Life over the Border
Written by Mac Diva
Published November 28, 2003
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My favorite stories from The Essential Bordertown include:

  • "Half-Life" by Donnard Sturgis. When Tangie, a halfie of mixed ethnicity, is threatened from all sides because of his refusal to join a gang, he needs a way out. Sorcery that combines the Vodun he has learned from his mother's side of the family and the elven magic of his father's saves his life.

  • "Hot Water" by Ellen Kushner. Two humans, both of them intimidated by the glamour that attends elves, discover an earthbound magic of their own.

  • "How Shannaro Tolkinson Lost and Found His Heart" by Felicity Savage. Shannaro, a conservative elf, quests into Bordertown to find his bethrothed, who has been enspelled by a draug and kidnapped. He is not at all charmed by the mixed milieu across the Border from his beloved Faerie. The story is a bracing antidote to the spell Bordertown weaves over its inhabitants and readers.

    • Not all of the Borderland novels and stories are set there per se. Faerie and the real world can co-exist. So, come on over. In a way, you are already there.

    Note: This entry also appeared at Silver Rights.

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