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01931aam a2200301Ia 4500 001 1F20F0582B1311E2A9A865B06AFF544E 003 SILO 005 20210109010534 008 120415s2012 cau 000 j eng d 020 $a 1616960876 020 $a 9781616960872 035 $a (OCoLC)785874428 040 $d SILO 082 04 $a 813/.54 $2 23 100 1 $a McKillip, Patricia A 245 1 $a Wonders of the invisible world / $c Patricia A. McKillip 250 $a 1st ed 260 $a San Francisco, CA : $b Tachyon, $c 2012 300 $a 288 p. ; $c 19 cm 505 00 $t What inspires me : guest of honor speech at WisCon 28, 2004 $t Out of the woods -- $t Kelpie -- $t Hunter's moon -- $t Oak Hill -- $t Fortune-teller -- $t Jack O'Lantern -- $t Knight of the well -- $t Naming Day -- $t Byndley -- $t Twelve dancing princesses -- $t Undine -- $t Xmas cruise -- $t Gift to be simple -- $t Old woman and the storm -- $t Doorkeeper of Khaat -- $t What inspires me : guest of honor speech at WisCon 28, 2004 520 $a Stylistically rooted in fairy tale and mythology, McKillip explores imperceptible landscapes in these stories. There are princesses dancing with dead suitors, a knight in love with an official of exotic lineage, and fortune's fool stealing into the present instead of the future. In one tale, a time-traveling angel is forbidden to intervene in Cotton Mather's religious ravings, while another narrative finds a wizard seduced in his youth by the Faerie Queen and returning the treasure that is rightfully hers. This collection draws elements from the fables of history and re-creates them in startlingly magical ways--www.FantasticFiction.com 655 7 $a Fantasy fiction. $2 gsafd 655 7 $a Short stories. $2 gsafd 941 $a 3 952 $l ALPE516 $d 20240417012742.0 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20181006065358.0 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20140812081526.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=1F20F0582B1311E2A9A865B06AFF544EInitiate Another SILO Locator Search