{"product_id":"high-times-in-the-low-parliament-9781250823021","title":"High Times in the Low Parliament","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"[A] cheeky lesbian stoner fantasy . . . This is gallows humor with a light touch.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA 2022 Nebula Award Nominee\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA 2023 Aurora Award Nominee\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNPR\u003c\/i\u003e Best of the Year pick\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Most Anticipated Pick for \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eAutostraddle\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003ci\u003eLGBTQ Reads\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAward-winning author Kelly Robson returns with \u003ci\u003eHigh Times in the Low Parliament\u003c\/i\u003e, a lighthearted romp through an 18th-century London featuring flirtatious scribes, irritable fairies, and the dangers of Parliament.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLana Baker is Aldgate's finest scribe, with a sharp pen and an even sharper wit. Gregarious, charming, and ever so eager to please, she agrees to deliver a message for another lovely scribe in exchange for kisses and ends up getting sent to Low Parliament by a temperamental fairy as a result. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs Lana transcribes the endless circular arguments of Parliament, the debates grow tenser and more desperate. Due to long-standing tradition, a hung vote will cause Parliament to flood and a return to endless war. Lana must rely on an unlikely pair of comrades--Bugbite, the curmudgeonly fairy, and Eloquentia, the bewitching human deputy--to save humanity (and maybe even woo one or two lucky ladies), come hell or high water.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKelly Robson\u003c\/b\u003e is an award-winning Canadian short fiction writer. Her time travel adventure \u003ci\u003eGods, Monsters and the Lucky Peach\u003c\/i\u003e won the 2019 Aurora Award and was a finalist for the Hugo, Nebula, Theodore Sturgeon, and Locus awards; while her novelette \"A Human Stain\" won the 2018 Nebula Award. She is also a winner of the Prix Aurora and has been a finalist for the World Fantasy, Astounding, and Sunburst Awards. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eKelly grew up in the foothills of the Canadian Rockies, and as a teenager was crowned princess of the Hinton Big Horn Rodeo. From 2008 to 2012, she wrote the wine and spirits column for Chatelaine, Canada's largest women's magazine. Kelly consults as a creative futurist for organizations such as UNICEF and the Suncor Energy Foundation. She and her wife, writer A.M. Dellamonica, live in downtown Toronto.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Tordotcom","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50647263904018,"sku":"9781250823021","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_50981d0e-b04a-4c9d-8beb-be0452296a4c.jpg?v=1733199802","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/high-times-in-the-low-parliament-9781250823021","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}