Written by: Heidi Bell
First line: The brightest of lights and a liquid dark presence, a smell like smoke and mussels gritty with sand, motion over water streaked with moon.
Why you should read this book: These quietly epic stories stand with one foot planted in the fairy tale realm and the other in our strange reality, joined together by darkness and magic. Some of them are more experimental, such as the eponymous story, an abecedarian of modern troubles, or "This Is Your Life," written as catalog copy for a lifestyle brand, while others lean more into the realm of magical realism, such as "Obscure Magic," in which a girl is imprisoned, Rapunzel style, on a magical estate where her mother seeks to protect her from the outside world. A powerhouse collection of humans seeking human connection with all the messiness, joy, heartbreak, and triumph that entails.
Why you shouldn't read this book: You have to blackmail people into accepting your companionship.
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