Seasons of Glass and Iron: Stories

Hardback Published on: 24/03/2026
Price: £16.99
Free UK delivery on orders over £25, otherwise £3.99
In stock
Usually dispatched within 1-2 days
Make and edit your lists in your account
Check click & collect stock near you
Collect today: Pay in shop
In stock
Usually dispatched within 1-2 days
Check click & collect stock near you
Collect today: Pay in shop

Bookseller Reviews

View all
Seasons of Glass and Iron: Stories
A career-spanning spectacular of love and lamentation
I have known Amal for roughly two-thirds of the length of career encapsulated by this volume, and across the various publication venues these stories origi... READ MORE
D Franklin (Glasgow Sauchiehall St)
Seasons of Glass and Iron: Stories
A gorgeously odd selection of short stories.
El-Mohtar's writing celebrates the fundamental beauty that can be found in the written word in this  gorgeously odd selection of short stories that explore... READ MORE
Ciara at Guildford
Seasons of Glass and Iron: Stories
Amal El-Mohtar has cemented herself as one of my auto-buy authors!
As Amal El-Mohtar states in her introduction, this is a collection predominantly about women. Their suppressed desires, their visceral rage, their intense ... READ MORE
Izzie M
Seasons of Glass and Iron: Stories
A beautiful collection
I don’t usually read short stories, so I was interested to read this collection, especially as I had not previously read anything by Amal El-Mohtar. They s... READ MORE
Fiona Ellwood at Leicester Highcross

Synopsis

Full of glimpses into gleaming worlds and fairy tales with teeth, Seasons of Glass and Iron: Stories is a collection of acclaimed and awarded work from Amal El-Mohtar.

With confidence and style, El-Mohtar guides us through exquisitely told and sharply observed tales about life as it is, was, and could be. Like miscellany from other worlds, these stories are told in letters, diary entries, reference materials, folktales, and lyrical prose.

Full of Nebula, Locus, World Fantasy, and Hugo Award-winning and nominated stories, Seasons of Glass and Iron: Stories includes "Seasons of Glass and Iron," "The Green Book," "Madeleine," "The Lonely Sea in the Sky," "And Their Lips Rang with the Sun," "The Truth About Owls," "A Hollow Play," "Anabasis," "To Follow the Waves," "John Hollowback and the Witch," "Florilegia, or, Some Lies About Flowers," "Pockets," and more.

Publisher information

  • Publisher: Quercus Publishing
  • ISBN: 9781529443394
  • Number of pages: 208
  • Dimensions: 218 x 140 x 24 mm
  • Weight: 314g
  • Languages: English

Customer Reviews

View all
Seasons of Glass and Iron: Stories
poetic
Short story collections will never not be hit & miss for me, and I don't think I'm alone in that. Definitely more hits than misses in this collection. Gorg... READ MORE
melissy teapot
This reviewer received a free of charge product for review.
Seasons of Glass and Iron: Stories
Absolutely wonderful
Seasons of Glass and Iron is a collection of a variety of Amal El-Mohtar’s short stories and poetry and it was absolutely wonderful. Despite enjoying s... READ MORE
Zoe Rogers
This reviewer received a free of charge product for review.
Seasons of Glass and Iron: Stories
Great short stories
I first encountered Amal El-Mohtar's work back in 2019 when I read This is How You Lose the Time War. Having enjoyed that novella, I was eager to discover... READ MORE
Verity Halliday
This reviewer received a free of charge product for review.
Seasons of Glass and Iron: Stories
Wonderfully weird fairytales
Wonderfully weird fairytales. I always find it so difficult to rate a short story collection! I wish there was more of a common thread through the stories,... READ MORE
madeline tyler
This reviewer received a free of charge product for review.
Seasons of Glass and Iron: Stories
A Beautiful Anthology exploring Identity, who we are and where home is
"...part of me is more me here, I guess. I'm not done with that yet." GENRE: Anthology RATING: 4.75/5 FORMAT: physical ARC Overall Impression: What... READ MORE
Sabie
This reviewer received a free of charge product for review.
Seasons of Glass and Iron: Stories
Stunning
Thank you to the publisher Quercus Books/Arcadia for providing this book for review consideration via NetGalley. All opinions are my own.I have been a fan ... READ MORE
LauraFay
This reviewer received a free of charge product for review.