“Fairytales and folklore are alive and well in the contemporary world. The grandchildren of tradition come to us with a female voice, and they bear mischievous weapons. From shape-shifting to human-filled stews, the tales herein are hallucinatory and relevant progressions of the mythic journey. At times, they are somber and reflective while at other times they unfold fast and funny. A few skirt the erotic and some sit haunting in their austerity. Selkies, mermaids and miniature universes mix with the modern and mundane. And amongst these beautiful yarns, for authenticity’s sake, there’s even the requisite ‘little cottage in the wilds.'”—Shannon, Elliott Bay Book Company, Seattle. Buy Fantastic Women from Elliott Bay Book Company.
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Fantastic Women: 18 Tales of the Surreal and the Sublime from Tin House , edited by Rob Spillman
September 26, 2011