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'An extraordinary, hallucinatory accomplishment' KAREN JOY FOWLER'[A] reminder about what it means to be alive . . . with razor-sharp prose and diction so precise' MORGAN TALTY'Read it and be changed' B. PLADEKSomething terrible has happened. In a mysterious apartment filled with ghosts, our unnamed narrator attempts to explain this to her child - how do I talk about this? she wonders. The truth must become something beautiful. We must begin with a fairy tale. And so she begins to construct a beautiful fairy tale for her child - one that begins with a strange baby boy whose nails grow too fast and whose skin smells of soil. As he grows from a boy into a man, a plague seems to follow him everywhere. Tragedy strikes in cycles - and wife after wife, death after death, plague after plague, every woman he touches becomes a ghost. These ghosts call out desperately to our narrator as she tries to explain, in the very real world, exactly what has happened to her. And they all agree on one thing, an inescapable truth about this man, this powerful lord who has loved them and led them each to ruin: If you leave, you die. But if you die, you stay.A debut novel as emotionally poignant as it is fiercely smart, Sour Cherry is an arresting debut examining toxic masculinity through its chorus of women - deconstructing the idea of what makes someone a monster.

WINNER OF THE 2026 LOCUS AWARD - BEST FIRST NOVELNOMINATED FOR 2025 NEBULA AWARD - BEST NOVEL'Slow, haunting and strangely beautiful' NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW'Read it and be changed' B. PLADEK'Beautifully told in rhythmic, singing prose' RORY POWER'Masterfully crafted ... Theodoridou has an amazing talent for storytelling' ASSOCIATED PRESSSomething terrible has happened. In a mysterious apartment filled with ghosts, our unnamed narrator attempts to explain this to her child - how do I talk about this? she wonders.The truth must become something beautiful. We must begin with a fairy tale.And so she begins to construct a beautiful fairy tale for her child - one that begins with a strange baby boy whose nails grow too fast and whose skin smells of soil. As he grows from a boy into a man, a plague seems to follow him everywhere. Tragedy strikes in cycles - and wife after wife, death after death, plague after plague, every woman he touches becomes a ghost. These ghosts call out desperately to our narrator as she tries to explain, in the very real world, exactly what has happened to her.And they all agree on one thing, an inescapable truth about this man, this powerful lord who has loved them and led them each to ruin:If you leave, you die. But if you die, you stay.A debut novel as emotionally poignant as it is fiercely smart, Sour Cherry is an arresting debut examining toxic masculinity through its chorus of women - deconstructing the idea of what makes someone a monster.

Following a mysterious world-wide event that makes ghosts visible, a young woman is invited to attend Ghost Camp.At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Clarkesworld is a Hugo and World Fantasy Award-winning science fiction and fantasy magazine. Each month we bring you a mix of fiction, articles, interviews and art. Our July 2024 issue (#214) contains:Original fiction by Tia Tashiro ("e;Every Hopeless Thing"e;), Amal Singh ("e;I Will Meet You When the Artifacts End"e;), Grant Collier ("e;The Best Version of Yourself"e;), Em X. Liu ("e;Stellar Evolutions in Pop Idol Artistry"e;),  Natalia Theodoridou ("e;Aktis Aeliou, or The Machine of Margot's Destruction"e;), AnaMaria Curtis ("e;The Happiness Institute"e;), and Polenth Blake ("e;Born Outside"e;).Non-fiction includes an article by D.A. Xiaolin Spires, interviews with Donna Scott and China Mieville, and an editorial by Neil Clarke.