Tor.com freebie (Folklore conenction)

[Christine]

In the Greenwood (so you can guess what tale). It's pretty good. Amazon sells it for .99, but you can read it for free using the link below.

http://www.tor.com/stories/2013/12/in...

[Margaret]

I enjoyed it as well.

[Tadiana ✩Night Owl☽]

I just realized yesterday that one of my favorite Tor.com short stories is still up and available, The Witch of Duva. It's a little bit like Hansel and Gretel being told as a dark Russian fairy tale. I highly recommend it, but only if you like them dark. http://www.tor.com/stories/2012/06/th...

[Suzanne]

re: "In the Greenwood". What beautiful storytelling....a nicely done retelling.

[Rebecca]

In the Greenwood. The pacing and structure lulled me into another place, another time. Exquisite.
As the end drew near, I thought I knew what was coming, but I was wrong. I had it backward.

I love it when I'm wrong.

[Tadiana ✩Night Owl☽]

I loved Greenwood as well, especially the reimagined sheriff. I've read a few other Tor short stories that I recommend that are in the fairy tale/folklore genre:

The Too-Clever Fox http://www.tor.com/stories/2013/06/th...
Heads Will Roll http://www.tor.com/stories/2012/11/he...
The Walking-Stick Forest http://www.tor.com/stories/2014/05/th... (maybe more dark fantasy generally than folklore specifically, but I really enjoyed it so I'm going to list it here anyway. :) )

I've written GR reviews on the second and third stories, if that's helpful to anyone.

[Margaret]

Thanks Tadiana! I've read The Too-Clever Fox and enjoyed it as well, and I've added the other two to my short story list.

[Tadiana ✩Night Owl☽]

Oops--I had the wrong GR link for The Walking-stick Forest. It's corrected now.