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1. A FEAST OF SORROWS by Angela Slatter: “My father did not know that my mother knew about his other wives, but she did. It didn’t seem to bother her, perhaps because, of them all, she had the greater independence and a measure of prosperity that was all her own.” #SirensAtHome 
1. A PALE LIGHT IN THE BLACK by K.B. Wagers: “Commander Rosa Martín Rivas pasted another smile onto her face as she wove through the crowds and headed for her ship at the far end of the hangar. She and the rest of the members of Zuma’s Ghost...” #SirensAtHome 
1. A DARKER SHADE OF MAGIC by V.E. Schwab: “Kell wore a very peculiar coat. It had neither one side, which would be conventional, nor two, which would be unexpected, but several, which was, of course, impossible.” #SirensAtHome 
1. ANCIENT, ANCIENT by Kiini Ibura Salaam: “Sené. Pregnant Sené. Sené of the tired skin. Sené whose face held a million wrinkles, each one etched deeply as if carved over the course of forty years. Sené whose blood was only twenty-four years young.” #SirensAtHome 
1. ALIF THE UNSEEN by G. Willow Wilson: “The thing always appeared in the hour between sunset and full dark. When the light began to wane in the afternoon, casting shadows of gray and violet across the stable yard below the tower where he worked...” #SirensAtHome 
1. A DASH OF TROUBLE by Anna Meriano: “Leo sprinted to the hallway bathroom, slammed the door, and locked herself in, just in time. An angry knock followed, ‘Hey, hurry up in there!’ Leo let out a cackle to match her Halloween witch costume.” #SirensAtHome 
1. ASH by Malinda Lo: “Aisling’s mother died at midsummer. She had fallen sick so suddenly that some of the villagers wondered if the fairies had come and taken her, for she was still young and beautiful. She was buried three days later beneath the hawthorn tree...” #SirensAtHome 
1. LIAR by Justine Larbalestier: “I was born with a light covering of fur. After three days it had all fallen off, but the damage was done. My mother stopped trusting my father because it was a family condition he had not told her about. One of many omissions...” #SirensAtHome 
1. A FACE LIKE GLASS by Frances Hardinge: “One dark season, Grandible became certain that there was something living in his domain within the cheese tunnels. To judge by the scuffles, it was larger than a rat and smaller than a horse.” #SirensAtHome 
1. A BLADE SO BLACK by L.L. McKinney: “Alice couldn’t cry. She couldn’t scream. All she could do was run.” #SirensAtHome 
We use this data to make our book lists, and of course, fill our magical, once-a-year pop-up bookstore. If we were gathering at Sirens in-person this year, this would be around the time we’d be opening our community room doors. 😭
To make our community representative of the full breadth of amazing work in this field and to make our conversations truly intersectional, we need to make it possible for people of diverse identities, experiences, and vocations to attend Sirens. #SirensAtHome #Sirens21
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