The Anchored World: Flash Fairy Tales and Folklore
The Anchored World: Flash Fairy Tales and Folklore by Jasmine Sawers
English | October 11, 2022 | ISBN: 1941628273 | True EPUB | 88 pages | 5 MB
English | October 11, 2022 | ISBN: 1941628273 | True EPUB | 88 pages | 5 MB
The long-anticipated full-length debut collection from award-winning flash fiction writer Jasmine Sawers.
A goat begins to grow inside a human heart. The rightful king is born a hard, smooth seashell. Supernovas burst across skin like ink in water. Heartbreak transforms maidens into witches, girls into goblins, mothers into monsters. Hunger drives lovers and daughters, soldiers and ghosts, to unhinge their jaws and swallow the world. Drawing inspiration from a mixed heritage and from history–from the fairy tales of Hans Christian Andersen to the ancient legends of Thailand, from the suburbs of Buffalo, New York to the endless horizon of the American Midwest–Jasmine Sawers invents a hybrid folklore for liminal characters who live between the lines and within the creases of race and language, culture and gender, sexuality and ability.
THE ANCHORED WORLD: FLASH FAIRY TALES AND FOLKLORE is equal parts love letter to the old tales and indictment of their shortcomings, offering a new mythology to reflect the many faces and voices of the twenty-first century.