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Not So Stories
| Author: | David Thomas Moore |
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Abaddon Books, 2018 |
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| Book Type: | Anthology |
| Genre: | Science-Fiction / Fantasy |
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Synopsis
Rudyard Kipling's Just So Stories was one of the first true children's books in the English language, a timeless classic that continues to delight readers to this day. Beautiful, evocative and playful, the stories of How the Whale Got His Throat or How the First Letter Was Written paint a world of magic and wonder.
It's also deeply rooted in British colonialism. Kipling saw the Empire as a benign, civilising force, in a way that's troubling to modern readers. Not So Stories attempts to redress the balance, bringing together new and established writers of colour from around the world to take the Just So Stories back, to interrogate, challenge and celebrate their legacy.
Including stories by Adiwijaya Iskandar, Joseph E. Cole, Raymond Gates, Stewart Hotston, Zina Hutton, Georgina Kamsika, Cassandra Khaw, Paul Krueger, Tauriq Moosa, Jeannette Ng, Ali Nouraei, Wayne Santos and Zedeck Siew, illustrations by Woodrow Phoenix and an introduction by Nikesh Shukla.
Table of Contents:
- 7 - Foreword (Not So Stories) - essay by Nikesh Shukla
- 13 - How the Spider Got Her Legs - short story by Cassandra Khaw
- 27 - This is Man, bound and buried in silk, ... - interior artwork by Woodrow Phoenix
- 29 - Queen - novelette by Joseph E. Cole
- 55 - The young, inquisitive child ... - interior artwork by Woodrow Phoenix
- 57 - Best Beloved - novelette by Wayne Santos
- 75 - The Man Who Played with the Crab - short story by Adiwijaya Iskandar
- 83 - This is a picture of the Stranger ... - interior artwork by Woodrow Phoenix
- 93 - Sa?sara?
- - short story by Georgina Kamsika
- 109 - Serpent, Crocodile, Tiger - novelette by Zedeck Siew
- 135 - Here is the Tiger, preening in front of a mirror-- - interior artwork by Woodrow Phoenix
- 139 - How the Tree of Wishes Gained Its Carapace of Plastic - short story by Jeannette Ng
- 147 - How the Ants Got Their Queen - short story by Stewart Hotston
- 163 - How the Snake Lost Its Spine - short story by Tauriq Moosa
- 177 - Witness the Great Snake! - interior artwork by Woodrow Phoenix
- 183 - The Cat Who Walked by Herself - short story by Achala Upendran
- 193 - Woman sat in the middle of her circle, ... - interior artwork by Woodrow Phoenix
- 199 - Strays Like Us - short story by Zina Hutton
- 211 - How the Simurgh Won Her Tail - short story by Ali Nouraei
- 233 - There Is Such Thing as a Whizzy-Gang - short story by Raymond Gates
- 245 - How the Camel Got Her Paid Time Off - short story by Paul Krueger
- 251 - Here we see the Camel, attempting to explain ... - interior artwork by Woodrow Phoenix
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