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The Path Home - One 'n Done #6
A queer reimagining of the classic Persephone and Hades myth filled with magic and true love.
Bryony has just graduated college, and instead of moving to Brooklyn to start her summer fellowship, she has found herself drawn back to her rural hometown in the Adirondacks. A town where she left behind her feelings for her childhood love, Iris. Upon her return home, Bryony notices that the nature surrounding her hometown is dying and no one will talk about Iris.
A.J. Pellegrino has recontextualized a classic story of nature's duality to create a novella that subverts traditional gender norms and creates a beautifully haunting tale perfect for fans of Alix E. Harrow and Lee Mandelo.
Bryony has just graduated college, and instead of moving to Brooklyn to start her summer fellowship, she has found herself drawn back to her rural hometown in the Adirondacks. A town where she left behind her feelings for her childhood love, Iris. Upon her return home, Bryony notices that the nature surrounding her hometown is dying and no one will talk about Iris.
A.J. Pellegrino has recontextualized a classic story of nature's duality to create a novella that subverts traditional gender norms and creates a beautifully haunting tale perfect for fans of Alix E. Harrow and Lee Mandelo.
- GenresHorror
100 pages, Paperback
Published February 7, 2023
About the author
A.J. Pellegrino
1 book5 followersA.J. Pellegrino's (She/They) favorite genres have always been science fiction and fantasy and over the years have grown to include horror.
She began writing her own stories in the back of her school notebooks after class and hiding them away. It took some time, but she made the switch from notebooks to Word documents and gained the confidence to pursue writing as a career. She has a Bachelor of Arts in Creative Writing from Purchase College and is a member of both the Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers Association and the Horror Writers Association.
They live in New Jersey with their partner. Their short fiction has been published by Read Furiously, Lavender Bones Magazine, and shortlisted by Spellbinder Magazine. Their first novella is featured in Read Furiously's One 'N Done series.
She began writing her own stories in the back of her school notebooks after class and hiding them away. It took some time, but she made the switch from notebooks to Word documents and gained the confidence to pursue writing as a career. She has a Bachelor of Arts in Creative Writing from Purchase College and is a member of both the Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers Association and the Horror Writers Association.
They live in New Jersey with their partner. Their short fiction has been published by Read Furiously, Lavender Bones Magazine, and shortlisted by Spellbinder Magazine. Their first novella is featured in Read Furiously's One 'N Done series.
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March 3, 2023
This was a really good quick read. I love the authors description and I’m a big nature nut so I retelling of Hades and Persephone is going to be a hit.
I just wish there had been MORE which is a dumb complaint for a one and done but there it is. I wanted more lore, I wanted more of the main character’s feeling and life. I wanted more things answered. But maybe that’s a good thing, wanting more of a book. Anyway, definitely recommend!
I just wish there had been MORE which is a dumb complaint for a one and done but there it is. I wanted more lore, I wanted more of the main character’s feeling and life. I wanted more things answered. But maybe that’s a good thing, wanting more of a book. Anyway, definitely recommend!
February 21, 2023
This checked all of my cottage-core fantasy boxes, the perfect book to pick up on the cusp of the seasons changing. The tone and vivid imagery really make this a captivating page turner and the length is so heart breakingly perfect, it makes you feel the whirlwind of this brief yet lifelong romance and every page closer to the end leaves you wanting more.
July 7, 2023
This is such an entrancing read! Beautiful prose and I love the modern retelling of the Hades and Persephone myth.
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