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lonemagpie7) .JAGANNATH: STORIES by Karin Tidbeck
An anthology of weird tales (some previously published in the magazine of that title) and short fantasies by Swedish writer Tidbeck, who has translated them into English herself.
Being very short stories – most little more than vignettes – they often end abruptly with more subtext than text, but they’re a good mixture of spooky, funny, folkloric, steampunk, etc. At a total of 130 pages, with such a wide range of tales coming at you in a nice and bouncy fashion, there’s no danger of the book outstaying its welcome.
Variety and brevity for the win.
An anthology of weird tales (some previously published in the magazine of that title) and short fantasies by Swedish writer Tidbeck, who has translated them into English herself.
Being very short stories – most little more than vignettes – they often end abruptly with more subtext than text, but they’re a good mixture of spooky, funny, folkloric, steampunk, etc. At a total of 130 pages, with such a wide range of tales coming at you in a nice and bouncy fashion, there’s no danger of the book outstaying its welcome.
Variety and brevity for the win.