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Posted 2013-01-07 8:11 AM (#4536 - in reply to #4515)
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Tantara - 2013-01-02 4:09 PM

Oh, I love Kelly Link. I don't know that she's written any novels, though... I believe she's generally known for short stories and (excellent) collections of such.

My absolute favorite of her collections is Magic for Beginners. It was full of wonders, both subtle and strange (and some not so subtle yet even stranger.) The collections Stranger Things Happen was also very good, but overall it didn't grab me as strongly as MfB.

I have not read her young adult collection Pretty Monsters, although there are a handful of stories in it that also feature in one of the two collections above.

Note that both Magic for Beginners and Stranger Things Happen are available for free download under Creative Commons license (in many formats) on the site of Small Beer Press, the indie/small press founded by Link and Gavin Grant. (Maureen McHugh - another excellent female author who is currently in the WWE database - also has a collection there for free, Mothers and Other Monsters.) Here's the page to the free CC downloads: http://smallbeerpress.com/creative-commons/


Thanks for the info, especially the Creative Commons link. I think that's convinced me to finally buy an E-reader. One of my New Year's resolutions was to read more short stories, so 'Magic for Beginners' sounds perfect.

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