‘The Specialist’s Hat’ by Kelly Link
This is that rarest of things: a disappointing Kelly Link story. It is quite slippery though, which puts it up on most of the stories in here.
Quality: **
Slipperiness: ***
Both Links’ short story collection – Stranger Things Happen (which includes this story) and Magic For Beginners – are available to download for free from Small Beer Press. Do so at once.
Written by Martin
13 October 2008 at 11:47
Posted in sf, short stories
Tagged with feeling very strange, kelly link, sf, stories
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Funny, I completely disagree with you – I find it not slippery at all, but scary as hell, and therefore a win.
chance
13 October 2008 at 17:43
It is certainly creepy but scary? Nah, the dad is too cartoony for that. It isn’t a bad story but it gets extra harsh treatment cos this is Link we are talking about.
Martin
13 October 2008 at 23:37
Every Link dad is cartoony – I just pretend they aren’t.
chance
15 October 2008 at 17:34