Alexandra Duncan

Duncan has had a series of well-wrought stories in F&SF of late, and this is no exception.

An interesting setting, part feudal-fantasy, part SF.

Remote countryside horror – there’s a small doorway at the back of a cave, and, as you might expect, nothing good is going to come of looking behind the door.

A beautifully told story of a young girl living in remote, bucolic splendour, who finally gets a glimpse of the larger world out there.