{"product_id":"reluctant-immortals-9781982172350","title":"Reluctant Immortals","description":"\u003cb\u003e2023 Lambda Literary Award Winner\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e2023 Bram Stoker Award Finalist for Superior Achievement in a Novel\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFor fans of \u003ci\u003eMexican Gothic\u003c\/i\u003e, from three-time Bram Stoker Award-winning author Gwendolyn Kiste comes a novel inspired by the untold stories of forgotten women in classic literature--from Lucy Westnera, a victim of Stoker's \u003ci\u003eDracula\u003c\/i\u003e, and Bertha Mason, Mr. Rochester's attic-bound wife in Charlotte Brontë's \u003ci\u003eJane Eyre\u003c\/i\u003e--as they band together to combat the toxic men bent on destroying their lives, set against the backdrop of the Summer of Love, Haight-Ashbury, 1967.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eReluctant Immortals \u003c\/i\u003eis a historical horror novel that looks at two men of classic literature, Dracula and Mr. Rochester, and the two women who survived them, Bertha and Lucy, who are now undead immortals residing in Los Angeles in 1967 when Dracula and Rochester make a shocking return in the Haight-Ashbury district of San Francisco. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCombining elements of historical and gothic fiction with a modern perspective, in a tale of love and betrayal and coercion, \u003ci\u003eReluctant Immortals \u003c\/i\u003eis the lyrical and harrowing journey of two women from classic literature as they bravely claim their own destiny in a man's world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGwendolyn Kiste is the three-time Bram Stoker Award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Rust Maidens\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eReluctant Immortals\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Boneset \u0026amp; Feathers\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePretty Marys All in a Row\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Haunting of Velkwood\u003c\/i\u003e. Her short fiction and nonfiction have appeared in outlets including \u003ci\u003eLitHub\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNightmare\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eMagazine, Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVastarien\u003c\/i\u003e, Tor's \u003ci\u003eNightfire\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Lineup\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Dark\u003c\/i\u003e. She's a Lambda Literary Award winner, and her fiction has also received the This Is Horror Award for Novel of the Year as well as nominations for the Premios Kelvin, Ignotus, and Dragon Awards. Originally from Ohio, she now resides on an abandoned horse farm outside of Pittsburgh with her husband, their excitable calico cat, and not nearly enough ghosts. Find her online at GwendolynKiste.com.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"S\u0026s\/Saga Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50613421179154,"sku":"9781982172350","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_a9d89fca-6b6b-4ed6-b903-424ecfb4300c.jpg?v=1732400568","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/reluctant-immortals-9781982172350","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}