In the Palace of Repose

In the Palace of Repose is a collection of fantasy short stories by Canadian writer Holly Phillips, and her first published book. It was first published in hardcover by Prime Books in May 2005, and in trade paperback by Wildside Press in June of the same year. Prime Books issued a later trade paperback edition in February 2006, and an ebook edition in October 2012.[1]

In the Palace of Repose
Cover of first edition
AuthorHolly Phillips
Cover artistThomas Cole
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
GenreFantasy
PublisherPrime Books
Publication date
2005
Media typePrint (hardcover)
Pages203
ISBN1-894815-58-0

The book collects nine novelettes and short stories by the author, together with an introduction by Sean Stewart.

Contents
  • "Introduction" (Sean Stewart)
  • "In the Palace of Repose"
  • "The Other Grace"
  • "The New Ecology"
  • "A Woman's Bones"
  • "Pen & Ink"
  • "One of the Hungry Ones"
  • "By the Light of Tomorrow's Sun"
  • "Summer Ice"
  • "Variations on a Theme"

Awards

The collection won the 2006 Sunburst Award and was a finalist for the 2006 World Fantasy and Crawford awards. Of the individual stories, "In the Palace of Repose" and "The Other Grace" were finalists for the 2004 International Horror Guild Award and the 2006 World Fantasy award, respectively.[2]

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References
  1. In the Palace of Repose title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
  2. "Holly Phillips: Drawn to Darkness." Article in Locus Magazine, June 2007.
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