Monstrous Little Voices
New Tales from Shakespeare's Fantasy World
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Mischief, Magic, Love and War
It is the Year of Our Lord 1601. The Tuscan War rages across the world, and every lord from Navarre to Illyria is embroiled in the fray. Cannon roar, pikemen clash, and witches stalk the night; even the fairy courts stand on the verge of chaos.
Five stories come together at the end of the war: that of bold Miranda and sly Puck; of wise Pomona and her prisoner Vertumnus; of gentle Lucia and the shade of Prospero; of noble Don Pedro and powerful Helena; and of Anne, a glovemaker’s wife. On these lovers and heroes the world itself may depend. These are the stories Shakespeare never told.
Five of the most exciting names in genre fiction today – Jonathan Barnes, Adrian Tchaikovsky, Emma Newman, Foz Meadows and Kate Heartfield – delve into the world the poet created to weave together a story of courage, transformation and magic. Including an afterword by Dr. John Lavagnino, The London Shakespeare Centre, King's College London.
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5 primary books#1-5 in Monstrous Little Voices
Monstrous Little Voices is a 5-book series with 5 released primary works first released in 2016 with contributions by Foz Meadows, Kate Heartfield, and Emma Newman.
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Being honest, I've only read two Shakespeare plays. (Well, I listened to Julius Caesar.) The Tempest was the first one, mostly because I watched a tv show where these high school students were putting on the play and I was kind of infatuated by Ariel. (Who was also the scene stealer in the play, for me.) So, besides my general fascination with The Tempest, I love and adore Foz Meadows' writing. So I knew I'd read this book eventually and probably none of the others in the series. And this book is kind of totally awesome. I had to be in the right mindset to read it because the first two times I tried I wound up putting it down after a handful of pages, but it's a lovely story. (With feminism and two characters that are genderqueer and I personally would call both genderfluid, specifically.) I always thought Miranda was a limp dishrag, personally, and I adore this depiction of her. (Ferdinand is still as unpleasant as I always thought he was.) (As an added bonus, Puck and the king and queen of the fairies from A Midsummer Night's Dream show up and, btw, I have always found Puck so fun. This version is a little...nicer than most I've run across.)
