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A review by ljrinaldi
The Woman in the Woods and Other North American Stories by Kel McDonald, Kate Ashwin, Mercedes Acosta, Rhael McGregor, Maija Ambrose Plamondon, Alina Pete, Milo Applejohn, Jordaan Arledge, Elijah Forbes, Alice Rl, Izzy Roberts
5.0
To say that everything that Iron Circus Comics does is gold doesn’t quite explain why I love their anthologies so much. This is the fifth of their Cautionary Fables and Fairy Tales, and in this volume the stories are written by North American First Nations, Metis and Native Peoples based on stories they have heard, and want to pass down, or variations therein.
The Woman in the Woods has lovely stories, and scary stories, and stories that are so wonderful, with illustrations so fluid, such as the picture of the octopus woman dancing in the sunlight drifting down to her cave or the creator deciding to create life on earth, even though it will be good mixed with evil, or a mishipeshu, the guardian of lakes and rivers, or of a horse that was once human that gave it up for power.
Some are stories that are firmly in the past, some are contemporary, but all have elements of the stories passed down.
There are trickster rabbit stories. There are monsters that were once human, and there are tales of a ghost horse that along with the bride that bonded with it, helps those in need.
Wonderful collection. Highly recommend it, as I would all the other books in the series.
Thanks to Netgalley for making this book available for an honest review.
The Woman in the Woods has lovely stories, and scary stories, and stories that are so wonderful, with illustrations so fluid, such as the picture of the octopus woman dancing in the sunlight drifting down to her cave or the creator deciding to create life on earth, even though it will be good mixed with evil, or a mishipeshu, the guardian of lakes and rivers, or of a horse that was once human that gave it up for power.
Some are stories that are firmly in the past, some are contemporary, but all have elements of the stories passed down.
There are trickster rabbit stories. There are monsters that were once human, and there are tales of a ghost horse that along with the bride that bonded with it, helps those in need.
Wonderful collection. Highly recommend it, as I would all the other books in the series.
Thanks to Netgalley for making this book available for an honest review.