Missing Links in “Where You End” – Chicago Review of Books

Missing Links in “Where You End” – Chicago Review of Books

[ad_1] Abbott Kahler’s debut thriller, Where You End, follows the twenty-two-year-old Bird sisters after a car accident leaves Kat with no memories save the name and face of her twin, Jude; remnants of the unique language they have shared since childhood; and an unexplained ability to defend herself. The story is comprised of Kat’s perspective … Read more

Enchanted Retellings in Kelly Link’s “White Cat, Black Dog” – Chicago Review of Books

Enchanted Retellings in Kelly Link’s “White Cat, Black Dog” – Chicago Review of Books

[ad_1] Kelly Link’s fiction always brings to my mind the old-timey phrase “spinning a yarn.” Although I’ve learned this idiom has nautical origins, for me, it evokes spindles, spinning wheels, and the realm of folktales. And while Link tends to reinvent her own style so that no two stories are alike, all of them can … Read more