Hunting the Viper-King

Kathryn Harlan Strange Horizons 06/03/19 2019

ShortStory 6,053 words Recommended by 2 award/anthology sources

Teenage Dorothy accompanies her father across the US in search for the mythical Viper-King, a giant snake whose fat confers wisdom on the first person to eat it.

Contemporary Fantasy Fatherhood American Southwest

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Magical Realism Freedom Speculative Fiction Wry Melancholic Memory Survival Contemporary Contemplative Fantasy Literary Close Third Person Identity Voice Driven Bittersweet Character Driven

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violence

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