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Alasdair Gray&#8217;s Speculative Brilliance, From <i>Lanark</i> and <i>Poor Things</i> to His Short Stories

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Jonathan Thornton has written for the websites The Fantasy Hive, Fantasy Faction, and Gingernuts of Horror. He works with mosquitoes and is working on a PhD on the portrayal of insects in speculative fiction.

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From the cover art of Poor Things by Alasdair Gray
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Alasdair Gray

Alasdair Gray’s Speculative Brilliance, From Lanark and Poor Things to His Short Stories

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Detail from "The Beguiling of Merlin" by Edward Burne-Jones (c. 1872-77), used on the cover of Possession by A.S. Byatt
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A.S. Byatt

Myth, Fantasy, and Lives Shaped by Stories in the Work of A.S. Byatt

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Dangerous, Hopeful Futures: Celebrating the Visionary Stories of Kelley Eskridge

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Finding Magic in the Unexpected: The Fictional Worlds of Emma Bull

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Kelly Link

Kelly Link Bends the Rules of Fiction Like No One Else

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Love, Art, and the Unexpected: The Novels and Short Stories of Tove Jansson

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Fantasy

Magic, Memory, and Power: The Storytelling Brilliance of Isabel Allende

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Karin Tidbeck

Where to Start With the Wondrously Strange Stories of Karin Tidbeck

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Shimmering Prose, Painful Truths: Where to Start With the Stories of M. Rickert

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