Tales from the Great Turtle Author:Piers Anthony (Editor), Richard Gilliam (Editor) From Publishers Weekly — This thoughtfully produced anthology presents fantasy stories on American Indian themes by both Indian and non-Indian authors, five of whom make their debuts here. Stories are grouped into four sections that parallel a river's course, from "Headwaters" to "Destinations"-an apt metaphor that traces the trajectory of the Na... more »tive experience. With a fluidity like that of the river itself, the volume ultimately takes on a force all its own. Fantasy fans will readily warm to this entertaining work, as will the growing audience for books about the indigenous peoples of the Americas.
Contents:
-- "Tortoise shell" / Piers Anthony;
-- "Where there are hummingbirds" / Anna Kirwan-Vogel;
-- "A fire in the heart" / Lawrence Schimel;
-- "A day in the life" / Robin M. Dinnes;
-- "Animal sounds" / Owl Goingback;
-- "Sacrifice" / Alan Riggs;
-- "Cherokee dreaming" / Billie Sue Mosiman;
-- "The woman who loved a bear" / Jane Yolen;
-- "Man who bleeds tears" / R.K. Partain;
-- "The bison riders" / Brad Linaweaver;
-- "The old ways" / Ed Gorman;
-- "Lost Cherokee" / Steve Rasnic Tem;
-- "The Kemosabee" / Mike Resnick;
-- "Going after Old Man Alabama" / William Sanders;
-- "Counting coup" / Jack Dann;
-- "Snake medicine" / Caroline Rhodes;
-- "Mother called it daddy's junkyard" / Debra White Plume;
-- "Gator bait" / Jay Littlehawk;
-- "Muuki, a children's story" / George Guthridge and Meredith Raymond;
-- "Nuniva" / Merle Apassingok;
-- "Patterns" / Esther M. Friesner;
-- "The end of childhood" / James David Audlin;
-- "Paints her dreams" / Gabriel Horn (White Deer of Autumn);
-- "Monuments to the dead" / Kristine Kathryn Rusch;
-- "With White Deer gone" / Rick Wilber;
-- "Turtle woman" / Gerald Hausman;
-- "Paul Bunyan dreams" / Alan Rodgers;
-- "It's what you need" / Pamela Sargent;
-- "Unto the valley of day-glo" / Nicholas A. DiChario.« less