a bus, a bunny, and a spiderhorse
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sergebroomMy favorite stories Realms of Fantasy's August 2008 issue...
In James van Pelt's Light of a Thousand Suns, Trellis is having very bad dreams, which is why he doesn't mind the long shifts as a mall's security guard. One day he notices a trailer parked at one end of the lot. There is something not quite right about that trailer: not only does Trellis find himself forgetting about it unless he focuses really hard, but, when he finally gets inside the trailer, he finds stairs that lead deep into the earth.
Eugie Foster's Daughter of Bótù is about An-ying, a rabbit who follows the teachings of Buddha, one of which is that it's desire that causes suffering. Of course, when she and her mother and grandmother are turned into humans, she falls in love with a nobleman who was wounded during a hunt in the forest. He takes An-ying to his home, and they would be happy together if not for her husband's stepmother, who dislikes her intensely. An-ying can't understand why until she sees the woman's true self in a magical mirror.
Liz Williams' narrator in Spiderhorse was born dead on a midwinter night, so her father takes her to the crossroads of Heimfell, hoping that the Wild Hunt will find her before the sun has fully risen. They do find her, and take her with them. She grows up to become Wotan's lover, and everything goes well about her life until she decides that she must ride Wotan's horse Sleipnir.
In James van Pelt's Light of a Thousand Suns, Trellis is having very bad dreams, which is why he doesn't mind the long shifts as a mall's security guard. One day he notices a trailer parked at one end of the lot. There is something not quite right about that trailer: not only does Trellis find himself forgetting about it unless he focuses really hard, but, when he finally gets inside the trailer, he finds stairs that lead deep into the earth.
Eugie Foster's Daughter of Bótù is about An-ying, a rabbit who follows the teachings of Buddha, one of which is that it's desire that causes suffering. Of course, when she and her mother and grandmother are turned into humans, she falls in love with a nobleman who was wounded during a hunt in the forest. He takes An-ying to his home, and they would be happy together if not for her husband's stepmother, who dislikes her intensely. An-ying can't understand why until she sees the woman's true self in a magical mirror.
Liz Williams' narrator in Spiderhorse was born dead on a midwinter night, so her father takes her to the crossroads of Heimfell, hoping that the Wild Hunt will find her before the sun has fully risen. They do find her, and take her with them. She grows up to become Wotan's lover, and everything goes well about her life until she decides that she must ride Wotan's horse Sleipnir.
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Date: Jul. 5th, 2008 09:58 pm (UTC)I have the issue, haven't even had time to crack it open yet.
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