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Gorgons Deserve Nice Things
Paperback $17.99 | Ebook $4.99 • 80 pp
ISBN 978-1-922479-38-9 (Print); 978-1-922479-37-2(ebook)
Available in stores March 7, 2023 | Shipping direct from Brain Jar Press January 24, 2023
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Description
“We lived in a world that did not allow women to breathe; how could we be anything but monsters?”
Tansy Rayner Roberts retells the stories of seven women from Greek mythology, giving voice to the scorned, the sidelined, and the monstrous.
A young gorgon finds acceptance at the Medusa Club. Atalanta spills the truth behind the myth of the Argonauts. Scylla suffers through a series of terrible college roommates. Handmaids in Sparta get more than they bargained for when they interfere in their queen’s correspondence with a Trojan prince. A comparative mythology graduate finds herself at a speed-dating night packed with dodgy gods. Behind a velvet rope, a queenly Minotaur presides over a roller disco. Persephone shares her story via a series of pomegranate recipes.
Deliciously mythic and delightfully funny, Gorgons Deserve Nice Things delivers new takes on ancient stories, reinvigorating them with modern perspectives and settings. Showcasing the craft and insight that made her one of Australia’s most beloved short fiction writers, this collection sees Roberts at her wry, subversive best.
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PRAISE FOR GORGONS DESERVE NICE THINGS
“A perfect concoction of Greek myths revisited, rewilded, and remade. Bite-sized and blazing with wit and rage these stories will delight. Gorgons deserve nice things, and readers of myth and fantasy deserve this most wonderful of books.” – Trent Jamieson, author of Day Boy and The Stone Road
“This collection is an absolute delight. Tansy Rayner Roberts’ take on Greek mythology is sometimes savage, sometimes witty, always written with elegance, and often downright hilarious. The stories are insightful, reflecting the author’s deep knowledge of her source material. Five stars from me!” – Juliet Marillier, author of the Blackthorn & Grim and Warrior Bards series
About The Author
Tansy Rayner Roberts
Tansy Rayner Roberts is an award winning blogger, podcaster and fantasy author who lives in Tasmania with her family. She has a PhD in Classics and a particular attachment to Roman history, which infuses her work.
Tansy’s books range from the light-hearted SFF like Tea and Sympathetic Magic and Musketeer Space to the darker and more epic Creature Court. She also writes cozy murder mysteries under the name Livia Day. Tansy is one of the co-hosts of the popular Verity! podcast, discussing Doctor Who with women around the world.
In 2013, Tansy won the Hugo for Best Fan Writer thanks to the critical writing on her blog. This made her the first Australian woman ever to win a Hugo Award. She won it a second time in 2015 in the Best Fancast category with Galactic Suburbia.
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