About Fairies [short story]

by Pat Murphy (Author), Christopher Silas Neal (Cover artist)

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Some things happen whether or not you clap your hands. Enjoy this original short story by author Pat Murphy. In "About Fairies," Jennifer and her co-workers create fairy lands for a toy company, all the while cultivating their own personal fairy worlds... A Tor.Com original. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.… (more)

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Member:	amysisson
Title:	About Fairies [short story]
Authors:	Pat Murphy (Author)
Other authors:	Christopher Silas Neal (Cover artist)
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A very autobiographical-feeling story which deals sensitively and effectively with dealing with the illness and death of a parent, whilst in the middle of life. And about Peter Pan, and the sanitization of dangerous myths, and, of course, about fairies... Truly excellent. I really wish Pat Murphy was more prolific as a writer. (

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Some of the Best from Tor.com: 2012 Edition by Patrick Nielsen Hayden

The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Seven by Jonathan Strahan

The Stories: Five Years of Original Fiction on tor.com by Tor.com

Worlds Seen in Passing: Ten Years of Tor.com Short Fiction by Irene Gallo

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Some things happen whether or not you clap your hands. Enjoy this original short story by author Pat Murphy. In "About Fairies," Jennifer and her co-workers create fairy lands for a toy company, all the while cultivating their own personal fairy worlds... A Tor.Com original. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

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