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.
- ISBN10 1616961015
- ISBN13 9781616961015
- Publish Date 1 October 2012 (first published 1 January 2012)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Tachyon Publications
- Format eBook (EPUB)
- Pages 240
- Language English