If you have a go at it urban fantasy , then you owe a stupendous debt to Charles de Lint , whether you ’ve read him or not . His playful , majestic , clever stories helped form the genre and were part of what made me fall in love with sorcerous stories set in cities . And now you’re able to get a collection of his good writing for free .
SFSignalpoints out that The Very Best of Charles de Lint isfree as an ebooktoday ( Friday ) and tomorrow — with no DRM , either . ( Although we ’re not sure if this offering holds true in other countries . Fingers cut across . )
Here ’s the prescribed description :
The finest stories of this popular trailblazer of urban phantasy and creator of the mythical metropolis of Newford have been select by the author — and his fans — and gathered in this extraordinary appeal . take to suggest their own favorite story for comprehension , de Lint ’s fans have been subservient in create a United States Treasury that will spark the imaginations of readers of all ages . These are fictionalize fag tales and new modern myths that exhaustively redefine the boundaries of magic .
Between these pages are all manner of enchanted characters in unusual places : playful Crow Girls who sneak into the homes of their sleeping neighbor , a graffiti artist who risks his life to expose a deadly cabal , and an obdurate cheater who throws one last party to reveal a lose folkloric tradition .
At turns unexpected , whimsical , non-white , and mystical , this is an all-important collection of timeless tales to be revisited as often as the middle desires .
Get it while it ’s live !
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