false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172532851m/186440.jpg 186440 3 <I>Tapping the Dream Tree</I> collects 18 stories by bestselling contemporary fantasy master Charles de Lint, including the impossible to find (or afford) <I>Seven Wild Sisters</i>. One story, "The Witching Hour," is original to this volume, with a few others taken from limited-edition chapbooks; the remaining tales have been drawn from an impressive diversity of magazines and anthologies. The stories are set in and around de Lint's mythic, haunted American city of Newford, and fans will recognize several characters from de Lint's popular series. <p> The powerful story "Ten for The Devil" is a superb choice for an opener: it showcases de Lint's literary strengths and treats of his recurring themes of magic, music, creativity, and human worth. Musician Staley Cross's grandmother has always warned her to be careful when she plays her blue fiddle. But Staley never quite believed that her music could rouse dangerous magic... until one night, playing in a faraway field, she discovers the Devil doesn't only go down to Georgia. First published before the filming of <I>O Brother, Where Art Thou?</I>, "Ten for the Devil" draws upon the same crossroads myth as does the movie, but takes a very different road as it follows Staley's search for her only hope of soul survival: a mysterious bluesman known as Robert. <I>--Cynthia Ward</I> "The [Newford] books have all been written in such a way that you should be able to pick up any one and get a full and complete story. However, characters do reoccur, off center stage as it were, and their stories do follow a sequence." Contents: Ten for the Devil Wingless Angels The Words That Remain Many Worlds Are Born Tonight The Buffalo Man Second Chances Forest of Stone Embracing the Mystery Masking Indian Granny Weather The Witching Hour Pixel Pixies Trading Hearts at the Half Kaffe Café Making a Noise in This World Freak Big City Littles Sign Here Seven Wild Sisters 604581 2002 Tapping the Dream Tree (Newford Book 12) total:507|5:180|4:212|3:106|2:9|1:0| 507 2084 679 12 4 0 false false Thu Jul 23 14:41:16 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 18 14:37:18 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Nov 09 11:48:34 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 09 11:55:36 -0800 2008 more...]]> 0 0 false false Sun Mar 15 17:53:58 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 15 17:54:18 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Jan 25 05:21:18 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 25 05:56:20 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 24 03:26:23 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 24 03:27:25 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Sat May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2004 Mon Sep 03 10:46:17 -0700 2007 Mon Sep 03 10:46:17 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jun 24 08:33:44 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 17 12:41:30 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 24 08:33:44 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Tue Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Fri Feb 01 18:10:19 -0800 2008 Sun Mar 02 20:08:59 -0800 2008
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