![]() ![]() The Tower at Stony Wood is a re-telling of Lordy Tennyson's The Lady of Shalott, which in turn derives from Arthurian myth. In the Forests of Serre takes the Slavic tale of the Firebird as it's source. For example, her novel Winter Rose is a revisioning of the traditional Scottish ballad, Tam Lin. Kraft), of McKillip's work often centers on known fairy tales, and her re-spinning of well-known tales. ![]() This period, from 1994 to today (many of which have covers by the incomparable Kinuko Y. She is perhaps not as known as some, for reasons that relate to what make Kingfisher an important piece of literature. McKillip, she's one of our contemporary fantasy greats. Strange is a haunting novella, providing timely warning via the world of the fey, of the oncoming global green-house gases and pollution disaster that is even now striking our oceans.įor those unfamiliar with Patrica A. Something Rich and Strange, had been unavailable for some time, but has re-releasedin last year's collection of short fiction by McKillip called Dreams of Distant Shores. ![]() This novel is of a piece with trends in her novels which I see as dating back to 1994, with her short novel Something Rich and Strange. This week, I finished a recent novel by one of my favorite authors and spent some time unpacking it on Twitter. ![]()
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