Published: March 13, 2013
Words: 23,994 (approximate)
Language: English
ISBN: 9781301193189

Short description

Ten YA short stories featuring lesbian heroines--fancy! MYTH, MAGIC AND GLITTER centers around myth retellings and fantasy--young goddesses, mermaids and ghosts...all of these heroines will you find within.

Extended description

MYTH, MAGIC AND GLITTER is a bewitching collection of young adult short stories, ranging from myth retellings to fantasy, all featuring a lesbian heroine. This collection is part of Project Unicorn, a fiction project that seeks to address the near nonexistence of lesbian main characters in young adult fiction by giving them their own stories.

This collection contains:

- A Myth of Ashes (Fantasy) (Read more) MYTH, MAGIC AND GLITTER is a bewitching collection of young adult short stories, ranging from myth retellings to fantasy, all featuring a lesbian heroine. This collection is part of Project Unicorn, a fiction project that seeks to address the near nonexistence of lesbian main characters in young adult fiction by giving them their own stories.

This collection contains:

- A Myth of Ashes (Fantasy)
The nameless, gold-haired girl feeds a fire in a cave and awaits the time when she will share her story with the world.

- The Underwater Girl (Fantasy)
Disowned by her mother for coming out, Mara joins her estranged father at his scientific compound up north and discovers something sacred beneath the ice.

- When Thou Wakest (Fantasy)
Drawn to the new girl at school, Felice finds out that she and quiet, gold-eyed Greta share the same dreams--and, perhaps, a past thousands of years and millions of miles away.

- Flowers for Clouds (Fantasy)
Harumi's love, a tennyo named Shizuka, vanished months ago when the sakura was in bloom. Now the sakura flourishes again, and the petals guide Harumi to the missing Shizuka--and to her own unexpected truth.

- Even in Another Time (Fantasy)
In ancient Greece, the goddess of love inspires a young poet. In modern America, that same poet's words give a lovesick girl the courage to be herself.

- The Edge of Day (Fantasy)
Hemera–goddess of the day–is sentenced to the pit of Tartarus each night, while her beloved, the goddess Nyx, is sentenced to Tartarus in the day, so they will never be together again. An evil, twisted monster lurks in Tartarus, but Hemera and Nyx hatch a plan to be together regardless of darkness.

- Speak of the Devil (Paranormal)
Savannah and her mother have a strange obsession with the old folk tale of the Jersey Devil, and–at night–Savannah dreams of the monster. Told in verse, this is the story of an awakening.

- True if by Sea (Fantasy)
Born into a body that doesn't reflect her true self, the mermaid Meloa seeks the sea priestess to trade her inheritance for truth.

- Phasma (Paranormal)
Molly encounters a ghost from her past while trying to deal with the aftermath of her girlfriend's suicide.

- Dear Salome (Fantasy)
Obsessed with the historical figure of Salome, Elle sets out to reclaim the mythic dancer's story, as well as her own.
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gay, lgbt, queer, lesbian, lgbtq, gay ya, lesbian ya, queer ya

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Review by: Lynn E. O'Connacht on May 16, 2013 :
This is the second-latest (as of this writing) magazine instalment of the Diemers' Project Unicorn. It's their best yet! I /loved/ these stories and couldn't pick you a favourite if you forced me to. They were all phenomenal. These stories all take on existing myths (something the Diemers have a strong record with) from various cultures. So far, the Diemers have stuck fairly close to western myths and fairytales in their retellings, but this sees them branch out into a few other cultures as well.

There's "A Myth of Ashes" which cleverly combines Cinderella with an even older myth, but I don't want to spoil it for you. You'll probably pick up on it quite quickly when you start reading, but I think it's the more powerful because of that. There's "When Thou Wakest" which is as much scifi as it is fantasy and a strong take on origin myths in general. There's "Even in Another Time" which I wished tied the storylines a little more tightly together because I would have loved it even more. There's "Phasma" which it would not surprise me in the least to learn it was inspired at least partially by Tam Lin. There's "True if by Sea" which is their first venture into a trans* story and may be one of my favourites for the sheer amount of hope and love in it. There's "Speak of the Devil" which is a darker tale, a poem rather, about the Jersey Devil. It's not at all what you might expect. It's also easily the darkest of the stories in the volume and it feels a tad out of place because of that, but it's still a good tale.

There are more tales and most of these are freely available on their website if you want to try them before you buy, but they're worth every penny. I loved this little collection and I look forward to their next works!
(reviewed long after purchase)

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