{"product_id":"prophecies-libels-dreams-stories-of-califa-9781618730893","title":"Prophecies, Libels \u0026 Dreams: Stories of Califa","description":"\u003cp\u003ePraise for Ysabeau S. Wilce's previous books: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This fresh and funky setting is rich with glorious costumes, innovative language, and tantalizing glimpses of history.\"--\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese inter-connected stories are set in an opulent quasi-historical world of magick and high manners called the Republic of Califa. The Republic is a strangely familiar place--a baroque approximation of Gold Rush era-California with an overlay of Aztec ceremony--yet the characters who populate it are true originals: rockstar magicians, murderous gloves, bouncing boy terrors, blue tinted butlers, sentient squids, and a three-year-old Little Tiny Doom and her vengeful pink plush pig. By turn whimsical and horrific (sometime in the same paragraph), Wilce's stories have been characterized as \"screwball comedies for goths\" but they could also be described as \"historical fantasies\" or \"fanciful histories\" for there are nuggets of historical fact hidden in them there lies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eYsabeau S. Wilce\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eFlora Segunda\u003c\/i\u003e, Andre Norton Award-winner \u003ci\u003eFlora's Dare\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eFlora's Fury\u003c\/i\u003e, and she has published work in \u003ci\u003eAsimov's\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSteampunk!\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eFantasy \u0026amp; Science Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in San Francisco, California.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Small Beer Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/11\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781618730893\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/08\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/15\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAsimov's Science Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2015 pg. 107\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ysabeau S. Wilce","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52122243268789,"sku":"9781618730893","price":13.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_df074e25-d4bb-40ad-a867-95b2ffccceae.jpg?v=1766512211","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/prophecies-libels-dreams-stories-of-califa-9781618730893","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}