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Kitchen Ambitions
In a world where most everyday actions are done using magic, a young talented chef worships the painstaking starkness and patience required to master the magic-free Art of the Perfect Salad. But murder, sabotage and an annoying former one-night-stand keep getting in her way.
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Alex F. Fayle grew up fascinated by fairy tales and even convinced himself for a while as a teenager that he might be a changeling. He's almost certain that he sees the "wee folk" everywhere about him, but he knows better than to mess with them unless he has to. Instead he writes about them, which he hopes the wee folk see as a form of compliment and not an invitation to meddle.
*****
Alex F. Fayle grew up fascinated by fairy tales and even convinced himself for a while as a teenager that he might be a changeling. He's almost certain that he sees the "wee folk" everywhere about him, but he knows better than to mess with them unless he has to. Instead he writes about them, which he hopes the wee folk see as a form of compliment and not an invitation to meddle.
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First published February 5, 2011
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Alex F. Fayle
7 books19 followersAlex F. Fayle grew up fascinated by fairy tales and even convinced himself for a while as a teenager that he might be a changeling. He's almost certain that he sees the "wee folk" everywhere about him, but he knows better than to mess with them unless he has to. Instead he writes about them, which he hopes they see as a form of compliment and not an invitation to meddle. He can be found online at AlexWorld at http://www.alex-f-fayle.com
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December 2, 2013
This short story is a delightful snack that foodies may enjoy. This slim story tackles subjects bigger than its tiny waist and features a rather daring combination of a woman salad chef battling to become a leader in a male dominated kitchen while serving a familial society of assassins who have turned to non-magicked foods partially because of their proclivity for recreational revenge poisonings. It could make quite a film or even a stage play with the right cast and director.
It's impossible to rate such a story, so here's an explanation if how I did it: a three on the story telling scale, a minus one because the reader could be further transported inside the story with a more liberal sprinkle of humors and a plus one for some beautiful scene setting and well described details of baking, the matriarchs, and the greenhouses !
It's impossible to rate such a story, so here's an explanation if how I did it: a three on the story telling scale, a minus one because the reader could be further transported inside the story with a more liberal sprinkle of humors and a plus one for some beautiful scene setting and well described details of baking, the matriarchs, and the greenhouses !
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