Seasons of Glass and Iron: Stories

by Amal El-Mohtar

Publisher Arcadia

Genre: Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Publication date: March 24, 2026

Available from: March 24, 2026

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Full of glimpses into gleaming worlds and fairy tales with teeth, Seasons of Glass and Iron: Stories is a collection of acclaimed and awarded work from Amal El-Mohtar.

With confidence and style, El-Mohtar guides us through exquisitely told and sharply observed tales about life as it is, was, and could be. Like miscellany from other worlds, these stories are told in letters, diary entries, reference materials, folktales, and lyrical prose.

Full of Nebula, Locus, World Fantasy, and Hugo Award-winning and nominated stories, Seasons of Glass and Iron: Stories includes 'Seasons of Glass and Iron', 'The Green Book', 'Madeleine', 'The Lonely Sea in the Sky', 'And Their Lips Rang with the Sun', 'The Truth About Owls', 'A Hollow Play', 'Anabasis', 'To Follow the Waves', 'John Hollowback and the Witch', 'Florilegia, or, Some Lies About Flowers', 'Pockets' and more.

About the Author

Amal El-Mohtar

Amal El-Mohtar is an author, editor and critic. Her short story 'Seasons of Glass and Iron' won the Hugo, Nebula, and Locus awards and was a finalist for the World Fantasy, Sturgeon, Aurora, and Eugie Foster awards. She is the author ofThe Honey Month, a collection of poetry and prose written to the taste of twenty-eight different kinds of honey, and contributes criticism to NPR Books andThe New York Times. Her fiction has most recently appeared on Tor.com andUncanny Magazine, and in anthologies such asThe Djinn Falls in Love & Other StoriesandThe Starlit Wood: New Fairy Tales. She is currently pursuing a PhD at Carleton University and teaches Creative Writing at the University of Ottawa.

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