kelly link magic for beginners

Magic for Beginners by Kelly Link 304pp, Harper Perennial, £7.99.

She is a graduate of Columbia University. Kelly Link is the author of three collections of short stories, Stranger Things Happen, Magic for Beginners, and Pretty Monsters.Her short stories have won the Nebula, Hugo, Locus, and World Fantasy Awards. 0 likes. Kelly Link - Magic for Beginners (1.2 MB) Stories from Magic for Beginners have been published in McSweeney's Mammoth Treasury of Thrilling Tales, Conjunctions, The Dark, and One Story. Her stories have been collected in four books - Stranger Things Happen, Magic for Beginners, Pretty Monsters, and most recently, Get in Trouble.

Kelly Link reconstructs modern life through an …

Kelly Link and Small Beer Press would like to thank Harcourt (USA) and HarperPerennial (UK) for their willingness to particpate in making these stories available online. Kelly Link's second short story collection is aptly titled Magic for Beginners, for the short fiction she presents here is truly magical, with masterfully crafted stories that are as dark as they are delightful.. Link's first story collection, Stranger Things Happen (2001), became a cult favorite, with surreal and bizarre stories such as the Nebula Award-winning Louise's Ghost.

She was born in Miami, Florida, and once won a free trip around the world by answering the question “Why do you want to go around the world?” (”Because you can’t go through it.”)

She is a graduate of Columbia University. They leave the reader astonished and exhilarated. Kelly Link reconstructs modern life through an intoxicating prism, conjuring up unforgettable worlds with humor and humanity.

“Kelly Link is the best short-fiction writer working in science fiction and fantasy today, and her new collection, Magic for Beginners, proves it.” — Cory Doctorow, BoingBoing.net “Link’s stories are delightfully playful, almost precocious, as she creates palimpsests of secret passages, hidden doors, quiet pulses of deeper meaning…. Read honest and unbiased product reviews from our users. Like “Batu said, “The All-Night is a great place to raise a family. Not an instruction manual from the vaults of Harry Potter, the story is instead a window into the life of a teenage boy, his family and friends, and their love of the tv show The Library. Perfect for readers of George Saunders, Karen Russell, Neil Gaiman, and Aimee Bender, Magic for Beginners is an exquisite, dreamlike dispatch from a virtuoso storyteller who can do seemingly anything.