Allosaurus in Wonderland and Other Tales of Avalonia, Jennifer Lee Rossman

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Allosaurus in Wonderland and Other Tales of Avalonia by Jennifer Lee Rossman
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Welcome to Avalonia, a place just to the side of reality. Not forgotten by time exactly, just… politely ignored. It’s a waystation for people, animals, and legends who slip out of their proper timelines and find themselves somewhere gloriously off-script.

In this interconnected story collection, cowgirls ride dinosaurs, medieval spies scheme, and familiar figures like Amelia Earhart and D.B. Cooper drift through a world where history loosens its grip and possibility takes over. Some arrivals are stranded. Some choose to stay. All of them matter.

Rossman writes with a sense of playful audacity and quiet heart, blending fantasy, speculative fiction, and historical remix into a tapestry that celebrates outsiders, wanderers, and people who never quite fit where they were “supposed” to land. Avalonia is a queer-friendly space in the broadest sense: a world that welcomes the strange, the displaced, and the defiantly self-invented.

At once whimsical and thoughtful, Allosaurus in Wonderland invites readers to step through the portal and stay awhile. Adventure awaits, yes, but so does belonging.