This tiny short story is a cute little parable about how to respond to 2016 devastating election result. It's written in Valente's distinctive Fairyland voice, but the metaphor is pretty thinly veiled. Say "no" to tyranny and "yes" to community, she concludes. ( )

This piece is gorgeous. This was Valente's reaction to people telling her "stop talking about politics and go back to writing about you Fairyland." This is gorgeous, chilling, heart-breaking and heart-mending. It's about hope and strength, about being defeated and not-defeated-at-all. It's about holding on and fighting back, how fighting changes depending on what board, and how to never let go while waiting and acting.

No spoilers. This is a free internet Valente read and one of those exact reasons I'll read Valente until I die. ( )

KEEP FIGHTING ( )

I really liked this.
The narrator's voice was wonderful.
I will for sure be reading this series to my grandkids.
How charming and sweet. ( )

Diese Kurzgeschichte gibt es nur als pdf auf der Homepage der Autorin - mit dem ausdrücklichen Hinweis: "This story may be read, reprinted, excerpted, exchanged, and otherwise disseminated for free, forever."

Angesiedelt im Fairyland, kurz nach der Machtübernahme durch die Marquess, unterhalten sich der Grüne Wind, sein Leopard und der Wyverary A-Through-L über die Zukunft nach der Niederlage gegen die Marquess. Geschrieben wurde der Text im November 2016, und parallelen zur amerikanischen Politik sind nicht zufällig gewählt. Aus meiner Sicht: gelungen. ( )