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The Lamb Will Slaughter the Lion

Margaret Killjoy

The Lamb Will Slaughter the Lion by Margaret Killjoy is The Dispossessed meets Buffy the Vampire Slayer in this dropkick-in-the-mouth punk fantasy that Alan Moore calls "scary and energetic."

Danielle Cain is a queer punk rock traveller, jaded from a decade on the road. Searching for clues about her best friend’s mysterious and sudden suicide, she ventures to the squatter, utopian town of Freedom, Iowa. All is not well in Freedom, however: things went awry after the town’s residents summoned a protector spirit to serve as their judge and executioner.

Danielle shows up in time to witness the spirit — a blood-red, three-antlered deer — begin to turn on its summoners. Danielle and her new friends have to act fast if they’re going to save the town — or get out alive.

A story of ancient witchcraft among modern-day vagabonds, and about the hope we find in the strangest of places.

Published
August 15, 2017
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Margaret Killjoy

Margaret Killjoy writes fantasy and horror shaped by a life spent outside conventional boundaries. An author, musician, podcaster, and longtime participant in anarchist and DIY communities, she brings an unusual sense of lived experience to stories about outsiders, witches, wanderers, and people trying to build something better amid dangerous circumstances. Born and raised in Maryland, Killjoy took an unconventional route toward becoming a professional writer. She attended art school but left in the early 2000s as she became involved in the anti-globalization movement. For roughly fifteen years, she lived an itinerant life, traveling across…