He was so unconstrained in his ability to develop a world with just enough charm and beauty to win us all over. I admire Silverstein’s massive fantasy world of freedom. I can dream up stories about real people and situations and have written several, but to have an imagination where animals and things can talk, have emotions, interact in peculiar ways… to find the words to compare and contrast… to describe and draw precious creations… is true talent. From the brilliant characters to the alliteration and rhyme, to the memorable lines and funny situations, it’s one of those books where you will find something new each time you read it. What a wonderful book to read with children at any age that is, both any age for the reader and the children! I first read this book when I was about 10-years-old, and then again in college. 4+ of 5 stars to Where the Sidewalk Ends, a collection of poetry published in 1974 by Shel Silverstein.
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Vigil was nominated for the Dublin Literary Award in 2018. In February 2021, Tartarus Press published The Tallow-Wife and Other Tales, the third mosaic collection in the Sourdough world series.Īngela is also the author of the supernatural crime novels from Jo Fletcher Books/Hachette International: Vigil (2016), Corpselight (2017) and Restoration (2018), as well as nine other short story collections, including The Girl with No Hands and Other Tales, Sourdough and Other Stories, The Bitterwood Bible and Other Recountings, A Feast of Sorrows: Stories, and The Heart is a Mirror for Sinners and Other Stories. Both are gothic fantasies set in the world of the Sourdough and Bitterwood collections. That will be followed by Morwood in 2022. Angela Slatter is the author of All The Murmuring Bones (Titan Books). Jack escapes to Fiji only to be tracked down by a bounty hunter employed by the British Government to round up escaped convicts. 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