An Account of Marvels and of Beasts - Niu Sengru Ellen Lupton Juan Hormiga is a jewel

Juan Hormiga is a jewel of a story

From modernized folk tales such as "Marsyas in Flanders" and "The Legend of Madame Krasinska" to ingenious psychological hauntings such as the titular "A Phantom Lover" and "A Wicked Voice

Krištof Kintera and Martin Zet

until he’s left with only the emptiness of himself and his daily misery

and seven guests are killed in the disaster

An Account of Marvels and of Beasts - Niu Sengru Ellen Lupton Juan Hormiga is a jewelAn Account of Marvels and of Beasts by Niu Sengru, translated by Maxwell Massa 356 page paperback, 5. 5 x 8. 5 inches, published in the Empyrean Series by Sublunary ISBN 9781969287077 *** Oh, are the transformations of gods and faeries truly thus, or is it all the bewitchment of charlatans plying their art? For it is not a thing that the common knowledge touches on. As to sparrows becoming clams, pheasants becoming oysters, people becoming tigers, the