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Short Stories. This was stamped "science fiction" by the library, but these short, fantastic stories have more in common with magical realism and retold fairy tales than science- or even speculative fiction. Plenty of ghosts, being dead, being haunted, dating a son of Zeus, searching for the lover that the Snow Queen stole away -- that sort of thing.
Written with a light hand, these stories are bittersweet, spooky, absurd, crazy, and freeing. Each one is perfectly self-contained, but taken toget ...more
Written with a light hand, these stories are bittersweet, spooky, absurd, crazy, and freeing. Each one is perfectly self-contained, but taken toget ...more
Rather brilliant, I'm sure, stories that were horror and/or fantasy themed, but in Link's attempt to be literary I'm afraid she lost me on a number of the tales. There were a few that I quite fancied (the Snow Queen one, in particular) but the ones that left me scratching my head outnumbered them. I recommend you give it a try, especially considering it's published free under a Creative Commons License. Someone more sophisticated than me would probably appreciate it more.
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Some of my favorite stories are in this book, notably the haunting "Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose" and the terrifying "The Specialist's Hat".
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Kelly Link's stories aren't just something a seven year old kid with a dark imagination might tell you, though they can feel that, not following any foreseeable trail. They refuse the Aristotleian story structure for something that bears greater resemblance to real life, with twists and alleys, and chasms. But this should not be confused for writing whimsy, a lack of discipline and vision. The stories have reoccuring motifs, songs and connections. My favorite would be "The Specialist's Hat" a st
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One of the best books I've read in years.
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