{"id":24025,"date":"2025-03-18T01:00:13","date_gmt":"2025-03-18T05:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/?p=24025"},"modified":"2025-03-22T21:31:09","modified_gmt":"2025-03-23T01:31:09","slug":"book-the-knight-and-the-butcherbird","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/book-the-knight-and-the-butcherbird\/","title":{"rendered":"The Knight and the Butcherbird"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"book-3475\" class=\"bdb-book-info\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/book_theknightandthebutcherbird.png?fit=250%2C375&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"The Knight and the Butcherbird\" class=\"alignright\"\/><strong>Title:<\/strong> The Knight and the Butcherbird<br \/><strong>Author:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/book-database\/author\/alix-e-harrow\/\">Alix E. Harrow<\/a><br \/><strong>First Published:<\/strong> <span content=\"2025-03-11\">March 11, 2025<\/span><br \/><strong>Publisher:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/book-database\/publisher\/amazon-original-stories\/\">Amazon Original Stories<\/a><br \/><strong>Pages:<\/strong> 29<br \/><strong>Genre:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/book-database\/genre\/dystopia\/\">Dystopia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/book-database\/genre\/fantasy\/\">Fantasy<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/book-database\/genre\/lgbtq\/\">LGBTQ<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/book-database\/genre\/post-apocalyptic\/\">Post-Apocalyptic<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/book-database\/genre\/short-stories\/\">Short Stories<\/a><br \/><strong>Format:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/book-database\/format\/ebook\/\">Ebook<\/a><br \/><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/book-database\/source\/kindle-unlimited\/\">Kindle Unlimited<\/a><br \/><strong>Rating:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/book-database\/rating\/4\/\"><span class=\"bdb-font-awesome-star-wrap\"><i class=\"fas fa-star\"><\/i><i class=\"fas fa-star\"><\/i><i class=\"fas fa-star\"><\/i><i class=\"fas fa-star\"><\/i><i class=\"far fa-star\"><\/i><\/span><\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/227836621-the-knight-and-the-butcherbird\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/addtogoodreads.png?ssl=1\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\"\/><\/a><br \/><br \/><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong> <p>In this dystopian fairy tale from the New York Times bestselling author of Starling House, a small town\u2019s storyteller struggles to protect a local demon from the knight hired to kill it.<\/p>\n<p>Hundreds of years after the end of the world, the Appalachian community of Iron Hollow finds itself beset by demons. Such horrors are common these days in the outlands, where most folks die young\u2014if they don\u2019t turn into monsters first.<\/p>\n<p>When a legendary knight is summoned to hunt down the latest unearthly beast to haunt their woods, the town\u2019s new oral historian, Shrike, has more reason than most to be concerned. Because that demon was her wife. And while Shrike is certain that May still recognizes her\u2014that May is still herself, somewhere beneath it all\u2014she can\u2019t prove it.<\/p>\n<p>Determined to keep May safe, Shrike stalks the knight and his demon-hunting hawk through the recesses of the forest. But as they creep through toxic creeks and overgrown kudzu, Shrike realizes the knight has a secret of his own. And he\u2019ll do anything to protect it.<\/p>\n<strong>Get the Book:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4iw1E8x\" target=\"_blank\">Amazon<\/a>\r\n<hr \/><\/div>\t\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\">\n\t\t\t{\n\t\t\t\t\"@context\": \"https:\/\/schema.org\/\",\n\t\t\t\t\"@type\": \"Review\",\n\t\t\t\t\"datePublished\": \"2025-03-18T05:00:13+00:00\",\n\t\t\t\t\"description\": \"The Knight and the Butcherbird\",\n\t\t\t\t\"publisher\": {\n\t\t\t\t\t\"@type\": \"Organization\",\n\t\t\t\t\t\"name\": \"Radical Dreamer\"\t\t\t\t},\n\t\t\t\t\"url\": \"https:\\\/\\\/pastelgoth.net\\\/blog\\\/book-the-knight-and-the-butcherbird\\\/\",\n\t\t\t\t\"itemReviewed\": {\n\t\t\t\t\t\"@type\": \"Book\",\n\t\t\t\t\t\"name\": \"The Knight and the Butcherbird\",\n\t\t\t\t\t\"author\": [\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t{\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"@type\": \"Person\",\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"name\": \"Alix E. 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A post-apocalyptic eco-horror that reads like a dark fantasy fairy tale. The amount of worldbuilding accomplished in under forty pages is impressive and the future imagined in this story is fascinating. The story explores themes of love, grief, the terrifying nature of change, and the power of storytelling as a means of building community and sharing knowledge.<\/p>\n<p>Alix E. Harrow has an incredible talent for writing short stories, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/book-the-six-deaths-of-the-saint\/\">The Six Deaths of the Saint<\/a><\/strong> remains one of my all-time favorite short stories and <strong>The Knight and the Butcherbird<\/strong> is further proof of Harrow&#8217;s ability to weave stories that are as dazzling as they are heart-wrenching.<\/p>\n<h2>Quote<\/h2>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;A patchwork <strong>monster<\/strong>. A nonsense of scales and fur which bore <em>no resemblance<\/em> to the girl I\u2019d loved or the woman I\u2019d married. Except, of course, that <em>I loved her<\/em>.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<h2>Content Warnings<\/h2>\n<span class=\"ubb-spoiler\"><a class=\"ubb-view-spoil\">View Spoiler &raquo;<\/a><span style=\"display: none;\" class=\"ubb-thespoil\">Death, Murder, Violence <a class=\"ubb-hide-spoil\" style=\"cursor: hand; cursor: pointer;\">&laquo; Hide Spoiler<\/a><\/span><\/span>\n<h2>About the Author<\/h2>\n<div class=\"ubb-about-author\">\n<h3>About Alix E. Harrow<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/author_alixeharrow.png?fit=200%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft ubb-about-author-photo\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/author_alixeharrow.png?w=200&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/author_alixeharrow.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A former academic and adjunct, Alix E. Harrow is a NYT-bestselling and Hugo-award winning writer living in Virginia with her husband and their two semi-feral kids. She is the author of The Ten Thousand Doors of January, The Once and Future Witches, and various short fiction.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ubb-author-links\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alixeharrow.wixsite.com\/author\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Website<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/9823112.Alix_E_Harrow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Goodreads<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3XN9X6Q\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Amazon<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Review The Knight and the Butcherbird is an short story that boldly flits between genres. A post-apocalyptic eco-horror that reads like a dark fantasy fairy tale. 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