Fitcher's Bird
$42.00
- Hardcover
160 pages
- Release Date
6 October 2026
Summary
Once upon a time, three young sisters survived a catastrophic house fire… Years later, one of them disappears and then another and it is left to the eldest sister to find out whether something else survived… A dark, twisty, page-turning modern gothic horror from the multi award-winning author of The Cold House.
When sisters Chloe, Zoe and Dido were children, their father died and their mother could no longer care for them, so they were sent to live with the local doct…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781835412589 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1835412580 |
| Author: | A.G. Slatter |
| Publisher: | Titan Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Titan Books Ltd |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 160 |
| Release Date: | 6 October 2026 |
| Weight: | 255g |
| Dimensions: | 55mm x 130mm x 198mm |
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Critics Review
Praise for Fitcher’s Bird:
A fairy tale for the true crime era: a wicked stepmother, a beast of a serial killer, and a determined heroine who invites the darkness into her damaged heart. Beautiful, bleak, violent, satisfying.
-Alma Katsu, award-winning author of Incarnate
With Fitcher’s Bird, A.G. Slatter has shaped a novel as dark and powerful as the totem at its center-a work that draws on fairy tales, old lore, the natural world, and the beautiful macabre, then becomes something larger than any of its inspirations. The result is a story that satisfies on every level while feeling wholly fresh and sharp as raven claws… a gothic, avian good for her.
-Christa Carmen, Bram Stoker AwardAE-winning author of The Daughters of Block Island
A. G. Slatter is my favorite storyteller, blending folklore and gothic horror into a hypnotic slow burn. Fitcher’s Bird is a dreadful thing-a haunting little nightmare wrapped in a delicious, layered mystery.
-Sadie Hartmann, Bram Stoker AwardAE-winning author of 101 Horror Books to Read Before You’re Murdered
A haunting bone effigy to sisterhood. Bleak, beautiful, and merciless. Fitcher’s Bird is a folk horror fairy tale with true crime in its blood. Easily one of the best things I’ve read this year!
-Dawn Kurtagich, award-winning author of The Madness
This is A.G. Slatter at her best: a dreamy fairy tale that’s as beautiful as it is devastating. A stunning, startling achievement, and a book that’s an absolute must-read for the year.
-Gwendolyn Kiste, Four-time Bram Stoker AwardAE-winning author of Everything Looks Better in Red and The Haunting of Velkwood
Lush, haunting, and drenched in fairy-tale dread, Fitcher’s Bird is folk horror at its finest. Slatter weaves trauma, sisterhood, and folklore into something both deeply human and deliciously monstrous - proving yet again that she is a mistress of the genre.
-Lindy Ryan, USA Today-bestselling author of Dollface and Bless Your Heart
A true-crime-inflected delight of a novella, this dark fairy tale has gnawed bones and sharp, unforgiving teeth.
-Ally Wilkes, author of All the White Spaces and Where the Dead Wait
A.G. Slatter
A.G. Slatter has won many awards, including a Shirley Jackson Award, a World Fantasy Award, and a British Fantasy Award. She is the author of eight novels, six novellas, twelve collections, and a Hellboy Universe comic. She holds a PhD in Creative Writing and is a graduate of Clarion South and the Tin House Summer Writers Workshop. She has served as a judge for the World Fantasy and Aurealis Awards.
Angela’s short stories have appeared in many Best Of anthologies, and her work has been translated into numerous languages. She lives in Brisbane, Australia, with a TBR pile that will likely be the death of her.
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