Mister Magic by Kiersten White

Staff Pick

The beloved children's show, Mister Magic, has been off the air for 30 years, but its memory lives on in the darkest corners of the internet, among most of the now grown cast, and in the small town that relies on the show's premise for survival. The novel centers on Val , who is living a quiet country life with no memories before the age of eight, when three strangers persuade her to accompany them to Utah where she begins to piece together the horrors of her childhood; back on the set of Mister Magic, however, nothing is what it seems, and it’s up to Val to fix the past, protect the future, and evade the zealots who desperately want to keep her in her place.

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$28.00
ISBN: 9780593359266
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Published: Del Rey - August 8th, 2023

Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

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The opportunity to travel back in time awaits just down an alleyway to a café that hasn’t changed in a hundred years. But there are rules: you can’t move from the designated seat, you can’t meet with anyone who hasn’t been to the café themselves, and you must return before the coffee gets cold. In four intertwining episodes, this delightful and pleasantly magical book follows those desperate to relive the past as they take their turn in that chair, hoping for a glimpse of what could have been--and for the possibility of change in their futures. This is the perfect quick read for a cozy afternoon.

 

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$19.99
ISBN: 9781335430991
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Published: Hanover Square Press - November 17th, 2020

Fractured Fables by Alix Harrow

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Originally published as separate novellas, A Spindle Splintered and A Mirror Mended are presented here as a one volume account of Zinnia Gray, a terminally ill fairytale fixer. Zinnia is not expected to see her 22nd year, so her best pal throws her the finest 21st birthday party she could hope for: Sleeping Beauty themed, of course. Complete with deserted tower and spinning wheel, it’s an enchanting night until Zin pricks her finger and is thrust into a fairytale world featuring another sleeping beauty just as eager to escape her fate. Several years and many tales later, Zinnia has stayed ahead of her mortality and finds herself in the world of Snow White--though this time she isn’t helping the princess. The Evil Queen learns of her doomed destiny and it’s up to Zin to decide if the heroine of a story has to be the good guy or if the sinister one deserves a happy ending, too.  

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$19.99
ISBN: 9781250905758
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Published: Tordotcom - February 13th, 2024

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