The Fox's Tower and Other Tales: A Collection of Magical Short Stories


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"Locus Award winner Lee (Phoenix Extravagant) takes on the folktale form in a collection of 25 gorgeous, magical stories, tiny jewels of worldbuilding that tap into mythic themes to feel somehow both ancient and delightfully fresh... The result is breathtaking in its playful grace." --Publisher's Weekly Starred Review

Enter a world of magic and myth, where foxes fall in love and robots build their own dragons. In The Fox's Tower and Other Tales, New York Times bestselling author Yoon Ha Lee crafts together short and moving stories of love, adventure, magic, and nature. With poetic language and intricate world building, readers will be whisked away to a different adventure with every new story. Full of fascinating creatures and LGBT+ romances, this flash fiction collection combines the classic with the contemporary in Yoon's captivating style.

Author: Yoon Ha Lee
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
Published: 10/05/2021
Pages: 112
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 7.10h x 5.20w x 0.70d
ISBN13: 9781524868130
ISBN10: 1524868132
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Short Stories (single author)
- Fiction | Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology
- Fiction | Science Fiction | General

About the Author
A Korean-American sf/f writer who received a B.A. in math from Cornell University and an M.A. in math education from Stanford University, Yoon finds it a source of continual delight that math can be mined for story ideas. Yoon's novel Ninefox Gambit won the Locus Award for best first novel, and was a finalist for the Hugo, Nebula, and Clarke awards; its sequels, Raven Stratagem and Revenant Gun, were also Hugo finalists. His middle grade space opera Dragon Pearl won the Locus Award for best YA novel and was a New York Times bestseller. Yoon's short fiction has appeared in publications such as F&SF, Tor.com, and Clarkesworld Magazine, as well as several year's best anthologies.