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In 1871, Elise Knight made a deal with the devil: craft a powerful violin in exchange for her fiancé’s resurrection. When Elise’s fiancé dies, she would do anything to get him back—even if that means striking a sinister bargain with Cassius, an exotic collector whose oddity exhibit is downright astonishing.

Two Chinese music students, Jay Lee and Xiao Mai, meet at the Welsh School of Music. He is soon obsessed by her, but her love is music. Xiao Mai needs a good instrument to play, otherwise she may be forced to drop out of university, so she sets out with Jay Lee to find one. One day they hear violin music pouring out from the Castle Arcade, Xiao Mai is overcome and starts to play an imaginary violin on the street. Jay Lee is shocked and forces her to stop.

In Caitlín R. Kiernan’s The Ammonite Violin & Others, one of contemporary dark fantasy’s most bewitching and distinctive voices is back with another banquet of the weird and unexpected. Within this book, you’ll discover a dazzling suite of stories situated on the borderlands between the unspeakable and the erotic, the grotesque and the sublime.

While on a mission to avenge the death of his lover, the immortal peyote-eating magician Celwyn is hired to deliver an automat, Professor Kang, to a priest. But Celwyn quickly learns that everything he's been told is a lie. Now his ship, the Zelda, is stuck in a horrific storm and Celwyn knows he must reconsider his allegiance if he is to steer his vessel in the right direction and continue his quest.