“Skeleton Song” by Seanan McGuire

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Story can be read on-line: https://www.tor.com/2022/10/26/skeleton-song-seanan-mcguire/

Rating: 3/5 Stars

Part of the author’s Wayward Children series, this short story tells the story of a boy who stumbles into a world where skeletons come to life at night due to singing of songs. The boy had a terminal illness that was cured by the Princess of the land, and he decides to stay there, the only person with living flesh in a world of living bones. When he confesses his love for the Princess, and she brings him to see her parents, they learn the secret of turning flesh to bone while still retaining the memories of a life in flesh. Now all they have to do is to execute the secret.

Story read from 2023/05/30 to 2023/05/30