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Kathleen Jennings: The Wonderful Stag, or the Courtship of Red Elsie (2021, Tom Doherty Associates) 3 stars

In a fairy tale equal parts gorgeous and gruesome, village couples seek approval for marriage …

A fairy tale story with a mix of jealousy and horror.

3 stars

A short, evocative fairy tale with horror elements about a stag who gives rings to those whose marriage it approves of. But one man desperately want to wed one particular woman, but is thwarted, for the stag eludes him. Until one day, he hatches a terrible plan to get a ring, whose outcome would lead to a horrifying punishment.