![]() Kuang’s “The Nine Curses River,” about sisters facing the painful prospect of becoming a sacrifice. With “Cut Me Another Quill, Mister Fitz,” Garth Nix provides a clever quest for a dragon’s horde, while Brooke Bolander craftily marries high fantasy, climate fiction, and organized crime in “Where the River Turns to Concrete.” Among the more emotional tales are Sarah Gailey’s “We Don’t Talk About the Dragon,” a powerful portrait of familial dysfunction, and R.F. Strahan’s passion for the mythological creatures is infectious and evident in his selections, which draw from many different myths and cultures, and paint portraits of dragons ranging from terrifying to heroic, even metaphorical. ![]() There is not a single false note among these 29 stories and poems of dragons collected by Strahan (The Best Science Fiction & Fantasy of the Year, editor). ![]()
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