“The Red Mother” by Elizabeth Bear

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Story can be read on-line: https://www.tor.com/2021/06/23/the-red-mother-elizabeth-bear/

Rating: 3/5 Stars

Set in Iceland, the story leads a male witch on a trail to find his brother to inform him that he has been pardoned for a crime which got him exiled. But he finds the trail leads to a farm which tells him he has to deal with a volcano and obtain an elixir from it before he can talk to his brother.

An interesting story that weaves together magic, compassion for a lame, potentially sacrificial horse and the telling of riddles.

Story read from 2021/11/25 to 2022/11/26