Magic for Beginners
Author: Kelly Link
Best of the Decade: Salon, The A.V. Club, , “If I had to pick the most powerfully original voice in fantasy today, it would be Kelly Link. Her stories begin in a world very much like our own, but then, following some mysterious alien geometry, they twist themselves into something fantastic and, frequently, horrific. You won’t come out the same person you went in…..Read More
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