitar mingle with brujeria and angry ghosts–and where on nights when…
Introduced in the first Newford story, Timeskip, Jilly Coppercorn and Geordie Riddell’s story is finally being told in this stand-alone novel of fairy courts set in shopping malls and the…
As a student of the brilliant Vincent Rushkin, Isabelle discovered she could paint images so real they brought her dreams to life. But when the forces she unleashed brought tragedy…
De Lint’s first adult fantasy novel in 8 years weaves a rich tapestry of story with classic CdL elegance. Young Thomas Corn Eyes sees into the otherworld, but all he…
THE DUNGEON: The Journey continuesNearing the zenith of their quest, Clive and Neville Folliot and their comrades from time and space are scattered through a ruined city Giants, hissing…
A novel of magic in two worlds where de Lint weaves the mythic traditions of many cultures into a seamless cloth, bringing folklore, music, and unforgettable characters to life on…
The two stories of Jacky Rowan are combined into one volume, which tells the complete story of how she is dumped into the perilous land of the Faerie and how…
Published for the first time under his own name, this novel of contemporary dark fantasy is by one of the most original fantasy writers currently working. – Booklist.
In novel after novel, and story after story, de Lint has brought an entire imaginary North American city–and a young artist named Jilly–to vivid life. Now de Lint tells Jilly’s…
A lushly illustrated fairy folktale-adventure companion to The Cats of Tanglewood Forest.
Eithnie is a young painter who is acclaimed by the art world, until the critics start noticing that her work has lost the animating passion that had set her apart…
Originally published by Macmillan in 1998. Hank Walker sees photographer Lily Carson being brutally attacked. Lily confesses that she came out looking for animal people that exist in the city…
A faceless gang of bikers on Wild Hunt through the streets of present-day Ottawa hurtles young Jacky Rowan across the threshold into the perilous land of Faerie. There, to her…
