Weird Modern Fairy Tales for Adults by a Writer with a Unique Voice3.5 starsMy introduction to slipstream short story writer Kelly Link was her recently issued Get in Trouble. I got off on the wrong foot with that short story collection and did not finish it.I'm glad I gave her another chance. ...
The eleven stories in Kelly Link's debut collection are funny, spooky, and smart. They all have happy endings. They were all especially written for you. A Best of the Year pick from Salon.com, Locus, The Village Voice, and San Francisco Chronicle. Includes Nebula, World Fantasy, and Tiptree award...
Miles planned to do this in order to recover the sheaf of poems he had, in what he’d felt was a beautiful and romantic gesture, put into her casket. Or possibly it had just been a really dumb thing to do. He hadn’t made copies. Miles had always been impulsive. I think you should know that right u...
He went to cry on Meggie’s shoulder. Girls like Fawn came and went, but Meggie would always be there. Him and Meggie. It was the talisman you kept in your pocket. The one you couldn’t lose. Two monsters can kiss in a movie. One old friend can go to see another old friend and be sure of his welcom...
Her lip curled."Are you feeling unwell, Sofia?" inquired Lady Obermann."Oh, no," said Sofia, standing and smoothing out her skirts—her favorite, a soft rose color, covering a simple dress of sprig muslin. "The air is wonderfully refreshing."Lady Obermann sniffed. "Excellent. I do so dislike illne...
All the librarians are asleep, tucked into their coffins, their scabbards, priest-holes, button holes, pockets, hidden cupboards, between the pages of their enchanted novels. MAGIC FOR BEGINNERS FOX IS A television character, and she isn’t dead yet. But she will be,...
The windows stayed open, and the doors, and there were other doors, cat-sized and private, in the walls and up in the attic. The cats were large and sleek and silent. No one knew their names, or even if they had names, except for the witch. Some of the cats were cream-colored and some were brindl...