Synopses & Reviews
Sister Emily's Lightship and Other Stories is Jane Yolen's first collection of short stories written for adults. It includes the award-winning title story, as well as three new, never-before published, works.
Review
"An outstanding collection of stories." -
Voice of Youth Advocates"Jane Yolen is a gem in the diadem of science fiction and fantasy." -Analog
About the Author
Born and raised in New York City,
Jane Yolen now lives in Massachusetts. She attended Smith College and received her master's degree in education from the University of Massachusetts. The distinguished author of more than 170 books, Jane Yolen is a person of many talents. When she is not writing, Yolen composes songs, is a professional storyteller on the stage, and is the busy wife of a university professor, the mother of three grown children, and a grandmother. Yolen's graceful rhythms and outrageous rhymes have been gathered in numerous collections. She has earned many awards over the years: the Regina Medal, the Kerlan Award, the World Fantasy Award, the Society of Children's Book Writers Award, the Mythopoetic Society's Aslan Award, the Christopher Medal, the Boy's Club Jr. Book Award, the Garden State Children's Book Award, the Daedalus Award, a number of Parents' Choice Magazine Awards, and many more. Her books and stories have been translated into Japanese, French, Spanish, Chinese, German, Swedish, Nowegian, Danish, Afrikaans, !Xhosa, Portuguese, and Braille.
Table of Contents
The Traveler and the Tale
Snow in Summer
Speaking to the Wind
The Thirteenth Fey
Granny Rumple
Blood Sister
Journey into the Dark
The Sleep of Trees
The Uncorking of Uncle Finn
Dusty Loves
The Gift of the Magicians,
with Apologies to You Know Who
Sister Death
The Singer and the Song
Salvage
Lost Girls
Belle Bloody Merciless Dame
Words of Power
Great Gray
Under the HIll
Godmother Death
Creationism: An Illustrated Lecture in Two Parts
Allerleirauh
Sun/Flight
Dick W. and His Pussy; or, Tess and Her Adequate Dick
Become a Warrior
Memoirs of a Bottle Djinn
A Ghost of an Affair
Sister Emily's Lightship
Afterword