A surprising and exciting new collection of speculative and experimental stories that explore animal intelligences, gender, and the nature of stories.
The Privilege of the Happy Ending collects award-winning writer Kij Johnson’s speculative fiction from the last decade. The stories explore gender, animals, and the nature of stories, and range in form from classically told tales to deeply experimental works. The collection includes the World Fantasy Award-winning “The Privilege of the Happy Ending” and “The Dream-Quest of Vellitt Boe, ” as well as two never-before published works.
Tabla de materias
Tool-Using Mimics
Mantis Wives
Butterflies of Eastern Texas
Five Sphinxes and 56 Answers
Ratatoskr
Coyote Invents the Land of the Dead
The Ghastly Spectre of Toad Hall
Certain Lorebooks for Apartment Dwellers
— Bestiary
— Stavebook
— Alphabetical Dreambook
The Dream-Quest of Vellitt Boe
Noah’s Raven
Crows Attempt Human-Style Riddles, and One Joke
The Privilege of the Happy Ending
Sobre el autor
Kij Johnson (kijjohnson.com) writes speculative and experimental fiction, and has won the Hugo, Nebula, and World Fantasy Awards, among others. She also writes gaming material and teaches creative writing, novel idea generation, and science fiction and fantasy lit, at the University of Kansas and elsewhere. She is an associate director of the Ad Astra Center for Science Fiction and the Speculative Imagination.Más ebooks del mismo autor / Editor
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