The Splendid City

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A genre-blending story of modern witchcraft, a police state and WTF characters, for fans of Alice Hoffman and Madeline Miller. -- In the state of Liberty, water is rationed at alarming prices, free speech is hardly without a cost, and Texas has just declared itself its own country. In this society, paranoia is well-suited because eyes and ears are all around, and they are judging. Always judging. This terrifying (and yet somehow vaguely familiar) terrain is explored via Eleanor - a young woman eagerly learning about the gifts of her magic through the support of her coven. But being a white witch is not as easy as they portray it in the books, and she's already been placed under 'house arrest' with a letch named Stan, a co-worker who wronged her in the past and now exists in the form of a cat. A talking cat who loves craft beers, picket lines, and duping and 'shooting' people. Eleanor has no time for Stan and his shenanigans, because she finds herself helping another coven locate a missing witch which she thinks is mysteriously linked to the shortage of water in Liberty. File Under- Fantasy Liberty for All | Water is Beautiful | Eyes Everywhere | Stanning for Stan

Reviews

"Karen HeulersThe Splendid Cityis a wonderful fabulation, both humorous and contemplative, about the desperate state of US politics and society."
"A thoroughly original and quirky novel."
"She's always a must read."
"the joy ofThe Splendid Citylies in the quirky and all-embracing exuberance of Heuler's imagination."
"A delight from start to finish."
"How can anyone resist talking cats I know I cant."
"Pre-order this book immediately. It is a joy."
"A fun, whimsical, fantastical satire"
"Whimsical, satiric, and bursting with imagination"
"The dialogue is clever and the satire spot-on. The socialcommentary hits the nail on the head."
"A sharp, lively, funny contemporary fantasy with the feel of an up-to-date, more adult version of L Frank Baums Ozbooks."
"The Splendid Citycrafts a perfect quirk that ramps to wtf levels of genre-bending weirdness"
"a compelling book, compulsively readable."
"loved how cleverly and deftly Heuler balanced the absurd with the political."

Author Bio

KAREN HEULER is a literary sci-fi/fantasy author. Her stories have appeared in over a hundred literary and speculative magazines and anthologies such as Conjunctions to Tin House and Weird Tales. She has received an O. Henry award, been a finalist for the Iowa short fiction award, the Bellwether award, the Shirley Jackson award for short fiction, among others. She has published four novels, four story collections and a novella. She also teaches fiction writing at NYU's School of Professional Studies.