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Wyrd and Wonder: Bite-Size Fantasies

Published on May 23, 2023April 28, 2023 by Celeste10 Comments

Todays’s Wyrd and Wonder prompt is “bite-size fantasies.” While this sounds delightfully fun, it is meant to focus on short story or novella-length fantasy stories. Since last year’s Wyrd and Wonder I have read quite a bit more fantasy books (obviously), some of which were on the shorter side. Here is a list of some bite-size fantasies that might be of interest. I loosely interpreted novellas as 200 pages in under, though I believe technically they are typically shorer than that.

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Book Review: A Spindle Splintered by Alix E. Harrow

Published on May 15, 2023May 14, 2023 by Celeste11 Comments

Today’s review is for A SPINDLE SPLINTERED by Alix E. Harrow. It’s a novella-length retelling of The Sleeping Beauty set in the present day. One of my favorite things about the physical copy is the illustrations used throughout from Arthur Rackham.

Author: Alix E. Harrow
Series: Fractured Fables, #1
Age Category: New Adult/Adult
Publisher: Tordotcom
Publish Date: October 5, 2021
Print Length: 128

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Book Review: The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow

Published on July 18, 2021November 25, 2024 by Celeste2 Comments

Today’s review is about THE ONCE AND FUTURE WITCHES by Alix E. Harrow. It’s a standalone historical fantasy set in the late 1800s about witchcraft and the strength of women.

Author: Alix E. Harrow
Series: None
Age Category: Adult
Publisher: Redhook
Publish Date: October 13, 2020
Print Length: 528

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