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The folk of the forest, they ask it of me
How many strawberries grow in the salt sea?
And I make reply with a tear in my eye
How many tall ships sail the forest?
— Northumberland Ballad
[— The Folk of the Forest, by Michael Moorcock]

this was an okay selection of stories; the first one was fine, points for the lesbians, & i enjoyed the shaman & the antelope spirit, but the author's attempts at tying it in with actual mongol history felt clunky. i liked chak muuch a lot, a very fun mayan s&s story featuring weird forest constructs. the last one felt weirdly juvenile? very unimpressive prose, w a protag who read like a jealous 16 yr old girl

only read two of the stories in this so far but i enjoyed them both. there's a quote about elric of melnibone in the editor's review that i rly loved but won't quote until my final review.