Alabaster: The Good, the Bad, and the Bird [Hardcover]

A year after her death in a burning barn, Dancy's Flammarion's now finds herself in a Hell of her own creation. A new evil haunts the sun-scorched back roads and ghost towns of the American South - murderous twins who command a legion of ghouls. Once again, Dancy must face down demons, those who walk the world unchallenged and those in her own shattered mind.

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Praise for the work of Caitlín R. Kiernan:
Caitlín R. Kiernan is the poet and the bard of the wasted and the lost. -Neil Gaiman
One of our essential writers of dark fiction . . . a cartographer of lost worlds. -The New York Times

Kiernan's richly evocative prose vividly portrays her twisted characters as well as it illustrates their eerie, kudzu-infested, Deep South surroundings. -Booklist

Kiernan imbues the tales with disquieting gothic imagery and envelops them in rich, evocative prose that conveys cohesiveness beyond their fragmentary plots. -Publisher's WeeklyBorn in Dublin, Ireland, Caitlín R. Kiernan moved to the United States as a young child with her mother. Much of her childhood was spent in the small town of Leeds, Alabama, and her early interests included herpetology, paleontology, and fiction writing. She is the author of many science fiction and dark fantasy works including nine novels, many comic books, more than two hundred published short stories, novellas, and vignettes. Her noteable works includeThe Drowning Girl: A Memoir,The Red TreeandTales of Pain and Wonder. She has also written numerous scientific papers. She lives in Providence, Rhode Island, US with her partner: photographer and doll maker Kathryn A. Pollnac.CN