Cirrus@Austlit

'A short story by Prue Batten, set in her fantasy world of Eirie, that involves love at first sight, betrayal, beautiful costumes, tall dark strangers, and magic.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'Once upon a time, a lady fell asleep in a sunny afternoon orchard, and woke up somewhere else . . .

Prue Batten returns to her fairy-land world of Eirie to tell a cautionary tale. Her unnamed heroine awakens in a great, mysterious house filled with dwellers in the Other world, some of whom hunt her, some of whom help her, and some of whom seem to be both enemy and friend. One by one, she eludes them or learns from them, until she is almost within the hunters' grasp . . .'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'A tragedy to rival Romeo and Juliet hidden beneath the embroidery of a rare gown.

'If the writer is discovered, she will be killed.

'In a world where enchanted Others weave through the weft of life, Adelina the Traveller condemns her gaoler to a death sentence as she stitches a bloody treasure hunt across a magnificent garment. No quarter given. None taken.

'This is the magick of The Stumpwork Robe…'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'A secret story that is tragic and shocking in its scope – a story that glides along the canals of a place called Veniche where horror lurks behind the most silken masks.

'A story of revenge, of friendships lost, of love and the cruel machinations of enchanted Others who share a world of breathtaking and cruel beauty.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'Two people … an extraordinary young woman and an embittered immortal man – both seeking the same life-shattering magick in different corners of their exotic world.

'In a quest through a world where Others lace their way in and out of the lives of mortals, this is a story of legend, love, and clashing ideals.

'A story of murder, regret and revenge … a story that journeys across a world too hauntingly like our own – the continuing story of The Chronicles of Eirie.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'n a world where Others play with mortal lives, in a hidden province that survives on the backs of abducted slaves, Isabella, one of those kidnapped, sends a message woven into rare cloth made of paper and silk in the vain hope that her cousin will find it, decipher it and rescue her.

'For cousin Nicholas with whose life the Fates have been playing, only time will tell if he will find her and whether what makes a curse does indeed break a curse.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.