Furies - Stories of the wicked, wild and untamed

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This anthology is all killer, no filler ― Red Magazine

A slick collection of clever tales, with something for bluestockings and banshees alike ― Observer

Some are historical, some are infused with the mystical and magical, some have threads of fierce commentary and some are laugh-out-loud funny. All of them fizz with energy, meaning and page-turner plots ― The Scotsman

Delightful and thought-provoking ― Perspective

Spell-binding . . . these vivid works of imagination are further proof that, back in 1973, Virago's founder Carmen Calil was on to something -- Kiran Duggal ― Harper's Bazaar

A collection of dazzling stories, as inventive as they are inspiring ― Daily Mirror

A collection of wild works by wild women is the perfect tribute to Virago's impact and legacy ― Tortoise Media

Some stories are historical, some are infused with the mystical and magical, some have threads of fierce commentary and some are laugh-out-loud funny. All of them fizz with energy, meaning and page-turner plots ― The Press and Journal

Definitely where power and feminist rage meet ― Stylist

[Furies addresses] the full panoply of 'isms' such as racism, ageism, heroism, terrorism, and classism, all congregated under feminism ― Irish Examiner

Book Description

An acclaimed, fun and fearless anthology of feminist tales, by fifteen bestselling, award-winning writers.

From the Back Cover

Banshee. Dragon. Tygress. She-Devil. Hussy. Siren. Wench. Harridan. Muckraker. Spitfire. Vituperator. Churail. Termagant. Fury. Warrior. Virago.

For centuries past, and all across the world, there are words that have defined and decried us. Words that raise our hackles, fire up our blood; words that tell a story.

In this blazing cauldron of a book, sixteen bestselling, award-winning writers have reclaimed these words, creating an entertaining and irresistible collection of feminist tales.

Including Kamila Shamsie's 'Churail', shortlisted for the BBC National Short Story Award.

'Dazzling stories, as inventive as they are inspiring' Daily Mirror

'All killer, no filler' Red Magazine

'Fizzing with energy, meaning and page-turner plots' Scotsman

• Margaret Atwood
• Susie Boyt
• Eleanor Crewes
• Emma Donoghue
• Stella Duffy
• Linda Grant
• Annie Hodson
• Claire Kohda
• CN Lester
• Kirsty Logan
• Caroline O'Donoghue
• Chibundu Onuzo
• Helen Oyeyemi
• Rachel Seiffert
• Kamila Shamsie
• Ali Smith

With an introduction by Sandi Toksvig

• [Please note there is one new word for the paperback cover: Banshee
• Please note there is one new name for the paperback cover: Annie Hodson]

About the Author

Margaret Atwood is the author of more than forty works, including fiction, poetry and critical essays, and her books have been published in over thirty-five countries. She has won many literary awards and prizes.

Ali Smith was born in Inverness and lives in Cambridge. She is the author of three collections of stories and three novels. Hotel World was shortlisted for both the Booker Prize and the Orange Prize in 2001 and her latest novel, The Accidental, won the 2006 Whitbread Novel Award. Ali reviews regularly for the Guardian, the Scotsman and the TLS.

Born in Dublin in 1969, Emma Donoghue is an award-winning writer, living in Canada with her family. Her novels are Room, The Sealed Letter, Landing, Life Mask, Slammerkin, Hood and Stir-fry; short-story collections Astray, Three and a Half Deaths (UK ebook), Touchy Subjects, The Woman Who Gave Birth to Rabbits, and Kissing the Witch; and literary history including Inseparable, We Are Michael Field, and Passions Between Women as well as two anthologies that span the seventeenth to the twentieth centuries. Frog Music, her new novel, comes out in Spring 2014.

Kirsty Logan's books include Now She is Witch, Things We Say In The Dark, The Gloaming, The Gracekeepers, A Portable Shelter and The Rental Heart & Other Fairytales. She lives in Glasgow with her wife, baby and rescue dog.

Caroline O'Donoghue is a New York Times best-selling author and the host of the award-winningpodcast Sentimental Garbage. She haswritten two novels for adults, Promising Young Women, which was shortlisted for the AN Post Irish Book Awards - Sunday Independent Newcomer of the Year,and Scenes of a Graphic Nature, which was longlisted for the Ondaatje Prize. She was also longlisted for the supernatural series for teenagers, All Our Hidden Gifts. She was born in Ireland and currently lives in London.

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A fun and fearless anthology of feminist tales, by fifteen bestselling, award-winning writers.

'Wonderful ... all killer, no filler' Red Magazine

'Dazzling stories, as inventive as they are inspiring' Daily Mirror

'Where power and feminist rage meet' Stylist

DRAGON. TYGRESS. SHE-DEVIL. HUSSY. SIREN. WENCH. HARRIDAN. MUCKRAKER. SPITFIRE. VITUPERATOR. CHURAIL. TERMAGANT. FURY. WARRIOR. VIRAGO.

For centuries past, and all across the world, there are words that have defined and decried us. Words that raise our hackles, fire up our blood; words that tell a story. In this blazing cauldron of a book, fifteen bestselling, award-winning writers have taken up their pens and reclaimed these words, creating an entertaining and irresistible collection of feminist tales for our time.

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