Jess Nevins

Jan 29, 2024 | strangehorizons.com | Jess Nevins |Aishwarya Subramanian |Dan Hartland |William Shaw

FERRARAThat’s my last Duke painted on my locket. Sofonisba’s work. Look; there’s no cocketWit there, no husbandly affection near. Just an icy regard, a chilly sneer,And a pair of painstakingly clean handsThat ne’er strangled an intimate, yet plansTo order it done with but a raised finger. Do not view it long; evil does lingerAbout one such as he. I see you askYourself the questions you hide ’neath your mask. How came I to wear Ferrara aroundMy neck?

Jan 29, 2024 | strangehorizons.com | Tehnuka Ilanko |Mary Lee |Devan Barlow |Jess Nevins

The Saint of Bright Doors begins as the story of a boy with exceptional abilities, and exceptional parents, striving to become an extremely ordinary young man. Fetter’s magic appears unremarkable when compared to his upbringing—his mother wholly focuses her own existence, and his, on the destruction of his cult-leader father.