Roses & Rot

Listed in the Dance category on Art In Fiction, Roses & Rot (2016) is a fantasy novel by award-winning author Kat Howard. Imogen has grown up reading fairy tales about mothers who die and make way for cruel stepmothers. As a child, she used to lie in bed wishing that her life would become one of these tragic fairy tales because she couldn’t imagine how a stepmother could be worse than her mother now.  As adults, Imogen and her sister Marin are accepted to an elite post-grad arts program—Imogen as a writer and Marin as a dancer. Soon enough, though, they realize that there’s more to the school than meets the eye. Imogen might be living in the fairy tale she’s dreamed about as a child, but it’s one that will pit her against Marin if she decides to escape her past to find her heart’s desire. “A contemporary dark fantasy full of dark magic, the hidden traps of fairy tales, and painful humanity. I loved every page.” -- Christopher Golden, author of Dead Ringers and Snowblind Kat Howard’s short fiction has been nominated for the World Fantasy Award, anthologized in best-of and annual best-of collections, and performed on NPR. She is the author of the Alex Award–winning An Unkindness of Magicians. She is also the writer of the Books of Magic series, set in the Sandman Universe. She lives in New Hampshire . Buy Now from Amazon Buy Now from Bookshop