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And I Do Not Forgive You: Stories & Other Revenges by Amber Sparks

May 25, 2020 by andtheIToldYouSos 12 Comments

These stories have been told before. Most are fairly clever fairy tales retold, some are veiled retellings of myth and history, and a few are sparkling new. They have been told before in the sense that they are retellings, but they have also been told before in the sense that other authors have done these before, and done them better. It was difficult to find the author’s voice; reading the collection felt less like one author’s work and more like an anthology of the who’s […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Horror, Short Stories Tagged With: Amber Sparks, catholic iconography, Fairy Tales, magical realism, micro stories, mythology, very short stories

andtheIToldYouSos's CBR12 Review No:52 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Horror, Short Stories · Tags: Amber Sparks, catholic iconography, Fairy Tales, magical realism, micro stories, mythology, very short stories ·
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