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A Dance Across Embers
Lisa says:
Equal parts imagination and Angel's story. (2007)
Appears in Clarkesworld Magazine
Reviews:
Honorable Mention
Gardener Dozois, Editor
The Year's Best Science Fiction, Twenty-Fifth Annual Collection
*
The story meshes myth, dreams, and harsh reality to a convincing if not surprising effect, and the overall feeling at the conclusion is one of satisfaction. Mantchev has succeeded in nailing the ambiguity of growing up without becoming too sentimental in the telling.
Andrew Hook, for The Fix Online
*
(A) very readable political story - presented as a parable with talking animals & ghosts. And it can be read without any political overtones too - in case you just enjoy fantasy.
Rating: A, and "Time Well Spent"
The Variety SF Blog
*
Mentioned in Rich Horton's Summary of Clarkesworld Magazine, 2007
Excerpt:
In the clearing where it was always-spring, Grandmother Bear took Milena's hand in her paw and smiled. "I am to be married today."