• Inaremotehouseonahilltop,alonelyboy

  witnessesaprofoundlytraumaticevent.Hetries—andfails—toflee.

  Leftalonewithhisincreasinglyderangedparent,hedreams

  ofsafety,ofjoiningtheotherchildreninthe

  townbelow,ofescape.Whenatlastastranger

  knocksathisdoor,theboysensesthathis

  daysofisolationmightbeover.Butbywhat

  authoritydoesthismankeepthemeticulousrecordshe

  carries?Whatisthepurposebehindhisquestions?Is

  hefriend?Enemy?Orsomethingelsealtogether?
  This Census-Taker
• ApairofmysteriouscreaturesfromJapanesefolklorebecomea

  younggirlscompanionsduringatryingperiodinKawakamis

  sweetandoriginaltale.Thetenguattachthemselvesto

  Tsukikoandbegintofollowhereverywhere.Wheredid

  theycomefromandwhyaretheyhere?And

  whatotherinvisibleandunacknowledgedforcesareactingupon

  Tsukiko’sseeminglypeacefulworld?
  Parade: A Folktale
• HernameisBinti,andsheisthefirstof

  theHimbapeopleevertobeofferedaplace

  atOomzaUniversity,thefinestinstitutionofhigherlearning

  inthegalaxy.Buttoaccepttheofferwill

  meangivingupherplaceinherfamilyto

  travelbetweenthestarsamongstrangerswhodonot

  shareherwaysorrespecthercustoms.
  Binti
• Cairo,1912:Thecasestartedasasimpleonefor

  theMinistryofAlchemy,EnchantmentsandSupernaturalEntities—

  handlingapossessedtramcar.Soon,however,AgentHamed

  NasrandhisnewpartnerAgentOnsiYoussefare

  exposedtoanewsideofCairostirringwith

  suffragettes,secretsocieties,andsentientautomatonsinarace

  againsttimetoprotectthecityfromanencroaching

  dangerthatcrossesthelinebetweenthemagicaland

  themundane.
  The Haunting of Tram Car 015
• Egypt,1912.InanalternateCairoinfusedwiththeotherworldly,

  theMinistryofAlchemy,EnchantmentsandSupernaturalEntitiesinvestigate

  disturbancesbetweenthemortalandthe(possibly)divine.What

  startsoffasanoddsuicidecaseforSpecial

  InvestigatorFatmael-Sha’arawileadsherthroughthecity’sunderbelly

  assheencountersrampagingghouls,saucyassassins,clockworkangels,

  andaplotthatcouldunraveltimeitself.
  A Dead Djinn in Cairo