A Spindle Splintered and A Mirror Mended

By Alix E. Harrow

Illustrated By Tristan Elwell

We at Grim Oak are proud to present Subterranean Press's publication of A Spindle Splintered and A Mirror Mended.  These are individual volumes that will be published simultaneously.

The Subterranean Press edition of Alix E. Harrow’s A Spindle Splintered, a “fractured fable” will be printed in two colors throughout, with an original introduction by the author, three two-color illustrations printed in full color to bring out their richness, and a bonus story, “A Witch's Guide to Escape: A Practical Compendium of Portal Fantasies.”

About A Spindle Splintered:

Zinnia Gray has been waiting to die practically her entire life. Her parents and her best friend Charm surround her with love, but also fretful worrying. The weight of the reality of the illness destined to kill her is ever more present as she turns 21. No one with this disease has made it past that age. 

But she deserves an excellent birthday party, right? For what’s almost certainly her last one, Charm pulls out all the stops. It’s a sleeping beauty-themed affair, held in a tower with a spinning wheel. The pull of some stories is too strong to avoid. Zinnia pricks her finger and is suddenly part of a fractured fairy tale that’s not just hers, but belongs to many sleeping beauties. Together, maybe they can break free of their old stories and wake up to a different reality. 

Hugo Award-winning author Alix E. Harrow is one of the most exciting new voices to emerge in fantasy in decades. Now, she brings her talent for reinventing old stories to a fairy tale classic with A Spindle Splintered. This novella is filled with humor, a vibrant voice, and heartbreak, all of which adds up to a character on an unforgettable journey. 

Limited: 400 signed numbered hardcover copies

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• A Spindle Splintered
• "A Witch's Guide to Escape: A Practical Compendium of Portal Fantasies"

About A Mirror Mended.

The Subterranean Press edition of Alix E. Harrow’s A Mirror Mended, a “fractured fable” will be printed in two colors throughout, with an original introduction by the author, three two-color illustrations printed in full color to bring out their richness, and a bonus story, “Roadside Attraction.”

Zinnia Gray burst out of her own version of Sleeping Beauty, where she was destined to die from a mysterious illness in our world by age 22, and into a fairy tale multiverse filled with Sleeping Beauties. Now she helps rescue others like—and very unlike—herself. A feat she first accomplished with her best friend Charm and other unlikely princesses who also didn’t want to prick their fingers and die young at her side. 

Problem is, it turns out hopping from Sleeping Beauty variation to variation is starting to get, well…boring. Not only that, she’s estranged from Charm and the fabric of the multiverse seems to be fraying. Fairy tales are mixing with one another in strange ways. When a fierce and beguiling evil stepmother with a magic mirror snares Zinnia, eager to escape her own version of Snow White, it begins to change everything Zinnia has believed about villains and protagonists—and, quite possibly, her own story. 

On the run in the multiverse with this maybe-not-entirely-evil villain who is definitely smoking hot, she also begins to see this might be the end…and to ask the question, can happy ever afters exist?

New York Times bestselling, Hugo Award-winning author Alix E. Harrow is one of the most exciting new voices to emerge in fantasy in decades. She brought her talent for reinventing old stories to a first fairy tale classic with A Spindle Splintered, and now she expands her purview far beyond with the unmissable sequel, A Mirror Mended.

Limited: 400 signed numbered hardcover copies

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• A Mirror Mended
• “Roadside Attraction”