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    The Forest Is Crying
    The Forest Is Crying
    The Forest Is Crying
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    The Forest Is Crying

    By Charles de Lint

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    Short story, originally published in The Earth Strikes Back, Mark Zeising Books, 1994. First time in ebook format.

     

    With the recent death of a client social worker Chris Dennison realizes he's hitting burn out in his job but he can't seem to pull himself out of the downward spiral he's falling into. He's ready to walk away from it all until he meets a girl who shouldn't exist, who tries to show him that if he doesn't like the answers he's getting, maybe he's asking the wrong questions.

     

    "One of the most original fantasy writers currently working."—Booklist

     

    "Charles de Lint is the modern master of urban fantasy. Folktale, myth, fairy 

    tale, dreams, urban legend—all of it adds up to pure magic in de Lint's vivid, 

    original world. No one does it better."—Alice Hoffman

     

    "De Lint creates an entirely organic mythology that seems as real as the folklore 

    from which it draws."—Publishers Weekly, starred review

     

    "De Lint is a romantic; he believes in the great things, faith, hope, and charity 

    (especially if love is included in that last), but he also believes in the power of 

    magic—or at least the magic of fiction—to open our eyes to a larger world."—Edmonton Journal

     

    "It's hard not to feel encouraged to be a better person after reading a book by 

    Ottawa's Charles de Lint."—Halifax Chronicle Herald

     

    "If Ottawa-area author Charles de Lint didn't create the contemporary fantasy, he certainly defined it. …writer-musician-artist-folklorist de Lint has lifted our accepted reality and tipped it just enough sideways to show the possibilities that lie beneath the surface… Unlike most fantasy writers who deal with battles between ultimate good and evil, de Lint concentrates on smaller, very personal conflicts. Perhaps this is what makes him accessible to the non-fantasy audience as well as the hard-core fans. Perhaps it's just damned fine writing." 

    —Quill & Quire

     

    "In de Lint's capable hands, modern fantasy becomes something other than escapism. It becomes folk song, the stuff of urban myth."

    ―The Phoenix Gazette

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCharles de Lint
    Release dateJun 27, 2020
    ISBN9781989741009
    The Forest Is Crying
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    Charles de Lint

    Charles de Lint and his wife, the artist MaryAnn Harris, live in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. His evocative novels, including Moonheart, Forests of the Heart, and The Onion Girl, have earned him a devoted following and critical acclaim as a master of contemporary magical fiction in the manner of storytellers like John Crowley, Jonathan Carroll, Alice Hoffman, Ray Bradbury, and Isabel Allende.

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      The Forest Is Crying - Charles de Lint

      The Forest Is Crying

      The Forest Is Crying

      Charles de Lint

      Triskell Press

      TRISKELL PRESS

      P.O. Box 9480

      Ottawa, ON

      Canada K1G 3V2

      www.triskellpress.com

      First published in The Earth Strikes Back, edited by Richard Chizmar; Mark Zeising Books, 1994. This Triskell Press edition published in 2020.

      Copyright © 1994 Charles de Lint

      Cover photo © 2019 by Pat Harris. Cover design by MaryAnn Harris

      eISBN 978-1-989741-00-9

      All rights reserved. This book or any portion thereof may not be reproduced or used in any manner whatsoever without the express written permission of the author or publisher except for the use of brief quotations in critical articles or reviews.

      This is a work of fiction. Names, places, businesses, characters and incidents are either the product of the author’s imagination or are used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons living or dead, actual events or locales is purely coincidental.

      Contents

      A note from the author

      The Forest Is Crying

      Mailing list

      About the Author

      Other Books by Charles de Lint

      for MaryAnn

      A note from the author

      It’s been a quarter of a century since The Forest Is Crying first appeared in The Earth Strikes Back: New Tales of Ecological Horror, a collection from Mark Zeising Books edited by Richard Chizmar. 

      Back then the ecological crisis wasn't at the forefront of most people's minds and, sadly, what seemed like an emerging concern in the early '90s is now reaching catastrophic proportions. With such clear evidence of climate change around the planet, awareness has grown a great deal, so all these decades later this story might tend to overstate the obvious. Regardless, a large segment of people in the world still deny climate change—unwilling to make adjustments in their lifestyle, preferring to ignore science because it will inconvenience them. 

      I'm unsure how dire the signs have to get before these people, politicians and corporations start to get it, but for the rest of us, as we reduce our own harmful habits, let's continue to pressure our political leaders to make environmental protection an absolute priority.

      * * *

      Special thanks to MaryAnn for her usual excellent job of fine-tuning the story and creating the cover. Its genesis was a photograph taken by her brother, Pat Harris, in Costa Rica, where the outgoing tide leaves magical temporary landscapes etched in the sand. Seeing Pat's beautiful photographs made me think of this story and gave me the impetus to publish it under its own banner, so to speak. Thanks, Paddy! Much gratitude goes out as well to our pal Kin Jee for his eagle-eyed typo spotting.

      We live in trying times so I hope that you, my cherished readers, persevere in bringing hope and kindness into the world, and remember to take

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