Once upon a time, Rudyard Kipling's Just So Stories-fantastical yarns of wondrous creatures in faraway places-bewitched children across the world. But times change. Today, Kipling's writing tells us a different tale; of a love of Empire, and the troubling legacy of British colonialism.
In Not So Stories, writers of colour from around the world reclaim these stories and remake them into something new. Something different. Something that belongs to us all.
Including stories by Adiwijaya Iskandar, Joseph Elliott-Coleman, Raymond Gates, Stewart Hotston, Zina Hutton, Georgina Kamsika, Cassandra Khaw, Paul Krueger, Tauriq Moosa, Jeannette Ng, Ali Nouraei, Wayne Santos, Zedeck Siew and Achala Upendran, with illustrations by Woodrow Phoenix and a foreword by Nikesh Shukla.
(P) Penguin Audio and Rebellion Publishing 2020
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"There is a lot to enjoy here. A book whose time has come..." -- Suroor Alikhan * Talking About Books * "For any adult who was charmed by Kipling as a child." * Starburst Magazine * "Whether you love or can't stand Kipling, this is a terrific book." * The B&N Sci-Fi and Fantasy Blog * Funny, touching, and often profound. * Tor.com * Fantastical fables about why things are the way they are, like Just So Stories but without all the British Colonialism. -- Alex Wells, Bookriot -- Alex Wells * Book Riot *
Foreword, Nikesh Shukla
How the Spider Got Her Legs, Cassandra Khaw
Queen, Joseph Elliott-Coleman
Best Beloved, Wayne Santos
The Man Who Played With the Crab, Adiwijaya Iskandar
Sasra, Georgina Kamsika
Serpent, Crocodile, Tiger, Zedeck Siew
How the Tree of Wishes Gained its Carapace of Plastic, Jeannette Ng
How the Ants Got Their Queen, Stewart Hotston
How the Snake Lost its Spine, Tauriq Moosa
The Cat Who Walked by Herself, Achala Upendran
Strays Like Us, Zina Hutton
How the Simurgh Won Her Tail, Ali Nouraei
There is Such Thing as a Whizzy-Gang, Raymond Gates
How the Camel Got Her Paid Time Off, Paul Krueger
Born in Australia, David Thomas Moore has lived and worked in the UK since the mid-nineties, and has been writing for roleplaying magazines, fiction websites and short story anthologies for around the same time. He lives in Reading with his wife Tamsin and daughter Beatrix. You're glad you met him.
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