From magically created ice carousels to a new perspective on a fairy tale where a young maiden learns that what she once thought was her greatest foe is actually quite the opposite: her love and her greatest ally. From a man who opens his eyes for the first time in his rather long life to see the wonders and magic that it contains, to the daily woes of the Underworld's ferryman, four-time World Fantasy Award Winner, Margo Lanagan does it again!

When I first saw the cover, my head immediately went into my 'this-book-is-too-childish-for-me' phase, but did I learn my lesson – don't judge a book by its cover, at least not one by Margo Lanagan!

In this collection of ten simply brilliant short stories, each with a completely different theme, completely different, deeply explored characters, as well as imagination and power of words I would kill to have, I find that there is simply no better author than her!

My favourite tale of the ten would have to be 'Into the Clouds on High', which is about love, family and emotions so raw that it made my eyes fog up even though I was just reading black and white print!

'A Fine Magic' and 'The Point of Roses' are pretty great too!

It's amazing; she's amazing – READ IT!

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