Cassandra Khaw

Uncover the lost years of Critical Role's unrelentingly upbeat, undead spellcaster in this original prequel novel to Laudna's adventures with Bells Hells. For as long as she can remember, Laudna has had a friend. A mentor. A little voice whispering in her cropped ear, promising that, no matter how monstrous she becomes or how far she wanders, there will always...

Uncover the lost years of Critical Role's unrelentingly upbeat, undead spellcaster in this original prequel novel to Laudna's adventures with Bells Hells. For as long as she can remember, Laudna has had a friend. A mentor. A little voice whispering in her cropped ear, promising that, no matter how monstrous she becomes or how far she wanders, there will always...

A gritty, explosive and bloody cosmic horror, Buffy meets American Psycho, about a roguish magical fixer, who is the only thing stopping the finance industry from summoning the eldritch beings they worship and serve. Julie Crews is a coked-up, burnt-out thirty-something who packs a lot of magic into her small body. She's trying to establish herself as a major Psychic...

The Library at Hellebore (Australian edition) by Cassandra Khaw combines dark academia with cosmic horror in a suspenseful tale of betrayal and broken hearts at an elite academy for the gods and monsters of the world. It's perfect for fans of The Atlas Six, If We Were Villains, and Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil. The Hellebore Technical Institute...

A sensuous and strange horror novella full of creeping dread and delicious gore, The Salt Grows Heavy twists mermaid myths into something sharp, dangerous, and hungry. It is perfect for fans of Christina Henry, Carmen Maria Machado, and Eric LaRocca. Myths are full of lies. This is not one of them. Fleeing the downfall of an empire, a mermaid and...

Clarkesworld is a Hugo and World Fantasy Award-winning science fiction and fantasy magazine. Each month, it brings readers a mix of fiction (new and classic works), articles, interviews, and art. The December 2015 issue (Issue 111) includes: Original Fiction by Liu Cixin (Yuanyuan's Bubbles), Tamsyn Muir (Union), Seth Dickinson (Morrigan in Shadow), and Cassandra Khaw (When We Die on Mars)....

Nothing But Blackened Teeth tells the story of Cat, who joins her old friends on a quest for the perfect wedding venue. They choose to spend the night in a Heian-era manor in Japan, entangled in webs of love, responsibility, and past memories, with hearts full of ghosts. This long-abandoned mansion is hungry for new guests and readily welcomes them...

Khaw's poetic prose and stylish approach to gore make it a blood-soaked, unforgettable gem. --The New York Times From Cassandra Khaw, USA Today bestselling author of Nothing But Blackened Teeth, comes The Salt Grows Heavy, a razor-sharp and bewitching fairy tale of discovering the darkness in the world, and the darkness within oneself. A Best Horror Book of 2023 (The...

Nothing But Blackened Teeth follows Cat as she joins her old friends in search of the perfect wedding venue. Their choice is to spend the night in a Heian-era manor in Japan. Trapped in webs of love, responsibility and yesterdays, they walk into a haunted house with their hearts full of ghosts. This mansion, long abandoned, is hungry for new...

Julie Crews is a coked-up, burnt-out thirty-something who packs a lot of magic into her small body. She’s trying to establish herself as a major Psychic Operative in the NYC magic scene, and she’ll work the most gruesome gigs to claw her way to the top. Desperate to break the dead-end grind, Julie summons a guardian angel for a quick...

Antigone can see death coming. Same as all the women in her family, death always takes the form of a black dog, nipping at the heels of the soon-to-be-departed. Only forty years old when her own black dog appears on her doorstep, Antigone isn't frightened. Instead, she welcomes her death inside, and watches it make itself at home on her...