Wonders of the invisible world
By: Patricia A. McKillip
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Tachyon
Published: 2012
Place of publication: San Francisco, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9781616960872
Description: Stylistically rooted in fairy tale and mythology, McKillip explores imperceptible landscapes in these stories. There are princesses dancing with dead suitors, a knight in love with an official of exotic lineage, and fortune's fool stealing into the present instead of the future. In one tale, a time-traveling angel is forbidden to intervene in Cotton Mather's religious ravings, while another narrative finds a wizard seduced in his youth by the Faerie Queen and returning the treasure that is rightfully hers. This collection draws elements from the fables of history and re-creates them in startlingly magical ways--www.FantasticFiction.com.
Table of contents: title: Wonders of the invisible world --; title: Out of the woods --; title: Kelpie --; title: Hunter's moon --; title: Oak Hill --; title: Fortune-teller --; title: Jack O'Lantern --; title: Knight of the well --; title: Naming Day --; title: Byndley --; title: Twelve dancing princesses --; title: Undine --; title: Xmas cruise --; title: Gift to be simple --; title: Old woman and the storm --; title: Doorkeeper of Khaat --; title: What inspires me : guest of honor speech at WisCon 28, 2004.