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Beneath Sea and Sky

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Oh, such a treat. I just read Shanna's recent ebook, soon to be on kindle too, the very beautiful and inspirational 'Beneath Sea and Sky'. Six tales of magic and longing that are the best thing I've read of hers yet. As always, her characters and language are heart stopping, heart in your mouth beating, painful and beautiful to read. Her ideas and settings are so sharp and clear, and as usual she doesn't stray from the difficult, the blood and gristle, she embraces it and makes it sing.

The standouts for me are Heatsong, an evocative vampire story, Hands of Time, that speaks to me of breaking marriage so clearly I could weep, and the closing The Princess of Silk and Pain, a fairy tale rewrite that is a tour de force.

 Get it! It's a fantastically good collection. The only downside is how it leaves you wondering why you'd bother trying to write anything ever again after reading it...

troo

"WE WRITERS HAVE A SAYING. WELL, NOT A SAYING. MORE OF A COMMONLY ACCEPTED IDEA THAT HAS YET TO BE ASSEMBLED INTO AN EASY-TO-CARRY QUOTE. I WILL ATTEMPT TO CORRECT THIS NOW: “THERE IS NOTHING SO APPEALING AS THE NEXT THING YOU WANT TO WRITE."

- Maureen Johnson (via jarfuls-of-wisdom)

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