Review: Quick story but it felt complete...
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 04 3, 2012
Rounding up to 4 stars.Set in the South after the Civil War in a world where magic was and is in use, where hard feelings run deep, and a Yankee sorceress is pressing a steamboat captain to continue on to Vicksburg even if it means encountering something very, very bad and angry.Loved the atmosphere. It's one of those shorts where you are thrown into a situation and get to live through this one particular night with the characters. Sometimes in a short, it feels too short, that you are missing something. Here I didn't get that feeling. Sure, there is backstory and who knows what happens next, but in this very important moment in the character's lives, it's a complete tale.This was previously published in Weird Tales. It is a short, so if you don't like shorts be warned. If you like short stories involving magic, it's definitely worth a read.