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The Poison Eaters

by Holly Black

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Series: Modern Tales of Faerie (Short - The Land of Heart's Desire), The Curse Workers (Short - In Vodka Veritas)

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Fantasy. Folklore. Young Adult Fiction. HTML:Pick your poison: Vampires, devils, werewolves, faeries, or . . . ? Find them all here in Holly Black??s amazing first collection.

In her debut collection, New York Times best-selling author Holly Black returns to the world of Tithe in two darkly exquisite new tales. Then Black takes readers on a tour of a faerie market and introduces a girl poisonous to the touch and another who challenges the devil to a competitive eating match. Some of these stories have been published in anthologies such as 21 Proms, The Faery Reel, and The Restless Dead, and many have been reprinted in many ??Best of ? anthologies.

The Poison Eaters is Holly Black??s much-anticipated first collection, and her ability to stare into the void??and to find humanity and humor there??will speak to young adult and adult readers alike.

A Junior Library Guild Pick. Illustrated by Theo Black.

Holly Black is the author of Tithe: A Modern Faerie Tale (an ALA Best Book for Young Adults) and two related novels, Valiant (Norton Award winner) and New York Times bestseller Ironside. Her latest novel, Black Heart is the third of a new series, The Curseworkers. She and Tony DiTerlizzi created the best-selling Spiderwick Chronicles. Holly lives in Massachusetts with her husband, Theo, in a house with
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So many completely different tales and different points. Reversal of fortune awesome! And the Devil And fey of so many different kinds! And unicorns! And the follow-up story from the Modern Fairy Tale series! And the one about the people going into and coming out of the books!

I really loved this. ( )
  wanderlustlover | Dec 26, 2022 |
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The Coldest Girl in Coldtown: Well, vampire stories really gross me out, and so did this one, but for people who like the glamorous vampire genre, this is a great mix of glamour, romance, and horror.
  kamlibrarian | Dec 23, 2022 |
I've been a fan of Black's for years because of her Ironside books so I really enjoyed these short stories. Of course, my favourite was the one most like Ironside with its fae in modern, urban setting. This was an enjoyable read with lots of seemingly unique story ideas compiled from various previously published anthologies. ( )
  brittaniethekid | Jul 7, 2022 |
I mostly only remember this one "A girl wagers her soul in a sour-gummy-frog-eating contest with the devil" I believe that one is called A Reversal of Fortune.

THE LAND OF HEART'S DESIRE has characters from Tithe series.
IN VODKA VERITAS has setting from Curse Workers series ( )
  Corinne2020 | Aug 22, 2021 |
Humble eBook Bundle 2
  GoldenDarter | Sep 15, 2016 |
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Black, TheodorIllustratorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed

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Fantasy. Folklore. Young Adult Fiction. HTML:Pick your poison: Vampires, devils, werewolves, faeries, or . . . ? Find them all here in Holly Black??s amazing first collection.

In her debut collection, New York Times best-selling author Holly Black returns to the world of Tithe in two darkly exquisite new tales. Then Black takes readers on a tour of a faerie market and introduces a girl poisonous to the touch and another who challenges the devil to a competitive eating match. Some of these stories have been published in anthologies such as 21 Proms, The Faery Reel, and The Restless Dead, and many have been reprinted in many ??Best of ? anthologies.

The Poison Eaters is Holly Black??s much-anticipated first collection, and her ability to stare into the void??and to find humanity and humor there??will speak to young adult and adult readers alike.

A Junior Library Guild Pick. Illustrated by Theo Black.

Holly Black is the author of Tithe: A Modern Faerie Tale (an ALA Best Book for Young Adults) and two related novels, Valiant (Norton Award winner) and New York Times bestseller Ironside. Her latest novel, Black Heart is the third of a new series, The Curseworkers. She and Tony DiTerlizzi created the best-selling Spiderwick Chronicles. Holly lives in Massachusetts with her husband, Theo, in a house with

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The Coldest Girl in Coldtown

A Reversal of Fortune

The Boy Who Cried Wolf

The Night Market

The Dog King

Virgin

In Vodka Veritas

The Coat of Stars

Paper Cuts Scissors

Going Ironside

The Land of Heart’s Desire

The Poison Eaters
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