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Ballroom Blitz
"Ballroom Blitz" by Veronica Schanoes is a contemporary fairy tale about a young man, who with his eleven brothers, have been cursed to remain in a rock club for their bad behavior. Their only shot at freedom might be the twelve sisters who one day enter the club.
28 pages, Kindle Edition
First published April 1, 2015
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August 28, 2017
I guess I was falling in love. I think she was just falling.
Everyone needs to know this: Tor.com has a huge selection of fantasy and science fiction short stories that you can read for FREE! Yes, I know, I know. It's old news. It's been so for years, but I only found out about it recently and thought I should share.
I read "Ballroom Blitz" because Goodreads suggested it to me and because the cover is catchy. I mean, just look at it:
"Ballroom Blitz" is a gritty retelling of "The Twelve Dancing Princesses." This time, we have 12 boys, cursed to spend eternity in a dancing club - partying all night and waking up each morning, beaten up and hungover to clean up the mess. Again and again, until they change their bad behavior and the curse is broken. Until they learn to see beyond their own problems and understand that others have issues of their own.
You never noticed, you never took it seriously because you needed me to be the girl who would save you. You don’t love me and you don’t know me. You need me.
Amidst the loud music, drinks, dancing, flashing lights, and weed, we also see an honest and realistic portrayal of mental illness. We see how supporting a person suffering from bipolar disorder requires the same love and patience as breaking a curse. But, as it often happens in fairy tales, true love conquers all!
October 27, 2019
punk rock fairytale?? yes, please!
we became the center of the storm and the lightning struck and we danced. We danced the band dry and the DJ sore, and still we moved like machine-gun fire, like the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre, and I knew that this was it, that she and her sisters were the ones.
We danced the sun up, not that we could see the sun through the tattered walls. No, we were lit by neon and dim incandescence and the flares of cardboard matches, but the space emptied out and the music faded until finally we could hear each other speak, and there were holes worn through the soles of our boots.
this is a gritty spin on the twelve dancing princesses tale, made even more fun by the fact that it takes place 'round where i used to go clubbing, and it mentions the place where the fashion punks probably still buy their club-gear, although the club i was picturing while reading this - coney island high, is no longer there. i think it's a bubble tea place now.
nope - sushi place:
but still. this captures the sticky-floors and cigarette smoke of a misspent club-youth, the relentless pounding of the music over which conversations had to be half-shouted, half-mouthed, the shabby morning-after feeling, but also the elation each night when you forget what you felt like that morning and put off thinking about how the coming dawn's gonna feel.
i always love a good fairy-tale retelling, and this one os a good example of why. not only does it modernize it, making it a little more accessible and relevant to a reader, but it also irons out some of the weirdness of the original. because let's face it - the twelve dancing princesses is not a great fairytale. it's hard to locate the message, moral, or even the point of it. sometimes the grimms, like penny dreadful, get caught up in striking imagery and forget that they're also supposed to be telling a story.
but who's complaining because damn, girl…
and for dana, dudes kissing! :
where was i - oh, eva green is hot.
no, wait - punk rock fairytale, yes!
so - this takes the concept and gives it a bit more context. it's still got all the magic of a fairytale, but it's also got characters who matter, who grow and bring something more weighted and tender to the story. it's less grim(m), but more determined - with an ending that isn't "everyone is happy!!!" or "everyone is dead!" but "everyone is human."
which is the most satisfying of endings.
read it for yourself here:
http://www.tor.com/2015/04/01/ballroo...
come to my blog!
we became the center of the storm and the lightning struck and we danced. We danced the band dry and the DJ sore, and still we moved like machine-gun fire, like the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre, and I knew that this was it, that she and her sisters were the ones.
We danced the sun up, not that we could see the sun through the tattered walls. No, we were lit by neon and dim incandescence and the flares of cardboard matches, but the space emptied out and the music faded until finally we could hear each other speak, and there were holes worn through the soles of our boots.
this is a gritty spin on the twelve dancing princesses tale, made even more fun by the fact that it takes place 'round where i used to go clubbing, and it mentions the place where the fashion punks probably still buy their club-gear, although the club i was picturing while reading this - coney island high, is no longer there. i think it's a bubble tea place now.
nope - sushi place:
but still. this captures the sticky-floors and cigarette smoke of a misspent club-youth, the relentless pounding of the music over which conversations had to be half-shouted, half-mouthed, the shabby morning-after feeling, but also the elation each night when you forget what you felt like that morning and put off thinking about how the coming dawn's gonna feel.
i always love a good fairy-tale retelling, and this one os a good example of why. not only does it modernize it, making it a little more accessible and relevant to a reader, but it also irons out some of the weirdness of the original. because let's face it - the twelve dancing princesses is not a great fairytale. it's hard to locate the message, moral, or even the point of it. sometimes the grimms, like penny dreadful, get caught up in striking imagery and forget that they're also supposed to be telling a story.
but who's complaining because damn, girl…
and for dana, dudes kissing! :
where was i - oh, eva green is hot.
no, wait - punk rock fairytale, yes!
so - this takes the concept and gives it a bit more context. it's still got all the magic of a fairytale, but it's also got characters who matter, who grow and bring something more weighted and tender to the story. it's less grim(m), but more determined - with an ending that isn't "everyone is happy!!!" or "everyone is dead!" but "everyone is human."
which is the most satisfying of endings.
read it for yourself here:
http://www.tor.com/2015/04/01/ballroo...
come to my blog!
April 23, 2015
s, is for Schanoes.
4 Stars
She grinned. Her dark lipstick was smeared from our kiss and her black eyeliner cat eyes were long gone, sweated off while we danced. The rips in her stockings had gotten bigger. “Yeah. We’ll be back.”
I grew up in what I like to call the Goth-Punk era, everything was black and red and fucking psychotic. We hero worshipped Angelina Jolie (circa "Gia" & "Hackers"), not because she was beautiful..... oh no, because she was beautiful and crazy! We loved crazy! We loved the darkness of the world, we embraced it like a lover.
Ballroom Blitz was a very nostalgic read in that respect. Schanoes got the chaos and nothingness and hollowness of it all, just perfect really! The feel of this story reminds me of evenings spent in my friend's basement listening to NIN filing our nails into points.
This was the time of Fairuza Balk: remember that girl? EVERYONE either wanted to do her or fucking BE her! I was in the latter column. I still kind of am, actually. I just can't get over that look from my youth, you know the heavy eye-liner and blood red lips.... maybe this explains my fondness for pirates.
Anyways, this shortie was wonderful and nostalgic. Kat was right!
April 10, 2015
We were young, I said, but of course my brothers and I couldn’t age, could we? We were bound, and that kept the twelve of us from growing any older no matter how much time passed. We couldn’t set foot outside the club, but inside we couldn’t grow old, couldn’t die. Bands appeared and disappeared, DJs spun in and out, and we were always there, game for anything, hopped up on speed and lack of sleep, dancing our boots thin and shouting our voices hoarse. We’d been there for years before we found the girls, or before the girls found us.
We all woke up like that: black eyes, broken jaws, teeth missing, sick, spitting blood. I woke up shattered and begging like the rest, but I was oldest, the one in charge, the one who looks after his brothers, cleans them up, gets them out of trouble, gets them in trouble. And it was my fault. My hands shook, my whole body trembled, and I could feel blood trickling out my ears, my ribs cracking and shattering every time I tried to draw a breath.
We felt like that every morning, and we’d heal by nightfall..
In my top favorite TOR shorts to date, another interesting fairy-tale re-telling. The males being cursed was a nice change and in the center of it was refreshing.
Only quibble I had was I would loved to know more about their lives after the curse and the other sisters.
I did love Jake and Isabelle as the main MCs... this also would have been a wicked full length novel but works wonderfully as a short story.
Would highly recommend!
Read the story here
We all woke up like that: black eyes, broken jaws, teeth missing, sick, spitting blood. I woke up shattered and begging like the rest, but I was oldest, the one in charge, the one who looks after his brothers, cleans them up, gets them out of trouble, gets them in trouble. And it was my fault. My hands shook, my whole body trembled, and I could feel blood trickling out my ears, my ribs cracking and shattering every time I tried to draw a breath.
We felt like that every morning, and we’d heal by nightfall..
In my top favorite TOR shorts to date, another interesting fairy-tale re-telling. The males being cursed was a nice change and in the center of it was refreshing.
Only quibble I had was I would loved to know more about their lives after the curse and the other sisters.
I did love Jake and Isabelle as the main MCs... this also would have been a wicked full length novel but works wonderfully as a short story.
Would highly recommend!
Read the story here
July 16, 2015
"I guess I was falling in love. I think she was just falling."
An imaginative and contemporary take on the classic fairytale The Twelve Dancing Princesses, with a study in depression . It's dark, unflinching and is set in a night club. I should be all over this short story, but I couldn't quite get into the characters or the story, so I guess this is a case of "it's not you, it's me".
April 22, 2015
I found the characters unlikable, and the ending pointless.
This story wasn't for me.
This story wasn't for me.
April 24, 2015
I don't much care for short stories. It's not that I hate them, but they rarely move me. Usually when I finish them I'm like, "Yawn. That was nice. NEXT." Yet every now and then I'll read a few, hoping I'll like them better.
Well, I loved this one. I even went and read the author's post about writing it, and that was good too. It had this line about the story: "... and feeling a deep pull of nostalgia for the adolescence I wanted and never quite got." MY GOD, how that spoke to me.
This story spoke to me too, even though I've never experienced depression or problems with alcohol or a curse. It was so good. The writing was amazing. The characters were real. I understood everything, because the author made me.
Just ... wow.
Well, I loved this one. I even went and read the author's post about writing it, and that was good too. It had this line about the story: "... and feeling a deep pull of nostalgia for the adolescence I wanted and never quite got." MY GOD, how that spoke to me.
This story spoke to me too, even though I've never experienced depression or problems with alcohol or a curse. It was so good. The writing was amazing. The characters were real. I understood everything, because the author made me.
I remember the rest of it, too, waking up wanting to die, the hacking coughs, the bleak despair driving me—driving us—to drown ourselves in the neon darkness, the impossible wish to see sunshine just once more, the imprisonment. But when I look back, everything glows with false freedom, and I remember us always laughing.
Just ... wow.
April 21, 2015
Dar, gritty, full of imperfect people, and situations. A perfect sort of punk fairy tale.
October 29, 2019
Oof.
I read this as part of a short-story challenge. Also, it was a new take on the Twelve Dancing Sisters fairytale.
It was dark. It was gritty and modern. It was destructive to the end. I can't say I really enjoyed it, but it was an inventive reimagining.
I'd rate this an R for swearing, sex, drugs, alcohol, and adult themes including suicide and self-harm.
I read this as part of a short-story challenge. Also, it was a new take on the Twelve Dancing Sisters fairytale.
It was dark. It was gritty and modern. It was destructive to the end. I can't say I really enjoyed it, but it was an inventive reimagining.
I'd rate this an R for swearing, sex, drugs, alcohol, and adult themes including suicide and self-harm.
April 8, 2015
A fantastic story about people who have been cursed to suffer in different ways and how they try to save each other.
Wonderful, just amazing. I'm all choked up... it was so good.
Wonderful, just amazing. I'm all choked up... it was so good.
November 27, 2015
We were young, I said, but of course my brothers and I couldn’t age, could we? We were bound, and that kept the twelve of us from growing any older no matter how much time passed. We couldn’t set foot outside the club, but inside we couldn’t grow old, couldn’t die. Bands appeared and disappeared, DJs spun in and out, and we were always there, game for anything, hopped up on speed and lack of sleep, dancing our boots thin and shouting our voices hoarse. We’d been there for years before we found the girls, or before the girls found us.
(Small) Trigger Warning: Depression, attempted suicide.
An interesting fairytale re-telling of The Twelve Dancing Princesses. I liked the changes; gender swap and the punk theme was nice but for me characters werent compelling enough. They also felt so flat due to 'lots of telling instead of showing'. I know, I know this is a short story but stll, you can do so much with short stories these days. Honestly, the only reason I give this one 3 stars is the premise. Premise rocked. I wish the characters did too :(
July 15, 2015
"Wait,” I said. “You know about me now. I’m Jake. What’s your name?”
“Isabel,” she said.
“What’s your story?”
“I don’t have one yet,” she said.
*out of the blue thoughts: Isn't it the saddest shit when you don't know what's your story? Like you don't know what to do and why you're here...*
Anyway.
This one is different, I give you that. This is a retelling of the "12 Dancing Princesses" and instead of a mysterious magical island where the main characters dance, we've got a bar. Jake and his brothers cannot leave the club and the only way to be free is to dance with 12 ladies for 101 consecutive nights.
The story was okay and if you're the type who loves punk rock, then this one's for you. Me? I'm not much fan of clubbing or partying (loser) so I really can't relate with the characters.
Thank you Tash for the link. :) Check this short story here.
June 10, 2018
"The air never cleared, and the smoke that had sustained us and cushioned us like amniotic fluid turned harsh—bitter and sticky like tar with sharp teeth, extending tendrils to wrap around our limbs and keep us moving but stop us escaping. And the dancing which had transported us became a cage of knives, spitting electrodes forcing us to move, even when our very bones were splintering in agony."
This. Was. Beautiful. Honestly, it was just a magical little story that read like poetry. Schanoes is quite obviously a very talented author with overwhelming talent when it comes to character building. So much came across despite the short length. This was an artful retelling of The Twelve Dancing Princesses (a story I was minimally familiar with, if I'm honest...) that wasn't just illustrated with a seductive punk motif but incorporated themes of romance and strong attachment to a person dealing with complex mental illness and how to help them.
I am really happy I read this - it was splendid. Please give it a read if you can spare 20 minutes or so: https://www.tor.com/2015/04/01/ballro...
This. Was. Beautiful. Honestly, it was just a magical little story that read like poetry. Schanoes is quite obviously a very talented author with overwhelming talent when it comes to character building. So much came across despite the short length. This was an artful retelling of The Twelve Dancing Princesses (a story I was minimally familiar with, if I'm honest...) that wasn't just illustrated with a seductive punk motif but incorporated themes of romance and strong attachment to a person dealing with complex mental illness and how to help them.
I am really happy I read this - it was splendid. Please give it a read if you can spare 20 minutes or so: https://www.tor.com/2015/04/01/ballro...
June 10, 2015
You may read online at Tor.com.
Opening lines:
I remember when the very air pulsed with music, raucous shouts and double-time beats mixing with the eerie wailing of tortured guitars. We were all of us young and wild; my brothers and I wore tight black jeans and ripped T-shirts and stood around looking tough and combing our hair till it was slicked back just right to show off our sideburns.
Opening lines:
I remember when the very air pulsed with music, raucous shouts and double-time beats mixing with the eerie wailing of tortured guitars. We were all of us young and wild; my brothers and I wore tight black jeans and ripped T-shirts and stood around looking tough and combing our hair till it was slicked back just right to show off our sideburns.
May 12, 2020
Ballroom Blitz was a good retelling, though it needed more space to be properly developed. There were many elements that were left out, like, who was that mysterious bartender, or who were the brothers, the sisters and so on. So, it just felt like a glimpse into the story. The main characters were well crafted though.
February 1, 2017
I remember when the very air pulsed with music, raucous shouts and double-time beats mixing with the eerie wailing of tortured guitars. We were all of us young and wild; my brothers and I wore tight black jeans and ripped T-shirts and stood around looking tough and combing our hair till it was slicked back just right to show off our sideburns. The girls wore short skirts and strong boots, ripped fishnet stockings ending inches below their hemlines. We all wore boots, come to that, engineering boots or motorcycle boots or combat boots or Doc Martens, as though we had to be ready for a forced march. And we may have been under a curse, but I remember us always laughing.
I happened to be listening to The Misfits when I read that part so, at no fault of the author, it was hilarious.
So. Veronica Schanoes's Ballroom Blitz is the story of Jake and his eleven brothers, doomed to dwell inside of a punk dive bar after Jake, the oldest brother, beat a young man.
Possibly to death.
The bartender, Cynthia, wields dark powers, and she cursed them when they dared to defy her.
The twelve brothers must meet twelve sisters and dance and be merry for 101 nights for the curse, which keeps the brothers caged inside the bar or else burns them alive should they exit, to be lifted.
Enter Isobel.
And her eleven sisters.
Yeah, so that description had me in about five seconds.
The character development is...
Well, non-existent, but seeing as the author seems to be fairly novice, (she's published a few other short stories) I can forgive it.
The atmosphere of the story, a dirty dive bar in New York where the poseurs and the punkers clash, was great.
And you do get to know Jake and Isobel, at least.
Seasoned authors have trouble not giving side characters the short end of the stick.
The ending was... Not surprising but maybe not exactly how I thought it would turn out.
A fanfiction ending, I would call it.
So, being just a tad bit of fanfiction-writing-trash...
Yeah. I did kind of expect it.
I'd read more by this author, and seeing as she has several other stories posted at Tor, I might just do that.
I only seem to read stories by authors I already know and whose books I like, but seeing as I read two awesome authors in short stories for the first time, I need to open my mind a little bit.
Highly recommended for punk rock and urban fantasy fans (*raises hand* guilty on both charges).
A/N:
If you read short stories online, review them on Goodreads, if you can be bothered. Support novice authors, because everyone gets their start somewhere.
-Z
I happened to be listening to The Misfits when I read that part so, at no fault of the author, it was hilarious.
So. Veronica Schanoes's Ballroom Blitz is the story of Jake and his eleven brothers, doomed to dwell inside of a punk dive bar after Jake, the oldest brother, beat a young man.
Possibly to death.
The bartender, Cynthia, wields dark powers, and she cursed them when they dared to defy her.
The twelve brothers must meet twelve sisters and dance and be merry for 101 nights for the curse, which keeps the brothers caged inside the bar or else burns them alive should they exit, to be lifted.
Enter Isobel.
And her eleven sisters.
Yeah, so that description had me in about five seconds.
The character development is...
Well, non-existent, but seeing as the author seems to be fairly novice, (she's published a few other short stories) I can forgive it.
The atmosphere of the story, a dirty dive bar in New York where the poseurs and the punkers clash, was great.
And you do get to know Jake and Isobel, at least.
Seasoned authors have trouble not giving side characters the short end of the stick.
The ending was... Not surprising but maybe not exactly how I thought it would turn out.
A fanfiction ending, I would call it.
So, being just a tad bit of fanfiction-writing-trash...
Yeah. I did kind of expect it.
I'd read more by this author, and seeing as she has several other stories posted at Tor, I might just do that.
I only seem to read stories by authors I already know and whose books I like, but seeing as I read two awesome authors in short stories for the first time, I need to open my mind a little bit.
Highly recommended for punk rock and urban fantasy fans (*raises hand* guilty on both charges).
A/N:
If you read short stories online, review them on Goodreads, if you can be bothered. Support novice authors, because everyone gets their start somewhere.
-Z
June 4, 2015
A punk rock retelling of the Twelve Dancing Prince(esse)s. Like a lot of short stories, I wanted this to be a little longer than it is, give the story a little room to breathe and to give the comedown from the denouement some expansion...but it's also possible the story's frenetic pace fits with the author's vision. In any case, it's an interesting re-envisioning, one I've been thinking about and chewing over since I finished the story and I like the ultimate intersection of love and what it can fix and what it can't.
Shelved as 'coletâneas-coletados'
February 3, 2024Li aqui (talvez o link esteja fora do ar, mas é só por o link em alguma máquina do tempo que aparece), marquei lido aqui: Some of the Best from Tor.com, 2015 edition.
Acho meio engraçado quando passa tanto tempo em um conto, que é uma história curta. Certo que as coisas omitidas do conto de fato não são necessárias pra história fazer sentido, mas eu acabo achando tudo meio corrido. Gostaria de ter tido algumas explicações que não tive (o que/quem é a bartender, quanto tempo passou desde o princípio da maldição dos meninos, e essas meninas vieram de onde), mas talvez não queria nem essa história.
Acho meio engraçado quando passa tanto tempo em um conto, que é uma história curta. Certo que as coisas omitidas do conto de fato não são necessárias pra história fazer sentido, mas eu acabo achando tudo meio corrido. Gostaria de ter tido algumas explicações que não tive (o que/quem é a bartender, quanto tempo passou desde o princípio da maldição dos meninos, e essas meninas vieram de onde), mas talvez não queria nem essa história.
April 10, 2017
A retelling of the 12 dancing sisters except the main characters are 12 dancing brothers, and they've been cursed to stay in the same bar forever unless the same 12 girls dance with them for 101 nights. A fun, quick read that can be read for free here: http://www.tor.com/2015/04/01/ballroo...
January 4, 2016
Stark and grim fairy tale, but with a neat punk rock sensibility.
July 4, 2015
This was kind of amazing!
August 13, 2016
It's a good story, but it is not as twisted and surprising as Burning Girls and Among the Thorns. That being said, it is a punkrock fairytale so I recommend you read it anyway.
December 27, 2017
We all wore boots, come to that, engineering boots or motorcycle boots or combat boots or Doc Martens, as though we had to be ready for a forced march. And we may have been under a curse, but I remember us always laughing.
A punk retelling of the twelve dancing princesses? sign me up. I really enjoyed this short story as I knew I would, In fact it's a new favorite for me personally. I don't know if everyone who reads this will find as much meaning with it and identify with it the way that I do, but after reading to it and listening to the so so glo's and reading the author's live journal post about it . . . it's safe to say i'm a little bit obsessed with it.
For the sake of this review, I will say that if you love fairytale retellings with a lot of grit and edge (and let's be real, fairytales are already pretty dark to begin with) but also don't mind a hopeful ending, this is for you.
A punk retelling of the twelve dancing princesses? sign me up. I really enjoyed this short story as I knew I would, In fact it's a new favorite for me personally. I don't know if everyone who reads this will find as much meaning with it and identify with it the way that I do, but after reading to it and listening to the so so glo's and reading the author's live journal post about it . . . it's safe to say i'm a little bit obsessed with it.
For the sake of this review, I will say that if you love fairytale retellings with a lot of grit and edge (and let's be real, fairytales are already pretty dark to begin with) but also don't mind a hopeful ending, this is for you.
June 6, 2017
Twelve brothers are under a curse as punishment for the eldest's violent temper, bound to remain within the walls of a rock club for all eternity - unless they can win their freedom. And it isn't as fun as it sounds: they are unable to see sunlight, unable to sleep properly, trapped in a crushing rhythm of waking broken and miserable, slaving to clean up the club, and healing just in time to revel in another long night's chaos. Even when they're worn to the bone, they have to dance. They can't stop. They can't escape. They can't die, and God knows one or two of them have tried. But then, one night, twelve sisters come into the club and the boys begin to hope that their salvation has arrived. Fairy tale meets rock dive, this is self-consciously cool, even if it only really has one note: a tale of squalor, love, hope and music above all.
August 26, 2018
And the man at the back said, "Everyone attack"
And it turned into a ballroom blitz
And the girl in the corner said, "Boy, I wanna warn ya"
It'll turn into a ballroom blitz
Ballroom blitz
The Sweet - Ballroom Blitz
Author Schanoes takes the iconic 70's punk anthem and crafts a modern day fairy tale that's equal parts vulgar (it takes place in a seedy, drug infested punk bar) and beautiful. The fairy tale element is reminiscent of Grimm's The Twelve Brothers, who are rescued by their twelve sisters. Here, the degenerate older brother of a dozen is cursed never to leave the bar in which he started a nasty fight. The dissolute lifestyle of the punk brothers loses its glamour quickly when they realize they are trapped.
I warmed to the characters slowly. By the ending, I was happy.
And it turned into a ballroom blitz
And the girl in the corner said, "Boy, I wanna warn ya"
It'll turn into a ballroom blitz
Ballroom blitz
The Sweet - Ballroom Blitz
Author Schanoes takes the iconic 70's punk anthem and crafts a modern day fairy tale that's equal parts vulgar (it takes place in a seedy, drug infested punk bar) and beautiful. The fairy tale element is reminiscent of Grimm's The Twelve Brothers, who are rescued by their twelve sisters. Here, the degenerate older brother of a dozen is cursed never to leave the bar in which he started a nasty fight. The dissolute lifestyle of the punk brothers loses its glamour quickly when they realize they are trapped.
I warmed to the characters slowly. By the ending, I was happy.
October 2, 2019
Beautiful prose (will be reading more by this author. Seriously. Prose is GREAT).
Something very lacking in it, for me, though. Might have worked if I were a bigger dance music/scene person and could... project that onto this. Found it difficult to get much of a sense of character, and the ending took it right out of the realm of SFF for me.
Something very lacking in it, for me, though. Might have worked if I were a bigger dance music/scene person and could... project that onto this. Found it difficult to get much of a sense of character, and the ending took it right out of the realm of SFF for me.
September 27, 2019
But I remembered. I remembered nights when we danced on tongues of flame and angels, when the world opened up and was ours for the taking, when sparks shot through the air, when drumbeats were gasoline and I had a book of matches.
A very well written story
A very well written story
September 8, 2017
A fun fairy tale. The descriptions are great, and I love the take on the twelve dancing princesses story.
March 11, 2018
Beautifully painful and painfully beautiful.
Not a review, just thinking out loud: http://www.sosayethallie.com/blog/ver...
Not a review, just thinking out loud: http://www.sosayethallie.com/blog/ver...
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