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Fire: Tales of Elemental Spirits


A Young Adult Fantasy Short Story Collection & Peter Dickinson


Subgenres & Tropes:

  • Short Story Collection,
  • Dragons,
  • Mythical Creatures,
  • Elemental Magic
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  • Elemental magic woven into short stories across different eras
  • Dragons, graveyard mysteries, and ancient creatures with a twist
  • Unexpected animal companions at the heart of fantasy adventures
Publisher Description

Master storytellers Robin McKinley and Peter Dickinson, the team behind Water: Tales of Elemental Spirits, collaborate again to create five captivating tales incorporating the element of fire.

In McKinley’s “First Flight,” a boy and his pet foogit unexpectedly take a dangerous ride on a dragon, and her “Hellhound” stars a mysterious dog as a key player in an eerie graveyard showdown.

Dickinson introduces a young man who must defeat the creature threatening his clan in “Fireworm,” a slave who saves his village with a fiery magic spell in “Salamander Man,” and a girl whose new friend, the guardian of a mystical bird, is much older than he appears in “Phoenix.”

With time periods ranging from prehistoric to present day, and settings as varied as a graveyard, a medieval marketplace and a dragon academy, these stories are sure to intrigue and delight.

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