I Hold a Wolf by the Ears Becky Chambers Without Gideon's sword

Without Gideon's sword

and escape feels like the only path to a future

Christopher Harper

lovers and companions—Mendoza explores her characters’ passions in a way that simmers on the page

Teutonic gods

I Hold a Wolf by the Ears Becky Chambers Without Gideon's swordThese eleven stories confront misogyny, violence, and the impossible economics of America with van den Bergs trademark spiky humor and surreal eye. In Lizards, a man mutes his wifes anxieties by giving her a LaCroix like seltzer laced with sedatives. In the title story, a woman poses as her more successful sister during a botched Italian holiday, a choice that brings about strange and destructive consequences, while in Karolina, a woman discovers her