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The Bone Swans of Amandale
| Author: | C.S.E. Cooney |
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Lightspeed Magazine, 2016 Mythic Delirium, 2015 |
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| Book Type: | Novella |
| Genre: | Fantasy |
| Sub-Genre Tags: | Fairytale Fantasy Mythic Fiction (Fantasy) |
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Synopsis
Nebula-nominated Novella
This is a riff on the Pied Piper story, told by a shapeshifting rat who's in love with a shapeshifting Swan Princess. This one has that mythic logic, too: it's all about sacrifices made at the right time for the right reasons, getting back things that aren't quite what you wanted, and the very hard reality of ritual magic. The tone is irreverent and offbeat, almost too much so at points, but it works; without the protagonist's rattishness, the story might come across as far too stuffy or overblown. Instead, the odd mix of tones makes for a fairly compelling story of magic people and magic places. -- Brit Mandelo, Tor.com
Collected in The Bone Swans (2015). The story can also be found in the anthology The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Novellas 2016, edited by Paula Guran.
Read this story online for free at the publisher's website.
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