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A Season of Monstrous Conceptions

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World Fantasy Award nominee for Best Novella

Lina Rather's A Season of Monstrous Conceptions is an eldritch historical fantasy of midwifery, monstrosity, and the rending of the world, for fans of The Essex Serpent and The Death of Jane Lawrence.


"An entrancing and transformative queer tale of cosmic horror."-Caitlin Starling

"A blood sacrifice of a novel."-Meg Elison

In 17th-century London, unnatural babies are being born, with eyes made for the dark and webbed digits suited to the sea.

Sarah Da...