Combine familiar characters with a magical weapon called the Frying Pan of Doom, and I really don’t know how you could go wrong. One, “Utensile Strength,” actually features major characters from the series, which is delightful simply in itself. Two of the stories are related to the Enchanted Forest Chronicles. “Cruel Sisters” and “Stronger than Time” both reimagine old fairy tales, bringing darkness but also more human characters. “Rikiki and the Wizard” has a fable-like quality to it, about Rikiki the blue chipmunk god, who’s obsessed with nuts (as a chipmunk naturally would be!) “The Lorelei” combines a perfectly ordinary, modern student bus trip with the dangerous power of a siren. Some are funny some are eerie some are haunting. They all deal with magic, but they vary widely in subject, setting and tone. I could vividly remember all but two stories, matching my memories to the titles–and I’m usually not good at remembering things like titles, especially when I haven’t read the book in probably a couple of years. When it arrived in my mailbox, I went down the Table Contents. It’s a collection of short stories, and I’ve lost track of how many times I’ve read the library’s copy. I just recently bought another of her books– Book of Enchantments. You may know that I’m a big fan of Patricia C.
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