First release · Literary horror
Strings: Counted Twice
A novel of craft and inheritance
Editions & prices
Hardback
Cloth-bound first edition, sewn ribbon marker, foil-stamped oyster mark
€19.99
£16.99 · $21.99
Paperback
Trade paperback, french flaps
€9.99
£8.99 · $10.99
eBook
EPUB & Kindle download, yours to keep
€5.99
£4.99 · $5.99
Audiobook
MP3 download, yours to keep, delivered on publication day
€12.99
£10.99 · $13.99
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Luigi Stagnetti is fifty-seven, the finest marionettist working at the very bottom of the market, heir to a stage his father painted and nine puppets older than anyone can say. But one of them — the smallest, the Bambino, the one with real hair — does not always wait to be moved. A novel of craft, inheritance, and the things a family hands down without ever speaking of them.
“Anyone can make a puppet move. A walk is different. A walk is weight.”
Free sample
Read the first two chapters, on the house.
A taste before you buy — chapters one and two of Strings: Counted Twice, free to download and keep.
Pre-orders open soon
The shop is on its way. Publication dates — and the first chance to pre-order — are announced in The Tide Letter.
