Eclipse Three
In a brilliant, wide-ranging anthology, Strahan presents stories by authors as diverse as Karen Joy Fowler, Elizabeth Bear, and Paul Di Filippo. Ellen Klages contributes “Lotion,“ a story about imaginary numbers and the strange powers of math, in which a young girl discovers the magical potential of pure math. Ellen Kushner’s “Dolce Domum” is, perhaps, not about what its characters think it is. Bear’s “Swell” is a fairy tale about a musician seeking her voice, in which a mermaid’s gift is not as wonderful as at first glance it seems. Molly Gloss’ “The Visited Man” presents a lonely pensioner who lives upstairs from le douanier Rousseau and the relationship that develops after the painter brings the retiree a stray cat. As for the previous Eclipse anthologies, Strahan has picked stories whose authors care about both the craft of storytelling and the stories they tell. Each piece is distinctive and haunting.Author: Strahan Jonathan, Fowler Karen Joy, Klages Ellen, Cadigan Pat, Okorafor Nnedi, Bear Elizabeth, McHugh Maureen F., Ford Jeffrey, Griffith Nicola, Beagle Peter S., Abraham Daniel, Filippo Paul Di, Pudding Tom, Yolen Jane, Stemple Adam, Gloss Molly, Kiernan Caitlín R., Kushner Ellen
Genre: Thriller
Number of pages: 369
Reading time: 6 h. 9 min.
Formats: FB2, EPUB, PDF
