The Emerald Circus
San Francisco, CA : Tachyon Publications LLC, 2017.
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: 281 pages ; 22 cm
2018 World Fantasy Award winner 'The best book I've read in a long time.' - Brandon Sanderson. In Jane Yolen's first full collection in more than ten years discover new and uncollected tales of beloved characters, literary legends, and much more. A Scottish academic unearths ancient evil in a fishing village. Edgar Allan Poe's young bride is beguiled by a most unusual bird. Dorothy, lifted from Kansas, returns as a gymnastic sophisticate. Emily Dickinson dwells in possibility and sails away in a starship made of light. Alice's wicked nemesis has jaws and claws but really needs a sense of humor. Enter the Emerald Circus and be astonished by the transformations within.
Contents:
Andersen's witch -- Lost girls -- Tough Alice -- Blown away -- A knot of toads -- The quiet monk -- The bird -- Belle bloody merciless dame -- The jewel in the Toad Queen's crown -- The gift of the magicians with apologies to you know who -- Rabbit hole -- Our lady of the Greenwood -- The confession of Brother Blaise -- Wonder Land -- Evian steel -- Sister Emily's lightship.
ISBN:
9781616962739