When the 2023 “OUT at the Movies” festival opens on September 28th in Winston-Salem, it will mark the 20th anniversary of the “OUT at the Movies” screening series and the
Set in an alternate 1983, this standalone from Garth Nix blends aspects of Neil Gaiman’s
Neverwhere with Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials. Susan’s mother has always been very vague on any information about Susan’s father, so when she turns 18, the young woman resolves to go to London and look for him herself. Once there, Susan discovers that any number of inimical magical creatures, as well as bespelled criminals, have taken a dangerous interest in her.
Thankfully, she gains both information and assistance from Merlin, a handsome young man (at least for the moment; he’s capable of switching gender) with a taste for fashion and an array of combat skills. Merlin is a left-handed bookseller, part of a clan who sells books and negotiates between humanity and the magical creatures of the Old World. As the attacks on Susan escalate, her search for her father takes on a dangerous urgency, and, while she has Merlin’s support, the rest of his family must decide whether to
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