Лучшие книги Мэри Рикерт

Идёт война. В городок приезжает семья беженцев. Взрослые отнеслись к ним с недоверием. А дети....

Леда с мужем жили тихой счастливой семейной жизнью, пока однажды ночью ее не изнасиловал лебедь...

Было так холодно, что с карнизов угрожающе свисали сосульки, похожие на ледяные кинжалы. Было так холодно, что машины никак не заводились, только глухо кашляли и фыркали, собаки отказывались выходить на улицу, а птицы кусками льда падали с неба. Многим людям последующая ночь принесла лишь несчастья, но у этой пары была теплая печь. Эти двое решили рассказывать истории, те истории, которые только смесь холода и огня, ветра и молчаливой темноты могла вынудить их рассказать… Ее история – о пирате и «земляничной» девушке, его – о человеке, потерявшем любовь, и великолепной картине…

A fantastical crime mystery with a soupçon of magic that brings to mind not only Shelley's creation but A Confederacy of Dunces in its exploration of flawed and tragic characters.

In a beautifully written tale woven together with magic and mystery, flowers and food, Bay Singer finally discovers the secrets her mother has been hiding.

Bay Singer has bigger secrets than most.

Not that she knows about them. Her mother, Nan, is sure that the burden of those secrets would be too much, and that's why she never told anyone the truth, not even Bay.

There's a lot that Nan's kept quiet over the years, especially those times with Mavis and Ruthie?times that were dark and full of guilt.

But some secrets have a power all their own, and Nan realizes she needs Mavis and Ruthie now more than ever. When the three meet again in Nan's garden, their reunion has spellbinding effects that none of them could have imagined, least of all Bay...

An enchanting fantasy, fans of Alice Hoffman, Sarah Addison Allen, will be captivated by Mary Rickert, the World Fantasy and Crawford Award-winning author.

From multiple World Fantasy Award winner and Nebula, Bram Stoker, International Horror Guild, Sturgeon, and British Science Fiction Award nominated author Mary Rickert comes a gorgeous and terrifying vision of the Mothers of Voorhisville, who love their babies just as intensely as any mother anywhere. Of course they do! And nothing in this world will change that, even if every single one of those tiny babies was born with an even tinier set of wings.

Set in a reality where nightmares do not fade upon waking, this anthology skims along the surface of life and dips just beneath, revealing the hidden machinations that fuel dreams. These underlying myths and fantasies exist not as musty old stories but as ancient truths that have come to illuminate the modern human condition. The title story touches on themes of grief, redemption, and time travel; "Cold Fire" ventures into love and obsession; and "Peace on Suburbia" introduces readers to a Christmas with an entirely different kind of savior. These and 13 other tales are framed by four interludes—Dreams, Nightmares, Waking, and Rising—that…