Tag: #fantasy
Assassin’s Quest — Robin Hobb
Fool’s Quest — Robin Hobb
Stars — Colleen Oakes
The Beast of the Cave — Joseph R. Lallo
Last time i counted this was the 11th book in The Book of Deacon series, cronologoically speaking; but, that’s at the time of writing this, Joseph may have thrown one or two more books into the mix since then.
Anyway, a really good novella telling us what Mott got up to after The D’Karon Apprentice, and best read as soon as you’ve finished that and before you read The Crescents.
One thing Joseph really excels at is writing cute, little creature characters into his stories, and even the most motley, messed up, creatures — like Mott — should be able to get a Lallo makeover once in a while. Not that Mott will ever be as cute as Squee, but just don’t go judging a monster by its…
…well, whatever it is one judges monsters by these days: every freaky, patchwork monster deserves a second chance.
Enjoy! 
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Sidequests — Joseph R. Lallo
A delightful collection of short stories that Joseph was nice enough to give away to all those of us who receive his newsletter: so sign up now!!!
Squee’s Day Out (Big Sigma)
Building the Perfect Pet (Big Sigma)
Meeting of the Mas (Big Sigma)
The New Inspector (Free-Wrench)
Lil and Coop (Free-Wrench)
The Beast of the Cave (Book of Deacon)
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Assassin’s Apprentice — Robin Hobb
Bones — Yasmine Galenorn
Back to the old classic of don’t-go-where-the-grown-ups-tell-you-not-to-go-or-something-very-bad-will-happen kind of fairy tale.
I like that Yasmine tells this with one of those delightful grim dark endings to it.
Available in the anthology, Once Upon a Curse.
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The Queen of Frost and Darkness — Christine Pope
A gender role reversal of the old fairy tale standard of defenceless princess put under evil spell until perfect, heroic prince kisses her and they live happily ever after. This time it’s the brave, adventurous girl rescuing the enspelled boy.
So yeah, it’s about time the girls get to have an adventure and do the rescuing and young readers get to realise that boys are just as fallible to the wiles of evil doers as girls have always been portrayed to be.
I think this one is good for all ages, and certainly a great way to begin further conversations with children about historical views of gender roles when this is compared to fairy tales from the patriarchy such as Sleeping Beauty etc..
Available in the anthology, Once Upon a Curse.
Christine’s page
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Fae Horse — Anthea Sharp
This one is very much on the dark side of folk-lore/fairy-tale telling, beginning in a witch hunt. Maybe not so suitable for very young children.
That said, its very good and will certainly keep you in its grip until the end.
Available on its own (click on picture) but also included in the anthology, Once Upon a Curse, and also in the collection, Tales of Feyland and Faerie.