'Sword Stone Table: Old Legends, New Voices' - Edited by Swapna Krishna and Jenn Northington

 5 stars!

Book Blurb:

"Featuring stories by a bestselling, cross-genre assortment of the most exciting writers working today, an anthology of gender-bent, race-bent, LGBTQIA+, and inclusive retellings from the vast lore surrounding King Arthur, Camelot, and the Knights of the Round Table.  

Here you'll find the Lady of the Lake reimagined as an albino Ugandan sorceress and the Lady of Shalott as a wealthy, isolated woman in futuristic Mexico City; you'll see Excalibur rediscovered as a baseball bat that grants a washed-up minor leaguer a fresh shot at glory and as a lost ceremonial drum that returns to a young First Nations boy the power and the dignity of his people. There are stories set in Gilded Age Chicago, '80s New York, twenty-first century Singapore, and space; there are lesbian lady knights, Arthur and Merlin reborn in the modern era for a second chance at saving the world and falling in love--even a coffee shop AU.

Brave, bold, and groundbreaking, the stories in Sword Stone Table will bring fresh life to beloved myths and give long-time fans a chance to finally see themselves in their favorite legends."

Review:

This collection of re-tellings of King Arthur and Merlin tales is an absolute must-read for all fans of Camelot!  With so many stories to choose from, there's something for everyone. These are LGBTQIA+ inclusive re-tellings, set in the past, the present, and the future, which also stand on their own and are enjoyable fantasy tales for readers without any knowledge of Arthur, Guinevere, Lancelot, Merlin, or the others.

My favorites: 

Passing Young and Fair by Roshani Chokshi

The Bladesmith Queen by Sarah MacLean

Jack and Brad and the Magician by Anthony Rapp

Flat White by Jessica Plummer

'Sword Stone Table' will be available on July 13, 2021.

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