By Robin McKinley and Peter Dickinson.
This is an anthology of six stories, three by McKinley and three by Dickinson. Five of them have what I would call happy endings; one of them is ambivalent.
"Mermaid Song." I love the image of the helpless one being helped.
"The Sea-King's Son." Romeo and Juliet where one breathes air and the other...
"Sea Serpent." This is the ambivalent one; I'm not sure I understand the point of it, or really appreciate it.
"Water Horse." This one is also odd, but not quite as bad.
"Kraken." A creature of cold and darkness that isn't what you would think.
"A Pool in the Desert." A story of Damar, this one plants the Homeland straight in the late 20th century. (They watch TV and have computers!) It maybe doesn't make perfect sense and "King Tor the Just and Powerful" gets a little tired after a while, but it's cute like almost everything by McKinley.
All in all, a fairly good collection, I think. Once again, not real deep, but quite satisfactory as entertainment. I should have checked it out sooner, perhaps.
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