Seven Weird Sisters by Charles de Lint

[King Bob]

I got this one because there was always a full shelf of his books at Recycle, and I've been curious for a while. It's about a girl (and her six sisters) who live in Appalachia, down the hill from a wise old woman who she befriends. Then she sees a fairy in the woods. Of course she gets tangled up in a fairy conflict, and has to find a way out of it. It was entertaining. It's pretty much a longish short story, but the illustrations (nice, and by that guy who often works with Neil Gaiman) made the book look like a novel. It was entertaining. The style was like Simak's down home tales, or Manley Wade Wellman, but not as dark.

Recommended as a quick read if you like what I've compared it to. I may read some more by the author, but I fear they might be series.