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A captivating anthology of fantasy stories set in vividly imagined lands, exploring magic and myth.
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A captivating anthology of fantasy stories set in vividly imagined lands, exploring magic and myth.
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From the inside flap: It was on a ferry ride to Manhattan that the idea for this anthology was conceived, Robin McKinley tells us in her foreword. The stories all would be fantasy, but with a particularly strong sense of location of the lands in which they take place.
The result is an enthralling collection of nine stories, the settings of which range from what might be mistaken for a California landscape in James P. Blaylock's "Paper Dragons", to the hidden town beneath a real Norwich, Engl...
What's Inside
will contain mild spoilers
Sexual content
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Stone Fey centers on love with a fey; Tam Lin has romantic bonds
Violence & gore
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Fantasy combat, peril, and deaths in several tales; not highly graphic
Profanity
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Substance use
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LGBTQ+ Rep.
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Religious content
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Folkloric hell-tithe motif in the Tam Lin retelling
Magic & witchcraft
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Dragons, fairies, curses, and magic central across all stories
Occult / demonology
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No real-world occult practices depicted
Political content
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Self-harm / suicide
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Abuse & suffering
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Captivity and forced fairy-bargain themes in Tam Lin retelling
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