Reseña: Fantasy Magazine, Issue 60 - Dec. 2016

Fantasy Magazine, Issue 60 - Dec. 2016: People of Colo(u)r Destroy Fantasy! Special Issue 

by Daniel José Older (Editor) y Varios Autores

 

 200 pages 

Published December 1st 2016 by John Joseph Adams

ASIN: B01EXJ8P50

Edition Language: English

"The Things My Mother Left Me" by P. Djéli Clark. 

"Eyes of Carven Emerald" by Shweta Narayan. 

"Red Dirt Witch" by N.K. Jemisin 

My rating: 3 of 5 stars

"The Things My Mother Left Me" by P. Djéli Clark - 3 stars

Fantasía mágica donde una huérfana de quince años decide escapar del prospecto de que sus tías la casen , y llega hasta donde un circo con un sujeto que da mala espina y seres encadenados.

“Must we hide what our mothers pass on to us?”
Tausi stared at the woman. Was she mad? “If you don’t hide, Mama, someone will report you.” She lowered her voice further. “Witch Hunters are never far!”
The woman snorted, as if one could dismiss such a thing. “The hounds of these Efé priests who now govern us? It was such men who twisted magic for their wars, and broke the world. But it is we who suffer. Let them unleash their dogs! We can only show the courage of your mother.

Probablemente la hubiese disfrutado más de no recordarme a P Beagle con su Midnight Carnival en El Ultimo Unicornio.

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"Eyes of Carven Emerald" by Shweta Narayan - 4 stars

Una historia alternativa donde Alexandros avanza con su ejército mientras un ave mecánica le sigue como un ave de mal agüero. (hay un cuento inserto en esta novellette que después supe está inspirado en el cuento armenio 'Clever Anaeet'). Igual. Alexandros! y automatones (steampunk!) en el año 300.

She clicked her beak. “You of all people,” she said, “should know that stories do not end when a prince becomes king.”
“They merely go badly.”

Ambición. Traiciones. Frustración.

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"Red Dirt Witch" by N.K. Jemisin - 3.5 stars

La pluma diestra de Jemisin trae un relato del sur de Norteamerica, en pleno inicio de la lucha por derechos de los negros. Emmaline es una mujer sabia (o una hedge witch si prefieres) que tiene sueños y conoce de hierbas, con 3 hijos. Y un día aparece una mujer , la Dama Blanca, trayendo un trato.

The Market blurred into a whirlwind—but through it all, there were little ribbons that she could see edging into the tornado from elsewhere, whipping about in shining, silken red. Truth was always there for the taking, if you only reached out to grasp it. Thing was, Em didn’t feel like grasping it; she was tired, Lord have mercy. The world didn’t change.

Sincronismo de tradiciones que se superponen. Madres e hijas. Un futuro que temen , en que no se atreven a tener esperanza.

[( oh boy , I found a new meaning to Scarborough Fair now -one of my favorite songs- Sarah Brightman version: Ask her to do me this courtesy / Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme / And ask for a like favour from me / And then she'll be a true love of mine ) (hide spoiler)]SPOILER--->>( oh boy , I found a new meaning to Scarborough Fair now -one of my favorite songs- Sarah Brightman version: Ask her to do me this courtesy / Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme / And ask for a like favour from me / And then she'll be a true love of mine )<<--SPOILER