White Cat, Black Dog

White Cat, Black Dog is Kelly Link's first book since winning a MacArthur "genius" grant in 2018, and it is well worth the wait. The seven short stories in this collection are loosely inspired by fairy tales such as "The Musicians of Bremen" (in "The White Road," a troupe of performers travel across a post-apocalyptic United States) and "Snow-White and Rose-Red" (a graduate student takes over a mysterious house-sitting gig deep in the Vermont woods in "Skinder's Veil"). Link truly is one of the most imaginative writers I've ever read, and White Cat, Black Dog already has a guaranteed spot on my top ten books of 2023 list. Saturated in wonder, these absorbing tales will keep you on the edge of your seat as you're reading and stay in your mind long after you've finished the book.