Featuring three brand-new stories and an original introduction by Peter S. Beagle, author ofThe Last Unicorn.
Bestselling author Patricia A. McKillip (The Riddle-Master of Hed) is one of the most lyrical writers gracing the fantasy genre. With the debut of her newest work,Dreams of Distant Shoresis a true ode to her many talents. Within these pages you will find a youthful artist possessed by both his painting and his muse and seductive travelers from the sea enrapturing distant lovers. The statue of a mermaid comes suddenly to life, and two friends are transfixed by a haunted estate.
Fans of McKillip’s ethereal fiction will find much to delight them; those lucky enough to be discovering her work will find much to enchant them.
Patricia A. McKillip is the bestselling author of more than thirty much-beloved fantasy novels, including
The Riddle-Master of Hed,
Harpist in the Wind, and
The Sorceress and the Cygnet. She has received the World Fantasy Award for
The Forgotten Beasts of Eld,
Ombria in Shadow, and
Solstice Wood,for which she also received the Mythopoeic Award. McKillip has also received the World Fantasy Award for Lifetime Achievement. She recently published the novel
Kingfisherand the collection
Dreams of Distant Shores. McKillip lives in Oregon.
Praise forDreams of Distant Shores
An Overdrive Recommended Book
[STAR]“McKillip (Wonders of the Invisible World), winner of the World Fantasy Award for Lifetime Achievement, collects nine dazzling shorter pieces (both originals and reprints) in this outstanding collection. The brief, creepy “Weird” opens the volume, merging an oddly romantic picnic in a bathroom and a mysterious threat outside into something that exists in a darkly beautiful interstitial place. The longest piece, “Something Rich and Strange,” which appeared originl“Æ
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