Already proving herself to be the Fairy Godmother of fairy tale retellings in her four previous collections of short stories, Link deftly updates them to create a humanized, captivating and utterly contained story. I made it into a vignette. Her latest collection seamlessly intertwines the real and the surreal with stories that threaten to slip into reality and resonate long after you read it. Set in the present or near future, each story tackles the nature of death and love. In her opening story, “The White Cat’s Divorce,” a wealthy father haunted by her three sons and haunted by death dreams tells her sons to follow her through her year-long quest over an inheritance. I command you to go out into the world with In “Prince Hut Her Underground,” a retelling of “East of the Sun, West of the Moon,” a 57-year-old happily married gay man travels to hell to save her husband. To do. A struggling graduate student who agrees to stay home in a secluded cabin for the summer finds himself entertaining guests from another world with a retelling of “Snow White and the Red Rose” . A few days with the “Tam Lin” spin-off. All seven stories are thought-provoking and wonderfully told. Fullcast audiobooks are fascinating. —MK
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