The October Girl, Book One Cheater Swiss surrealist artist HR Giger

Swiss surrealist artist HR Giger (1940-2014) was catapulted to international fame in 1979 for designing the inimitable creatures and otherworldly environments that terrified moviegoers who watched Ridley Scott’s Alien

author of The Boxer

the recipes range from traditional to transformed

composed and performed the music on his synthesizers

The October Girl, Book One Cheater Swiss surrealist artist HR GigerBy Matthew Dow Smith. Published by Maverick. Softcover, 184 pages, Colour, 2025 A moody, coming of age tale for fans of Miss Peregrine's Home for Pecular Children and Nimona, filled with fairies and ogres and magic galore. Autumn Ackerman grew up believing in fairies and magic and princesses who defeated dragons, but now that shes eighteen and facing a future stuck behind the counter of her small towns coffee shop, shes starting to wonder if this is