Ludmilla Petrushevskaya is one of Russia’s leading contemporary fiction writers. For example, what is a 200-year-old vampire doing in southern Italy? Or, what happens when a family of minotaurs takes the Oregon Trail? Or, what if all of the American presidents were reincarnated as horses in the same stable? Ludmilla Petrushevskaya
Lucy’s Home for Girls Raised by Wolvesand Vampires in the Lemon Grove. I love these collections because several of these magical realism short stories take characters that we know from popular culture or mythology and place them in settings where they don’t belong. Karen Russell is another powerhouse among magical realism authors. Some of her most notable collections of magical realism short stories are The Girl in the Flammable Skirt, Willful Creatures, and The Color Master, though she also has written several book-length works. Her stories generally take place in America, but not always, and they bend reality in a way that is not quite surreal, but will leave the reader wondering…”Wait, what happened? No, I mean, WHY did that happen?” My favorite of her works is “The Rememberer,” in which the protagonist’s lover begins to experience reverse-evolution. This fantastic queen is also a staple among magical realism authors. The characters are not astounded by the presence of what seems (to the reader) magical. Magical elements are introduced to the world of the story, and the characters in the world treat them as though they are real, a part of their crappy world. I tried to reduce the definition to its most simplistic qualities: the world of the story is realistic, just like this one, or maybe a little worse. How do you define magical realism short stories? The term “ magical realism” itself seems to be an oxymoron: if it’s magical, how can it be real? The definition, however nebulous, depends on whom you ask. She can be reached at All posts by Mary Kay McBrayerĪs with any genre categorization, the edges of magical realism short stories are blurry.
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Her true crime novel, America’s First Female Serial Killer: Jane Toppan and the Making of a Monster is available for pre-order, and you can hear her analysis (and jokes) about scary movies on the podcast she co-founded, Everything Trying to Kill You.
Mary Kay is a belly-dancer, horror enthusiast, sideshow lover, prose writer, Christian, and literature professor from south of Atlanta.
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