Woodworker Bellatine and her nomadic brother Isaac are minding their own business when they get word that they have inherited something from their long-gone ancestor: her house. But their ancestor was Baba Yaga, and her house, well, it has chicken legs and runs around. Despite their trepidation about the semi-sentient house, they take it on the road, traveling from town to town, presenting a puppet show that their parents used to do. However, neither Bellatine nor Isaac can shake off their own demons, and there's a creepy...man?...stalking them across the country.
This was a wonderful and weird story about history, the power of stories, generational trauma, self-doubt, and so much more. I absolutely loved it, and I can definitely see reading this in Orcs & Aliens some day (I don't think we've done a Baba Yaga story yet...?).
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