Verlyn Flieger

• 2000
• / Horror
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• Oct-2002
• / Fantasy
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Near the village of Little Wicken, a baby girl is found abandoned in a field. Unwanted and unloved, the foundling grows up, existing on the grudging charity of the villagers. It is only when they notice her way with animals that the girl is given a p...

• Oct-2011
• / Fantasy
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Experience the essence of folktale, where time goes strange, sensory details are lush, and people are less and more than they seem. Flieger is the tale-teller supreme, the rhythm and language of fables and folklore her special forte. Four strangers m...

• Nov-2012
• / General Fiction
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J. R. R. Tolkien is perhaps best known for The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, but it is in The Silmarillion that the true depth of Tolkien's Middle-earth can be understood. The Silmarillion was written before, during, and after Tolkien wrote T...

• Aug-2014
• / Fantasy
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• Dec-2017
• / Science Fiction / Fantasy
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Devoted to Tolkien, the teller of tales and co-creator of the myths they brush against, these essays focus on his lifelong interest in and engagement with fairy stories, the special world that he called faërie, a world they both create and inhabit, ...

• Mar-2023
• / General Fiction
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Award-winning author Verlyn Flieger takes readers through a series of insightful short stories exploring tragic aspects of human nature. A few of the tales are dark, others a bit lighter, but all celebrate the creativity of storytelling. The second p...

• Jul-2024
• / Thriller
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In this psychological thriller that touches upon the dark, fantastic realm of Celtic myth, two young lovers find their lives, and their love, torn apart by the power of fairy tales. Mick, a young professor with expertise in folklore, wants to make a ...