Returning My Sister’s Face and Other Far Eastern Tales of Whimsy and Malice

Enchantment, peril, and romance pervade the shadowy Far East, from the elegant throne room of the emperor’s palace to the humble teahouse of a peasant village. In these dozen stories of adventure and magic from the Orient, a maiden encounters an oni demon in the forest, a bride discovers her mother-in-law is a fox woman, a samurai must appease his sister’s angry ghost, strange luck is found in a jade locket, and dark and light are two sides of harmony. Introduction by Vonda N. McIntyre. Table of Contents: Daughter of Bótù The Tiger Fortune Princess A Thread of Silk The Snow Woman’s Daughter The Tanuki-Kettle Honor is a Game Mortals Play The Raven’s Brocade Shim Chung the Lotus Queen The Tears of My Mother, the Shell of My Father Year of the Fox The Archer of the Sun and the Lady of the Moon Returning My Sister’s Face