I've been reading more Kelly Link -- her story collection, Magic For Beginners, is way cool. Although I haven't found anything I love as much as "Stone Animals," I have some runners up that I am quite fond of. For example: "The Faery Handbag" starts at the Garment District in Cambridge, MA and quickly moves on to a mythical handbag that contains a whole village. In Link's stories zombies shop in convenience stores. The adopted child of a witch is driven by a need for revenge that he can never exactly own.
You can also read something totally new by Kelly Link, for free, online at A Public Space. It's the classic story about a bigshot guy who makes a return visit to his home town and the girl he left behind. Only everybody has super powers. Some people use them to fight crime and get famous, some people just use them to advance the art of striptease. And there are mutants. Did I say too much?
You know what else I'm reading? Endless emails from people I work with around campus that say, "I'll be out of the office from tomorrow until July 7th so let me know if you need anything ASAP" and "Me too!" I'm thinking about trying to make a mash-up poem, but I'm not sure the language is there to start with. Hmmm.
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