Waifs and Strays
From one of the fantasy genre's greatest trailblazers, Waifs and Strays is a must-read. 

Charles de Lint's remarkable novels and shorter fiction are, in a very real sense, coming of age stories. Here, for the first time, is a collection of his stories for teen and adult readers alike. From the streets of his famed Newford to the alleys of Bordertown to the realms of Faerie, this is storytelling that will transfix and delight, with characters who will linger in the mind, many of them from his novels. Featuring an illuminating preface by acclaimed author, anthologist, and critic Terri Windling, Waifs and Strays is a must-own for de Lint fans, and an ideal introduction to his work for newcomers.
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Waifs and Strays
From one of the fantasy genre's greatest trailblazers, Waifs and Strays is a must-read. 

Charles de Lint's remarkable novels and shorter fiction are, in a very real sense, coming of age stories. Here, for the first time, is a collection of his stories for teen and adult readers alike. From the streets of his famed Newford to the alleys of Bordertown to the realms of Faerie, this is storytelling that will transfix and delight, with characters who will linger in the mind, many of them from his novels. Featuring an illuminating preface by acclaimed author, anthologist, and critic Terri Windling, Waifs and Strays is a must-own for de Lint fans, and an ideal introduction to his work for newcomers.
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Waifs and Strays

Waifs and Strays

by Charles de Lint
Waifs and Strays

Waifs and Strays

by Charles de Lint

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From one of the fantasy genre's greatest trailblazers, Waifs and Strays is a must-read. 

Charles de Lint's remarkable novels and shorter fiction are, in a very real sense, coming of age stories. Here, for the first time, is a collection of his stories for teen and adult readers alike. From the streets of his famed Newford to the alleys of Bordertown to the realms of Faerie, this is storytelling that will transfix and delight, with characters who will linger in the mind, many of them from his novels. Featuring an illuminating preface by acclaimed author, anthologist, and critic Terri Windling, Waifs and Strays is a must-own for de Lint fans, and an ideal introduction to his work for newcomers.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780142401583
Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Group
Publication date: 06/17/2004
Edition description: Reprint
Pages: 416
Product dimensions: 5.49(w) x 8.38(h) x 1.13(d)
Age Range: 12 Years

About the Author

About The Author

Charles de Lint (www.charlesdelint.com) is the author of more than seventy adult, young adult, and children’s books. Renowned as one of the trailblazers of the modern fantasy genre, he is the recipient of the World Fantasy, White Pine, Crawford, and Aurora awards. The first book of the Wildlings trilogy, Under My Skin, won the 2013 Aurora Award for Young Adult Fiction. De Lint is a poet, songwriter, performer, and folklorist, and he writes a monthly book-review column for The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction.

Table of Contents

The Mythic World of Charles de Lintxi
Author's Notexv
Tamson House1
Merlin Dreams in the Mondream Wood3
Ottawa and the Valley21
There's No Such Thing23
Sisters32
Fairy Dust73
A Wish Named Arnold83
Wooden Bones93
Otherworlds: Past and Future109
The Graceless Child111
A Tattoo on Her Heart139
Bordertown151
Stick154
May This Be Your Last Sorrow209
Newford: In and Out of the City217
One Chance220
Alone233
But for the Grace Go I250
Ghosts of Wind and Shadow272
Waifs and Strays313
Somewhere in My Mind There Is a Painting Box355
About the Author393

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