Green Grow the Rushes-Oh

by Jay Lake

The twelve stories in Jay Lake’s Green Grow the Rushes-Oh are based on the verses of an old English counting song. These fanciful stories were originally published one per month, each corresponding to a different line of the song. Together they tell the story of the garden that is Britain.

Paperback

First published January 1, 2004

About the author

Jay Lake lived in Portland, Oregon, where he worked on multiple writing and editing projects. His 2007 book Mainspring received a starred review in Booklist. His short fiction appeared regularly in literary and genre markets worldwide. Jay won the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer, Endeavour Award, and was a multiple nominee for the Hugo and World Fantasy Awards.

Reviews

[Karl · Rating 5 out of 5]

This version of this little book is signed by Jay Lake, and each line of the song is it's own story. Rather an interesting idea. The illustrations are by Keith Boulger.

The stories in this book are:

One is one and all alone and ever more shall be so.
Two, two, the lily-white boys, dresséd all in green, oh.
Three, three, the rivals.
Four for the Gospel makers.
Five for the symbols at your door
Six for the six proud walkers.
Seven for the seven stars in the sky.
Eight for the April rainers.
Nine for the nine bright shiners.
Ten for the Ten Commandments.
Eleven for eleven who went to Heaven.
Twelve for the twelve Apostles.

And they can be read here for free at the Strange Horizons web site:

http://www.strangehorizons.com/2003/r...

[Donny · Rating 4 out of 5]

This plot deserves the extra star for originality both in plot and envisioning the new dimensions.