Dragon’s Seed (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Madison Smartt Bell
- First Published: 1990
- Type of Plot: Fantasy
- Time of Work: The late twentieth century
- Setting: Somewhere in the United States
- Principal Characters: Mackie Loudon, Jason Sturges, Gil
- Genres: Short fiction, Fantasy
- Subjects: Children, Mythology or myths, Sex or sexuality, Child abuse, Mental illness, Violence, Missing persons, Fantasy, Personality, Disasters, Fire, Devils or demons, Sculpting or sculptors, Mental institutions, hospitals or asylums, Arson, Demoniac possession
- Locales: United States
The Story
Mackie Loudon lives alone in her cluttered house in a neglected neighborhood of what appears to be a good-sized town or small city somewhere in the United States. She is a sculptor who continues to create, even though no one any longer stops by to purchase or even to see her work. Indeed, no one visits her ramshackle house, not even her husband, son, or grandchildren, whom Mackie sees only occasionally and then only in dreams. The townspeople find her odd as she forages for anything of interest in the street or shops for her food at a nearby Asian store. She wears...
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