★★★☆☆ Those Three Girls from Rush's Bend, by Seanan McGuire
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Those Three Girls from Rush's Bend
Seanan McGuire
Those Three Girls from Rush's Bend is Seanan McGuire's Patreon reward for April, 2022. It's a brief fairy tale, 8 pages long, about three creatures of McGuire's imagination -- girls, the title says, but they are not exactly that. The setting and story are essentially the place where fairy tales live, Once Upon a Time, 昔々ある 所で. It is a little more consciously dream-like than most fairy tales, but clearly Rush's Bend is meant to evoke them. It's a story of self-discovery for three pretty girls who are the best of friends.