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  1. The Blue Girl

    by Charles de Lint

    Seventeen-year-old Imogene’s rebellious nature has caused her more harm than good—so when her family moves to Newford, she decides to reinvent herself. She won’t lose her punk/thrift-shop look, but she’ll try to avoid the gangs, work a little harder at school, and maybe even stay out of... (learn more about this book)

  2. The Onion Girl

    by Charles de Lint

    Now in softcover, Charles de Lints stunning new novel of magic and danger in the modern worldIn novel after novel, and story after story, Charles de Lint has brought an entire imaginary North American city to vivid life. Newford: where magic lights dark streets; where myths walk clothed in... (learn more about this book)

  3. Dreams Underfoot

    by Charles de Lint

    Welcome to Newford. . . . Welcome to the music clubs, the waterfront, the alleyways where ancient myths and magic spill into the modern world. Come meet Jilly, painting wonders in the rough city streets; and Geordie, playing fiddle while he dreams of a ghost; and the Angel of Grasso Street... (learn more about this book)

  4. Memory and Dream

    by Charles de Lint

    Isabelle Copley’s visionary art frees ancient spirits. As the young student of the cruel, brilliant artist Vincent Rushkin, she discovered she could paint images so vividly real they brought her wildest fantasies to life. But when the forces she unleashed brought tragedy to those she loved,... (learn more about this book)

  5. Someplace To Be Flying

    by Charles de Lint

    Lily is a photojournalist in search of the "animal people" who supposedly haunt the city's darkest slums. Hank is a slumdweller who knows the bad streets all too well. One night, in a brutal incident, their two lives collide--uptown Lily and downtown Hank, each with a quest and a role to play... (learn more about this book)

  6. Moonheart: Book 1

    Moonheart

    by Charles de Lint

    When Sara and Jamie discovered the seemingly ordinary artifacts, they sensed the pull of a dim and distant place. A world of mists and forests, of ancient magics, mythical beings, ageless bards...and restless evil. Now, with their friends and enemies alike--Blue, the biker; Keiran, the folk... (learn more about this book)

  7. Forests of the Heart

    by Charles de Lint

    In the Old Country, they called them the Gentry: ancient spirits of the land, magical, amoral, and dangerous. When the Irish emigrated to North America, some of the Gentry followed only to find that the New World already had spirits of its own, the manitou. Now generations have passed, but the... (learn more about this book)

  8. Widdershins

    by Charles de Lint

    Jilly Coppercorn and Geordie Riddell. Since they were introduced in the first Newford story, "Timeskip," back in 1989, their friends and readers alike have been waiting for them to realize what everybody else already knows: that they belong together. But they've been more clueless about how... (learn more about this book)

  9. The Little Country

    by Charles de Lint

    When folk musician Janey Little finds a mysterious manuscript in an old trunk in her grandfather's cottage, she is swept into a dangerous realm both strange and familiar. But true magic lurks within the pages of The Little Country, drawing genuine danger from across the oceans into Janey's... (learn more about this book)

  10. Moonlight & Vines

    by Charles de Lint

    Return to Newford Familiar to Charles de Lint’s ever-growing audience as the setting of the novels Moonheart , Forests of the Heart , The Onion Girl , and many others, Newford is the quintessential North American city, tough and streetwise on the surface and rich with hidden magic for... (learn more about this book)

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