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Walls — Gaie Sebold

By 5t4n5

Walls -- Gaie SeboldAvailable to read in the anthology, X7.

Wow, that was a weird trip.   This short story starts really strangely, and gets even stranger, as our protagonist, Chrys, who suffers from agoraphobia and can’t go out, gets worse and worse to the point of having what seems to be a total psychotic melt down.

And then everything comes crashing down, and boom!   What an ending.

Ever more wonderful writing and story telling from Gaie, a master of the writing craft.   If you haven’t yet read any of Gaie’s writing then i really suggest you get started, it’s real good fantasy for grown ups who love real good fantasy.

Gaie’s Page

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Shattering the Spear — P. Djèlí Clark

By 5t4n5

Shattering the Spear -- P. Djèlí ClarkAvailable in the anthology, The Best of Heroic Fantasy Quarterly: Vol 1.

Having just read Djèlí’s Dead Djinn books and totally enjoyed them, i had no choice in my good book reading avarice but to go hunting for everything i could find by Djèlí and start reading it all in publication order, and you guessed it, Shattering the Spear is, i think, the first story published.

Shattering the Spear seems to me to be based upon an African tribal warrior, in a land that reminds one of those vast pictures of African grasslands.   It’s also full of Animist religious ideas, which, being an Animist myself, is really nice to find in a book these days.   There’s also some good fight/action scenes, with the same great writing that you find in the Dead Djinn books.   In fact, there’s quite a lot packed into this short story.

Next up on the Djèlí list is Skin Magic, but before i get around to that i’ve got a few other writers and their books to catch up with and read first.

P. Djèlí Clark’s Page

#fantasy #pdjeliclark

The Starlit Wood — Anthology

By 5t4n5

The Starlit Wood -- Anthology

Standalones

In the Desert Like a Bone (Little Red Riding Hood) — Seanan McGuire – 2016
Underground (East of the Sun, West of the Moon) — Karin Tidbeck – 2016
Even the Crumbs Were Delicious (Hansel and Gretel) — Daryl Gregory – 2016
The Super Ultra Duchess of Fedora Forest (The Mouse, the Bird, and the Sausage) — Charlie Jane Anders – 2016
Familiaris (The Wolves) — Genevieve Valentine – 2016
Seasons of Glass and Iron (The Glass Mountain/The Black Bull of Norroway) — Amal El-Mohtar – 2016
Badgirl, The Deadman and The Wheel of Fortune (The Girl with No Hands) — Catherynne M. Valente – 2016
Penny for a Match, Mister? (The Little Match Girl) — Garth Nix – 2016
Some Wait (The Pied Piper of Hamelin) — Stephen Graham Jones – 2016
The Thousand Eyes (The Voice of Death) — Jeffrey Ford – 2016
Giants in the Sky (Jack and the Beanstalk) — Max Gladstone – 2016
The Briar and the Rose (Sleeping Beauty) — Marjorie Liu – 2016
The Other Thea (The Shadow) — Theodora Goss – 2016
When i Lay Frozen (Thumbelina) — Margo Lanagan – 2016
Pearl (Dã Tràng and the Pearl) — Aliette de Bodard – 2016
The Tale of Mahliya and Mauhub and the White-Footed Gazelle (The Tale of Mahliya and Mauhub and the White-Footed Gazelle) — Sofia Samatar – 2016
Reflected (The Snow Queen) — Kat Howard – 2016
Spinning Silver (Rumpelstiltskin) — Naomi Novik – 2016

#fairytale #fantasy #seananmcguire #aliettedebodard #naominovik

Legends — Anthology

By 5t4n5

Legends -- Anthology

Introduction — Stan Nicholls
Or So Legend has It — James Barclay
A Blade to the Heart — Gaie Sebold
Return to Arden Falls — Ian Whates
The Drake Lords of Kyla — Storm Constantine
A Tower of Arkrondurl — Tanith Lee
Who Walks With Death — Jonathan Green
Skipping Town — Joe Abercrombie
The Land of the Eagle — Juliet E McKenna
All Hail to the Oak — Anne Nicholls
Swords and Circle — Adrian Tchaikovsky
Fairyland — Jan Siegel
Mountain Tea — Sandra Unerman
The League of Resolve — Stan Nicholls

#fantasy #gaiesebold