★★★☆☆ Average
(Chinese Historical Fantasy; Pan Bao and Jing) Pan Bao, his daughter Jin, and their companion Mei Li, a snake devil in human form, come to a village to try to help a magistrate reported to be insane. (7,301 words; Time: 24m)
Recommended By: RHorton+1
Although part of a series, this story stands alone just fine.
"An Account of the Madness of the Magistrate, Chengdhu Village," by Richard Parks [bio] (edited by Scott H. Andrews), appeared in Beneath Ceaseless Skies issue 250, published on April 19, 2018.
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Pro: Pan Bao does all the work in this story, and violence is never needed.
Con: The plot is almost completely linear. The characters never encounter a problem that troubles them for more than a few paragraphs.
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Con: The plot is almost completely linear. The characters never encounter a problem that troubles them for more than a few paragraphs.
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Richard Parks Info: Interviews, Websites, ISFDB, FreeSFOnline
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