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The Boy Who Plaited Manes

Nancy Springer

First published October 1986
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

Synopsis

A mysterious silent young man appears at a medieval noble house and shows a mystical ability to groom the lady's horse, then an equal talent for grooming her own hair; but when she seduces him, the lord takes vengeance.

Awards

YearAwardCategoryStatus
1987 Hugo Award Best Short Story Nominee/Finalist
1987 Locus Poll Award Best Short Story Nominee/Finalist
1987 Nebula Award Short Story Nominee/Finalist
1987 World Fantasy Award Best Short Fiction Nominee/Finalist

Publications (12)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
October 1986 The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, October 1986 Mercury Press, Inc. MAGAZINE 149
September 1987 Chance & Other Gestures of the Hand of Fate Baen Books Collection 127
September 1987 Chance & Other Gestures of the Hand of Fate Baen Books Collection 127
November 1987 The Year's Best Fantasy Stories: 13 DAW Books Anthology 223
March 1988 The Year's Best Fantasy Stories: 13 DAW Books / SFBC Anthology 167
October 1989 The Best from Fantasy & Science Fiction: A 40th Anniversary Anthology St. Martin's Press Anthology 272
May 1994 Horses! Ace Books Anthology 175
February 1997 A Century of Fantasy 1980-1989: The Greatest Stories of the Decade MJF Books Anthology 233
August 1997 The Mammoth Book of Fairy Tales Robinson Anthology 60
October 1997 The Mammoth Book of Fairy Tales Carroll & Graf Anthology
July 2013 Horses! Baen Books Anthology
May 2015 Chance and Other Gestures of the Hand of Fate Open Road Integrated Media Collection