Student Presentations on Fantasy Magazine!

My students in Shanghai have just finished Day 1 of their Oral Presentations on Fantasy Literature.  They’re recommending stories to one another via aesthetic argument from the online magazine Beneath Ceaseless Skies (Twitter: @BCSmagazine).  They need to introduce (but not give away) the opening story, its main characters, the story’s major issues and themes, its magic and world, and its relation to other texts we studied this term.  At the end, students will vote on the presentation (and story) that persuaded them best.    

 

Here are the ones they recommended today!

The Mouth of the Oyster http://www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/the-mouth-of-the-oyster/# Truth as a Prize http://www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/truth-as-a-prize/ Rivers Run Free http://www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/rivers-run-free/ The Hummingbird Temple http://www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/the-hummingbird-temple/ Who Goes Against a Waste of Waters http://www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/who-goes-against-a-waste-of-waters/ The Thirty-Eight-Hundred Bone Coat http://www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/the-thirty-eight-hundred-bone-coat/ It’s Easy to Shoot A Dog http://www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/its-easy-to-shoot-a-dog/ System, Magic, Spirit http://www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/system-magic-spirit-by-t-d-edge/ Carnival Nine http://www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/carnival-nine/ A Cup of Comfort http://www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/a-cup-of-comfort/ The Iron Eels http://www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/the-iron-eels/ The Petals of the Godflower http://www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/the-petals-of-the-godflower/ Three Little Foxes http://www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/three-little-foxes/ Sea of Dreams http://www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/sea-of-dreams/ The God-Death of Halla http://www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/the-god-death-of-halla-by-tina-connolly/