A Cathedral of Myth and Bone

Posted on 02 October 2017 by Kat Howard

In these sixteen exquisite stories Kat Howard deftly weaves in and out of the countries of myth and hagiography to write the lives of women untold and unexplored.A woman being written into her boyfriend s fiction is at first flattered to be his muse, but then finds her real life literally consumed and overtaken by his A desperate young woman makes a prayer to the Saint of Sidewalks, but the miracle she receives isn t what she expected A painter spies a naked man, crouched by the Cathedral of St John the Divine, transform into a beautiful white bird and decides to paint him, and becomes involved in his curse Jeanne, a duelist and a sacred blade for God and Her holy saints, finds that the price of truth is always blood And in the novella Once, Future Howard reimagines the Arthurian romance on a modern college campus as a story that is told, and told again, until the ending is right. Best Download [ A Cathedral of Myth and Bone ] author [ Kat Howard ] For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr More reviews up on my blog Inside My Library MindThe story knows the way of its tellingAs a Whole All of these stories revolve around myths and legends and thus have a common theme of storytelling interwoven throughout all of them Every story is set in our world, but not quite It s our world but deconstructed and mixed with symbols and aspects of different stories.There s also a common theme of a story being retold through time always being the same, but also always changing More reviews up on my blog Inside My Library MindThe story knows the way of its tellingAs a Whole All of these stories revolve around myths and legends and thus have a common theme of storytelling interwoven throughout all of them Every story is set in our world, but not quite It s our world but deconstructed and mixed with symbols and aspects of different stories.There s also a common theme of a story being retold through time always being the same, but also always changing and evolving and I loved that All of these stories have women in the cen...Be skeptical when a writer writers her own introduction to her short stories, especially when she uses the word hagiography in it and its last sentences are Turn the page I have miracles to offer you I was skeptical, and for good reason I was really shocked at the praises sung of this pretentious metafictive collection of short stories that explore faith and myth I was alternately bored and annoyed with all of them I ll just mention the opening story as an example In A Life in Fiction Be skeptical when a writer writers her own introduction to her short stories, especially when she uses the word hagiography in it and its last sentences are Turn the page I have miracles to offer you I was skeptical, and for good reason I was really shocked at the praises sung of this pretentious metafictive collection of short stories that explore faith and myth I was alternately bored and annoyed with all of them I ll just mention the opening story as an example In A Life in Fictions, an unnamed woman literally disappears into the fictional stories of her boyfriend She laments, theI lived in his writing, the less I lived in the real world She loses time she forgets details about herself Eventually, she is trapped inside one story for a long time while he experiences writer s block Annoyed, she breaks up with him He becomes famous She misses the attention She agrees to be written about again but gives him one condition I ...I love Kat Howard s short stories, so of course I also love this collection I d read many of the stories before, but a stand out new one for me was Once, Future, and Authurian retelling set on a modern college campus It s so excellent And then a favorite of mine that I d already read is The Saint of the Sidewalks I actually enjoyed it eventhis time than the first.Kat Howard s stories are steeped in Catholicism, fairy tales, and female empowerment You can tell she treats each story wit I love Kat Howard s short stories, so of course I also love this collection I d read many of the stories before, but a stand out new one for me was Once, Future, and Authurian retelling set on a modern college campus I...Kat Howard has constantly shown that she can ground fantastical elements in contemporary storytelling This, along with wonderful prose and sharp characterization, is why her novels ROSES AND ROT and AN UNKINDNESS OF MAGICIANS work so well they blend those elements together without ever collapsing under the weight of either side A CATHEDRAL OF MYTH AND BONE is a collection of stories myth retellings, essentially that follow suit Most of these were previously published, but the biggest Kat Howard has constantly shown that she can ground fantastical elements in contemporary storytelling This, along with wonderful prose and sharp characterization, is why her novels ROSES AND ROT and AN UNKINDNESS OF MAGICIANS work so well they blend those elements together without ever collapsing under the weight of either side A CATHEDRAL OF MYTH AND BONE is a collection of stories myth retellings, essentially that follow suit Most of these were...I loved the breadth of short stories in this collection, but I think my favorite has to be the Arthurian cycle Kat Howard has an incredibly clever mind, and I m glad we got to see her flex her skills in these stories.I had a difficult time deciding between 3 and 4 stars I chose 4 because ultimately the great stories in this anthology outweighed the not so good And none of the stories were bad, but I just didn t understand some of them because they were so unique and out there Also, a few were good stories, but the subject matter wasnt interesting to me For example, the main novella was about Camelot, which I have never been very interested in.I really loved the prose and magical imagery in these short st I had a difficult time deciding between 3 and 4 stars I chose 4 because ultimately the great stories in this anthology outweighed the not so good And none of the stories were bad, but I just didn t understand some of them because they were so unique and out there Also, a few were good stories, but the subject matter wasnt interesting to me For example, the main novella was about Camelot, which ...This fascinating and varied collection of short stories and in one case a series of vignettes that form a novelette by Kat Howard is actually the first time I ve read a good bit of this author s work Many of these tales are memorable re envisionings of stories from literature or history, such as Arthurian legends what s in a name or a modern Joan of Arc looking for miracles in an urban setting, with the aid of Chanel Vamp and the back of a Stoli box While I felt varying levels of engage This fascinating and varied collection of short stories and in one case a series of vignettes that form a novelette by Kat Howard is actually the first time I ve read a good bit of this author s work Many of these tales are memorable re envisionings of stories from literature or history, such as Arthurian legends what s in a name or a modern J...This could have been a 4 stars collection but for some reason I hit a wall with it and it took me weeks to feel like coming back to it Something along the way made me lose interest, but I can t say what it might not have been the book itself I m also realising that I dislike novellas novelettes in my short stories collections To me, they cut the flow I skipped both of them, though I know I ll come back later to read them I did love several of the stories, especially the ones about saints.F This could have been a 4 stars collection but for some reason I hit a wall with it and it took me weeks to feel like coming back to it Something along the way made me lose interest, but I can t say what it might not have been the book itself I m also realising that I dislike novellas novelettes in my short stories collections To me, they cut the flow I skipped ...3.5 starsMy favorite stories were probably A Life in Fictions, Saints Tide, and The Saint of the Sidewalk.

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02 October 2017

Kat Howard