Friends like Corrie and Taye and Camille, who would break the laws of physics for me any day of the week.
Parents and brothers like the ones I have, who gave me my wonderful once upon a time.
And a partner and kids like the ones I found, who gave me my perfect happily ever after.
TORDOTCOM BOOKS BY ALIX E. HARROW
A Spindle Splintered
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
A former academic and adjunct, ALIX E. HARROW is a Hugo Award–winning writer living in Kentucky with her husband and their two semi-feral kids. She is the author of The Ten Thousand Doors of January, The Once and Future Witches, and various short fiction. Find her @AlixEHarrow on Twitter. You can sign up for email updates here.
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Contents
Title Page
Copyright Notice
Dedication
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Acknowledgments
Tordotcom Books by Alix E. Harrow
About the Author
Copyright
This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.
A SPINDLE SPLINTERED
Copyright © 2021 by Alix E. Harrow
All rights reserved.
Cover art and design by David Curtis
Edited by Jonathan Strahan
Interior illustrations by Arthur Rackham
A Tordotcom Book
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First Edition: 2021