Household Tales (Hardcover)

Author and Artist: Rachel Linn Publisher: Meekling Press (2023) Riffing off The Brothers Grimm’s famous collection of fairy tales, Children’s and Household Tales, this Household Tales updates its tales for the 21st century, with episodes that include a dapper talking cat, a woman who births squirrels uncontrollably, and a series of quantum endings. It’s also pop-up book that includes a set of paper dolls at the end, that invites you, dear reader, to participate in its surreal adventures. "Linn’s mysterious Household Tales begins with a snowstorm that may or may not lead a couple into another dimension via tactile adventures in cut paper and feral animals. Odd and beautiful, a good read for our imaginations and our fingertips." –Kelly Froh "By a forest, in a house buried in the snow, a husband and wife enter into a dance of creation and destruction, peeling away layers of dream and desire, along with old wallpaper. So begins Rachel Linn’s wonderful little book, Household Tales. As with