Folk Hero Motifs in Tales Told by the Dead
ShortStory 4,079 words Recommended by 2 award/anthology sources
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"Down here among the dead, our fairy tales begin at the end. So Skullbone—hero, trickster, corpse—plans to dive into the great Maw that rends the sea-ice far beyond our gravelled shores. Against the frozen waves’ mottled blue and glassy white, the Maw yawns impenetrable."
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