Seven ingeniously reinvented fairy tales that play out with astonishing consequences in the modern world, from one of todayโs finest short story writersโMacArthur โGenius Grantโ fellow Kelly Link, bestselling author of the Pulitzer Prize finalist Get in Trouble
Finding seeds of inspiration in the Brothers Grimm, seventeenth-century French lore, and Scottish ballads, Kelly Link spins classic fairy tales into utterly original stories of seekersโcharacters on the hunt for love, connection, revenge, or their own sense of purpose.
In โThe White Catโs Divorce,โ an aging billionaire sends his three sons on a series of absurd goose chases to decide which child will become his heir. In โThe Girl Who Did Not Know Fear,โ a professor with a delicate health condition becomes stranded for days in an airport hotel after a conference, desperate to get home to her wife and young daughter, and in acute danger of being late for an appointment that cannot be missed. In โSkinderโs Veil,โ a young man agrees to take over a remote house-sitting gig for a friend. But what should be a chance to focus on his long-avoided dissertation instead becomes a wildly unexpected journey, as the house seems to be a portal for otherworldly travelersโor perhaps a door into his own mysterious psyche.
Twisting and turning in astonishing ways, expertly blending realism and the speculative, witty, empathetic, and never predictableโthese stories remind us once again of why Kelly Link is incomparable in the realm of short fiction.
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