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y separately published work icon Sourdough and Other Stories selected work   short story   fantasy  
Is part of The Sourdough Stories Angela Slatter , 2010 series - author novel short story (number 1 in series)
Issue Details: First known date: 2010... 2010 Sourdough and Other Stories
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Welcome to the beautiful magic, restless passion and exquisite horror of Angela Slatter's impeccably imagined tales. In the cathedral-city of Lodellan and its uneasy hinterland, babies are fashioned from bread, dolls are given souls and wishes granted may be soon regretted. There are ghosts who dream, men whose wings have been clipped and trolls who long for something other. Love, loss and life are elegantly dissected in Slatter's earthy yet poetic prose. As Rob Shearman says in his Introduction: "Sourdough and Other Stories manages to be grand and ambitious and world-building -- but also as intimate and focused as all good short fiction should be... The joy of Angela Slatter's book is that she's given us a set of fairy tales that are at once both new and fresh, and yet feel as old as storytelling itself." Source: Book dustjacket

Contents

* Contents derived from the
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United Kingdom (UK),
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Western Europe, Europe,
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Tartarus Press , 2010 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
The Shadow Tree, Angela Slatter , single work short story fantasy (p. 1-8)
Gallowberries, Angela Slatter , single work short story fantasy horror (p. 9-32)
Little Radish, Angela Slatter , single work short story fantasy (p. 33-44)
Dibblespin, Angela Slatter , single work short story fantasy horror (p. 45-54)
The Navigator, Angela Slatter , single work short story fantasy (p. 55-61)
The Angel Wood, Angela Slatter , single work short story fantasy (p. 62-73)
Ash, Angela Slatter , single work short story fantasy (p. 74-80)
The Story of Ink, Angela Slatter , single work short story fantasy (p. 81-90)
Lost Things, Angela Slatter , single work short story fantasy (p. 91-104)
A Good Husband, Angela Slatter , single work short story fantasy (p. 105-116)
A Porcelain Soul, Angela Slatter , single work short story fantasy (p. 117-139)
The Bones Remember Everything, Angela Slatter , single work short story fantasy (p. 140-150)
Sourdough, Angela Slatter , single work short story fantasy (p. 151-160)
Sister, Sister, Angela Slatter , single work short story fantasy (p. 161-187)
Lavender and Lychgates, Angela Slatter , single work short story fantasy (p. 188-215)
Under the Mountain, Angela Slatter , single work short story fantasy (p. 216-231)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

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      United Kingdom (UK),
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      Western Europe, Europe,
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      Tartarus Press ,
      2010 .
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      Extent: viii, 238p.p.
      Limited edition info: 300 copies.
      Note/s:
      • With an Introduction by Robert Shearman and an Afterword by Jeff VanderMeer
      • Publication date: 12 August 2010
      ISBN: 9781905784257
Alternative title: Masa Madre (y Otros Relatos)
Language: Spanish

Works about this Work

A Lot of Writers Are People Who Prefer to Play with Imaginery Friends Leanne Edmistone , 2012 single work column
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 24 - 25 November 2012; (p. 12-13)
Untitled Aimee Lindorff , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: Writing Queensland , May no. 218 2012; (p. 17)

— Review of Sourdough and Other Stories Angela Slatter , 2010 selected work short story
Untitled Aimee Lindorff , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: Writing Queensland , May no. 218 2012; (p. 17)

— Review of Sourdough and Other Stories Angela Slatter , 2010 selected work short story
A Lot of Writers Are People Who Prefer to Play with Imaginery Friends Leanne Edmistone , 2012 single work column
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 24 - 25 November 2012; (p. 12-13)
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