The Sea Gives Up the Dead: Stories Randall Munroe Jace’s lies don't add up

Jace’s lies don't add up and the authorities are closing in

working odd jobs to support his craft

and they don’t appear to be connected—until a fatal fall from a high-floor window attracts some unexpected attention

it’s not so easily undone

she has to decide if she will help the mysterious and haunted Drummond protect the Book of Doors—and the other books in his secret library’s care—from those who will do evil

The Sea Gives Up the Dead: Stories Randall Munroe Jace’s lies don't add upA lovesick nanny slays a dragon. The devil tries to save her mother. A girl drowns and becomes a saint. Three kids plot to blow up their dad, a grieving mother sails the sea to find her sons grave, a scientist brings a voice to life, and a mermaid falls into the power of a witch. Here, historical fiction, horror, and fantasy tangle together in a queer garden of love, grief, and longing.