That's right. We're getting another book from the author of a 1920s-inspired Cinderella, a Parent Trap x Sleeping Beauty retelling, and many heart-crushingly gorgeous mermaid stories. Beka Gremikova is back again with a new collection of short stories even better than the last. It is my honor to present to you the shiny new cover for The Edge of a Knife and Other Stories…

Science fiction and fantasy isn’t always the intrepid young hero on his first voyage to Mars. Or the naïve but strong and independent young woman falling for a magically attractive and dangerous fae lord. Although those protagonists are impressively popular, there are plenty of stories where the heroes aren’t young, fresh-faced, able-bodied, perpetually confused, and conventionally attractive. So please get to your feet and provide some thunderous applause for a look at protagonists with a brush of silver in their hair, joints that sometimes creak, and a fondness for quiet coziness in life: