Amanda’s Reviews > The Slantwise Histories: Collected Stories > Status Update

In a dystopian world, an evil corporation called the Company gets away with destroying everyone’s lives but Verity and her love Vex, and others, continue to fight them and keep the memories of the dead from being forgotten.

Roadside Attraction- Floyd thinks he will find his destiny by time-traveling but then finds love with Edmund (who is a time traveler).

The Sycamore and the Sybil- A woman who turned herself into a tree to save herself from a man helps a woman turn her abusive husband into a tree. Another strange story

Dustbaby- Woman finds a strange baby while her town is experiencing the Dust Bowl and religious fanaticism. Very strange story

Up in Flames (Working Title) - Former rich girl Art starts an illicit relationship with writer Val. They are separated by Art's wealthy dad and the time period. They reconnect twenty years later through a newspaper article submission.

The Long Way Up - A gender bent Orpheus tale where grief-stricken wife Ocean tries to convince dead husband Ethan to return to the world with her, but he doesn't want to.

The Ransom of Miss Coraline Connelly - Queen Jaref the Third, Empress of the Black Realms, kidnaps children & ransoms them back to their parents for a tithe of 9 years of their lives. She is surprised when she kidnaps Coraline, sends her mother letters, & her mother does not respond. Her mother is suffering from PPD & Jaref's letters become empathetic & eventually lead to a shared custody agreement between the two.

Do Not Look Back My Lion - The wife of a warrior leaves with their last child in order to protect her from the Emperor's endless wars.

The Final Voyage of the Good Ship Fortune - A captain who left his pearl divers to die is doomed to live shipwrecked on an island. He meets a little sea monster and accepts that he is changing into a sea monster.

The Six Deaths of the Saint- a magical, time altering pool is used by an unscrupulous Prince to make a girl into the unstoppable warrior known as the Saint of War.