[New post] Sentence of the Day: Story # 23, The Big Book of Classic Fantasy

anthropologist posted: " The floors of the passageways were decked with poppy-petals, so that the queen's feet would tread on purple only.-- Furnica, or the Queen of the Ants, by Carmen Sylva (1843 - 1916), translated by Gio Carval The Jules Verne story, Master Zacharius, was" Respond to this post by replying above this line New post on Kanlaon Sentence of the Day: Story # 23, The Big Book of Classic Fantasy by anthropologist The floors of the passageways were decked with poppy-petals, so that the queen's feet would tread on purple only. -- Furnica, or the Queen of the Ants, by Carmen Sylva (1843 - 1916), translated by Gio Carval The Jules Verne story, Master Zacharius, was extremely silly. The next story, by Louisa May Alcott, was something cute-sy about fairies and the Frost-King. She flew past Stories # 16, 17, 18, and 19. She liked the Hans Christian Andersen story, The Will-o-the-Wisps Are in Town, but it did not slay. She didn't read the Lewis Carroll excerpt from Through the Looking Glass because she knows that book intimately. She was on the point of cherry-picking (instead of reaching each story in order) until she got to Furnica, or the Queen of the Ants. anthropologist | August 4, 2021 at 12:52 am | Categories: anthologies, Recommended, Surprises, Women Writers | URL: https://wp.me/p1nyh-oEP Comment    See all comments    Like Unsubscribe to no longer receive posts from Kanlaon. Change your email settings at Manage Subscriptions. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: https://anthropologist.wordpress.com/2021/08/04/sentence-of-the-day-story-23-the-big-book-of-classic-fantasy/ Thanks for flying with WordPress.com