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February Thaw: And Other Stories of Contemporary Fantasy
February Thaw: And Other Stories of Contemporary Fantasy
February Thaw: And Other Stories of Contemporary Fantasy
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February Thaw: And Other Stories of Contemporary Fantasy

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February Thaw is the second e-collection by Tanya Huff and brings together some of the short fiction that helped define the field. From an Imperial Dragon in Toronto's Chinatown, to a heavy metal retelling of Jack and the Beanstalk, to the realization that the ancient gods are one highly dysfunctional family, Huff skews our world slightly sideways. These seven stories, each with a brand new introduction by the author, remind us that the weird and the wonderful is all around us if we only bother to look.
LanguageEnglish
Release dateDec 19, 2011
ISBN9781936535569
February Thaw: And Other Stories of Contemporary Fantasy
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Tanya Huff

Tanya Huff lives in rural Ontario with her wife Fiona Patton, five cats, and an increasing number of fish. Her 32 novels and 83 short stories include horror, heroic fantasy, urban fantasy, comedy, and space opera. Her BLOOD series was turned into the 22-episode Blood Ties and writing episode nine allowed her to finally use her degree in Radio & Television Arts. Many of her short stories are available as eCollections. She’s on Twitter at @TanyaHuff and Facebook as Tanya Huff. She has never used her Instagram account and isn’t sure why she has it.

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  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Fun, whimsical, well written. A perfect book for a dull day or a waiting room or on a travel day.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Nice! And weird, unsurprisingly, they are Huff stories. Widely varied in theme, style, world, feel but all interesting - and all more or less happy endings. I liked the Tarot one, and the dragon, and the two wizard ones - those I'd like to see more of. Very enjoyable, now I need to find her other collections...
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    The thing I really like about Tanya Huff's writing style is the matter of factness of it. Oh, look, it's a dragon. That's a bit unusual... While I like fantasy with a sense of wonder, which doesn't come through that often in these stories, Huff's brisk and accepting narration makes an interesting change.

    I'd probably mostly recommend these short stories to people who like Tanya Huff's work already; they're fun stories, but they wouldn't blow you away.

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