Wondrous beings inhabit these woods - creatures born of mythic fable and the mortal subconscious: a snow woman beckons; a scientist succumbs to an age-old madness, tale-tellers weave extraordinary yarns of terrifying primal power. Explore a dark and secret place where daemons roam, where conjurers work their awesome pagan magic in eight stunning short stories of exhilarating imagination by the acclaimed author of Lavondyss and the World Fantasy Award-winning classic Mythago Wood.
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[The sound of his son's excited shouting woke Huxley abruptly at three in the morning (THE BONE FOREST)]***
(Gateway, ebook, 29 October 2012, first published 1991), bought from Amazon)
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The Bone Forest is nowhere near as good as the other Mythago Wood books, Mythago Wood and Lavondyss. I was really disappointed.
The only decent stories in this collection are the title piece, The Bone Forest and Scarrowfell. Of these, The Bone Forest is the better.
The Bone Forest is a novella that serves as a prequal of sorts to the first book, Mythago Wood, looking at the father of Stephen and Christopher, his increasing obsession with Ryhope Wood and how the brothers are exposed to it. This is a great tale.
The other stories were okay but nothing special. They are inspired by the myths and worlds created with the books but just weren't special.
I hope book four, The Hollowing fares better.
