A group of girls does Death incarnate's bidding in this haunting, stunning speculative young adult novel by the author of The Year of the Witching. Roslyn isn’t herself anymore. It’s been a year since her sister, Adeline, died under mysterious circumstances, and Roslyn is still tormented by her absence. So when the elusive caravan of girls that Adeline spent her last summer with rolls back into town, Roslyn joins them to finally figure out what happened to her sister. Strange, beautiful, and intriguing, the girls are closed off from the world. And as it turns out, they’re brought together by a force more sinister than Roslyn’s nightmares could’ve conjured up: Death himself. Death has spared the girls from untimely endings, and to pay for their lives, the girls travel the country reaping souls on his behalf. Now Roslyn must decide if finding closure is worth the price of striking the same deal.
A group of girls does Death incarnate's bidding in this haunting, stunning speculative young adult novel by the author of The Year of the Witching. Roslyn isn’t herself anymore. It’s been a year since her sister, Adeline, died under mysterious circumstances, and Roslyn is still tormented by her absence. So when the elusive caravan of girls that Adeline spent her last summer with rolls back into town, Roslyn joins them to finally figure out what happened to her sister. Strange, beautiful, and intriguing, the girls are closed off from the world. And as it turns out, they’re brought together by a force more sinister than Roslyn’s nightmares could’ve conjured up: Death himself. Death has spared the girls from untimely endings, and to pay for their lives, the girls travel the country reaping souls on his behalf. Now Roslyn must decide if finding closure is worth the price of striking the same deal.
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Dark speculative fiction and gothic horror take center stage in atmospheric novels exploring witchcraft, power, and moral compromise, most notably in the fantasy novel The Year of the Witching. Alexis Henderson crafts narrative worlds where dark fantasy, cosmic dread, and fundamentalist intrigue intersect through the experiences of complex women.
Her published work frequently blends haunted settings with visceral dark fantasy elements, offering readers tension-filled narratives that examine authority, autonomy, and survival.
Raised in Savannah, Georgia—a city widely known for its ghost stories and haunted history—Henderson developed an early fascination with gothic fiction and eerie tales. Her upbringing in coastal Georgia heavily influenced her creative trajectory and affinity for dark storytelling. She later relocated to the marshlands of Charleston, South Carolina, where she continues to write while painting and drawing inspiration from horror cinema.
Henderson made her book debut with The Year of the Witching, a dark fantasy novel that earned recognition as a Goodreads Choice Awards finalist. She followed this success with House of Hunger, also a Goodreads Choice Awards finalist, alongside subsequent dark speculative titles such as An Academy for Liars, When I Was Death, and The Godfrey Home for Demonic Children.
Central to Henderson's writing style is a focus on complicated, intense, and often violent female protagonists forced to navigate oppressive social structures or uncanny supernatural threats. Her stories seamlessly combine tropes from gothic horror, dark fantasy, cosmic horror, and witchcraft, utilizing vivid, atmospheric worldbuilding to heighten narrative tension.
Through her fiction, Henderson explores themes of rebellion, self-determination, fundamentalism, and the moral ambiguity inherent in claiming personal power. Setting choices—ranging from puritanical settlements to dark academic environments—play an active role in shaping her characters' choices and psychological depth.
3 books in catalog
Dark speculative fiction and gothic horror take center stage in atmospheric novels exploring witchcraft, power, and moral compromise, most notably in the fantasy novel The Year of the Witching. Alexis Henderson crafts narrative worlds where dark fantasy, cosmic dread, and fundamentalist intrigue intersect through the experiences of complex women.
Her published work frequently blends haunted settings with visceral dark fantasy elements, offering readers tension-filled narratives that examine authority, autonomy, and survival.
Raised in Savannah, Georgia—a city widely known for its ghost stories and haunted history—Henderson developed an early fascination with gothic fiction and eerie tales. Her upbringing in coastal Georgia heavily influenced her creative trajectory and affinity for dark storytelling. She later relocated to the marshlands of Charleston, South Carolina, where she continues to write while painting and drawing inspiration from horror cinema.
Henderson made her book debut with The Year of the Witching, a dark fantasy novel that earned recognition as a Goodreads Choice Awards finalist. She followed this success with House of Hunger, also a Goodreads Choice Awards finalist, alongside subsequent dark speculative titles such as An Academy for Liars, When I Was Death, and The Godfrey Home for Demonic Children.
Central to Henderson's writing style is a focus on complicated, intense, and often violent female protagonists forced to navigate oppressive social structures or uncanny supernatural threats. Her stories seamlessly combine tropes from gothic horror, dark fantasy, cosmic horror, and witchcraft, utilizing vivid, atmospheric worldbuilding to heighten narrative tension.
Through her fiction, Henderson explores themes of rebellion, self-determination, fundamentalism, and the moral ambiguity inherent in claiming personal power. Setting choices—ranging from puritanical settlements to dark academic environments—play an active role in shaping her characters' choices and psychological depth.
