A review by mariahaskins
Speaking to Skull Kings and Other Stories by Emily B. Cataneo

5.0

Cataneo's dark, weird, and fantastical stories defy easy description, bending history and reality and old fairytales into new shapes. There's the Russian revolution - but skewed as if seen through a magical lens. There's France - but a France where women have wings attached to their flesh and bone. There's old Europe, haunted by an ominous Dark, where the population of a city looks to bird-men for salvation. Cataneo weaves together all these strands of history and magic, horror and fairytale, into something truly unique and captivating.