Title: A Stranger in Olondria
Author: Sofia Samatar
Genre: Second world fantasy, travel novel
Opening sentence:
I was a stranger in Olondria, I knew nothing of the splendor of its coasts, nor of Bain, the Harbor City, whose light and colors spill into the ocean like a cataract of roses.
Title: Selkie Stories Are for Losers
Author: Sofia Samatar
Published: 7. January 2013 by Strange Horizons
Read: February 15, 2014
Genre: Ehhh
Length: 3108 words, short story
Format: Free online fiction
This is the part of my 100 Short Stories in 2014 challenge.
This story is both so hopeful and sad at the same time. The review is kind of spoilery because it is really hard to talk about this short a story without spoiling something + there is very little plot and it is all about the emotions.