Red Mother

A Tor. com Original

32 pages

English language

Published Dec. 13, 2021 by Doherty Associates, LLC, Tom.

ISBN:
9781250823748

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4 stars (1 review)

2 editions

Wonderful world building in a fractured fairytale

4 stars

Bear creates an interesting alternate world with strange customs and complicated family situations, and drops the reader in media res to figure it out. In this world dragons are powerful, but also intellectually curious and don't need to be fought to "win", for some definition of winning.

Tor has published the full text: www.tor.com/2021/06/23/the-red-mother-elizabeth-bear/ and the author is also on mastodon @matociquala@raggedfeathers.com