Braid Me a Howling Tongue
Novelette 9,909 words Recommended by 2 award/anthology sources
"When I was young, I used to fray apart my mother’s tales, seeking the threads of their structure. They were journeys, always, and marked by transition-places: doorway, gate, river. On the other side, someone offered the rules of this new environment. I liked the stories where these interpreters were animals or hags..."
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