{"id":5954,"date":"2016-07-13T21:14:41","date_gmt":"2016-07-14T01:14:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=5954"},"modified":"2024-01-22T19:36:01","modified_gmt":"2024-01-23T00:36:01","slug":"newford-stories-crow-girls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/5954","title":{"rendered":"Newford Stories: Crow Girls"},"content":{"rendered":"

Newford Stories: Crow Girls<\/a><\/em> (2015) Charles de Lint<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Crow_Girls\"<\/a>Ah, the Crow Girls.<\/p>\n

Crow Girls
\nTwa Corbies
\nThe Buffalo Man
\nA Crow Girls\u2019 Christmas
\nMake a Joyful Noise<\/p>\n

\u201cCrow Girls\u201d first appeared as a limited edition chapbook (1995). This is the introduction to the Crow Girls, who are some of my favorite characters. But it\u2019s not really about the Crow Girls\u2013it\u2019s about Jilly\u2019s friend Heather, and how the Crow Girls change you, just by their being.<\/p>\n

\u201cTwa Corbies\u201d first appeared in Twenty 3: A Miscellany (1998). This is a story of Jilly and the Crow Girls and an old woman. This is a lovely, brief, tale.<\/p>\n

The Buffalo Man (1999) is a Meran and Cerin story with Lucius and the Crow girls and Jilly.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou wouldn\u2019t have any crow blood in you, would you?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cNary a drop.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lucius harrumphed and muttered, \u201cI\u2019d still like to see the results of a DNA test.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat was that?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI said, I wonder where they keep their nest.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

How can a smile, a laugh, a good deed, stand up against the weight of such a history?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2026 I guess it can\u2019t,\u201d Jilly said. \u201cBut you still have to try.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBecause that\u2019s all you can do. If you don\u2019t try to stand up against the darkness, it swallows you up.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

A Crow Girls\u2019 Christmas. The Crow Girls are a delight. I\u2019m not sure I could take them long term, but in small doses they are lovely.<\/p>\n

\u201cDo they have lots of candy canes in stock?\u201d Jilly asked.<\/p>\n

\u201cMountains,\u201d Zia assured her.<\/p>\n

\u201cBesides,\u201d Maida added. \u201cIt\u2019s all magic, isn\u2019t it? Santa never runs out of candy or toys.\u201d<\/p>\n

That was before you were put in charge of the candy canes, Jilly thought, but she kept her worry to herself.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Make a Joyful Noise (2005). This story is told from Maida’s point of view, which is almost strange, since I’m so used to seeing them from the outside, and as a unit rather than as individuals. <\/p>\n

For all their silliness, Maida can be quite thoughtful.<\/p>\n

We all carry around other people\u2019s expectations of who we are, and sometimes we end up growing into those expectations.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cAnd now I feel like I\u2019m forgetting what it\u2019s like to be happy,\u201d I said, finishing up. \u201cIt\u2019s like that stupid ghost boy stole all my happiness away, and now, ever since I talked to him, all I meet are unhappy people with very good reasons to be unhappy, and that makes me wonder, how could I ever have been happy? And what is being happy, anyway?\u201d <\/p>\n

Zia gave a glum nod. \u201cI think it might be catching, because now I\u2019m feeling the same way.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cYou see? That\u2019s just what I mean. Why is it so easy to spread sadness and so hard to spread happiness?\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It’s a lovely story.<\/p>\n

Published by Triskell Press<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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