Weaving magic!

The Essential Patricia A. McKillip by Patricia A. McKillip        

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Patricia McKillip has been a magical writer whom I’ve enjoyed for more years than I care to count, starting with The Forgotten Beasts of Eld in 1974 and continuing down through the decades.

This collection of short stories brings her craft forward for all to enjoy. An introduction by the fabulous Ellen Kushner adds acclamation and biographical interest.

McKillop’s word smithing is brilliant, full of beautifully turned phrases imbued with riddles like, “The Amaranth that never dies but only lives forever to watch men die.” 

“ I have seen this tower before and I have seen in it the woman we all expected, the only woman some men ever know . . . And every time we come expecting her, the woman who lures us with what’s most precious to us and kills us with it, we build the tower around her again and again and again. . . .”

Populated with peoples such as Ryd Yarrow, a Dragon Harrower, the Scholar habiting an old cottage in the woods, and so many more.

Stories that are indeed the essential McKillop.

A Tachyon ARC via NetGalley.                                              

Many thanks to the author and publisher.