Small Spaces (Small Spaces, #1)

by Katherine Arden

“Small spaces! Keep to small spaces or see what happens to you! Just see!”

When the mist rises, and the smiling man comes walking, you must avoid large places at night. Keep to small.

What’s the difference between a cat and a comma?” “Dad—” “Well?” “I don’t know, what?” Her dad grinned. “A comma,” he informed her, “is a pause at the end of a clause.” Ollie saw where this was going. “Dad.” “But a cat,” her dad finished blithely, “has claws at the ends of its paws.”