The Ivory and the Horn

The Ivory and the Horn (1995) — A collection of 15 stories, is #6 in the Newford series chronologically.

Category (Adult or YA)[]

mixed?

Description[]

In the city of Newford, when the stars and the vibes are right, you can touch magic. Mermaids sing in the murky harbor, desert spirits crowd the night, and dreams are more real than waking. Charles de Lint began his chronicles of the extraordinary city of Newford in Memory & Dream and the short-story collection Dreams Underfoot. In The Ivory and the Horn, this uncommonly gifted craftsman weaves a new tapestry of stark realism and fond hope, mean streets and boulevards of dreams, where you will rediscover the power of love and longing, of wishes and desires, and of the magic that hovers at the edge of everyday life. ~ Goodreads | The Ivory and the Horn (Newford, #6)

Themes[]

World-Building[]

Settings[]

Newford

Supernatural / Mythical Elements[]

Mermaids, desert spirits, dryads, Faeries, Otherworld,

Characters[]

The Ivory and the Horn by Charles de Lint ~ Shelfari

Characters	What	About
Jilly Coppercorn	Artist	formerly a homeless girl with a dark past
Maisie	Former street dweller	looks after Tommy and a pack of stray dogs
Tommy	homeless man	mentally impaired; Maisie adopts and takes care of
Sophie Etoile	Artist, part Faerie	Artist and friend of Jilly's who has faeirie blood; has serial dreams: visits the city of Mabon in the dream world;
Chris Dennison	social worker	Burned out
Brenda	Depressed anorexic woman	encounters an evil spirit
Wendy St. James	Poet	friends with Jilly and Sophie
Lou Fucceri	Cop	does his best to help get kids off of the streets
'Angel', Angelina Marceau	Runs a youth distress center	does what she can to get kids off of the streets and into a sponsorship program
Jaime	vigilante	seeks those who prey on the weak and vulnerable
Christy Riddell	Author	collector of urban legends and myths, Geordie's brother
Geordie Riddell	Musician	Christy's brother
Meran Kelledy	Cerin's wife	some suspect of being a dryad
Cerin Kelledy	musician	Meran's husband who's suspected of having magical powers
Jeck	dreamworld resident	Sophie's dreamworld boyfriend

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Cover Artists[]

Terri Windling: 1995, Tor—Hard Cover
Terri Windling: 1996, Tor—Paperback
John Jude Palencar: 2007 by Orb Books—Paperback
Gary Lippincott: Newford Stories omnibus, 1999 by Science Fiction Book Club

~ Source: Bibliography: The Ivory and the Horn

Publishing Information[]

Publishers: Tor Books, Orb Books

Hardcover, First Ed., 338 pages, Pub: March 15th 1996 by Tor Books—ISBN: 0812534085
Paperback, 320 pages, Pub: October 2nd 2007 by Orb Books—ISBN: 076531679X

Table of Contents[]

13 • Introduction (Dreams Underfoot) • (1992) • essay by Terri Windling

15 • "Waifs and Strays" (1993) • novelette
46 • "Mr. Truepenny's Book Emporium and Gallery" (1992) • shortstory
53 • "The Forest Is Crying" (1994) • novelette
77 • "The Wishing Well" (1993) • novella
143 • "Dead Man's Shoes" (1993) • shortstory
162 • "Bird Bones and Wood Ash" (1995) • novelette
191 • "A Tempest in Her Eyes" (1994) • shortstory
204 • "Saxophone Joe and the Woman in Black" (1994) • shortstory
210 • "The Bone Woman" (1992) • shortstory
221 • "Pal o' Mine" (1993) • shortstory
235 • "Where Desert Spirits Crowd the Night" (1995) • novelette
278 • "Dream Harder, Dream True" (1993) • shortstory
287 • "The Pochade Box" (1994) • shortstory
302 • "Coyote Stories" (1993) • shortstory
309 • "The Forever Trees" (1995) • shortstory

~ More Info-original printings: Charles de Lint: The Ivory and the Horn (1995) Description

~ Soure: Publication Listing ~ ISFdb

Synopsis by Story[]

1—15 • "Waifs and Strays" (1993) • (31 pgs)

2—46 • "Mr. Truepenny's Book Emporium and Gallery" (1992) • (7 pgs)

3—53 • "The Forest Is Crying" (1994) • (24 pgs)

4—77 • "The Wishing Well" (1993) • novella (66 pgs)

5—143 • "Dead Man's Shoes" (1993) • (19 pgs)

6—162 • "Bird Bones and Wood Ash" (1995) • (29 pgs)

7—191 • "A Tempest in Her Eyes" (1994) • (13 pgs)

8—204 • "Saxophone Joe and the Woman in Black" (1994) • (6 pgs)

9—210 • "The Bone Woman" (1992) • (11 pgs)

10—221 • "Pal o' Mine" (1993) • (14 pgs)

11—235 • "Where Desert Spirits Crowd the Night" (1995) • (43 pgs)

12—278 • "Dream Harder, Dream True" (1993) • (9 pgs)

13—287 • "The Pochade Box" (1994) • (15 pgs)

14—302 • "Coyote Stories" (1993) • (7 pgs)

15—309 • "The Forever Trees" (1995)

First Sentence[]

There's a big moon glowing in the sky, a swollen circle of silvery-gold light that looks as though it's sitting right on top of the old Clark Building, balancing there on the northeast corner where the twisted remains of a smokestack rises up from the roof like a long, tottery flagpole, colors lowered for the night, or maybe like a tin giant's arm making some kind of semaphore that only other tin giants arm making some kind of semaphore that only other tin giants can understand. ~ Shelfari

Quotes[]

Goodreads | Charles de Lint Quotes (Author of The Blue Girl)

Awards[]

Nomination: 1996 World Fantasy—Best Collection
7th, 1996 Locus—Best Collection

Trivia[]

Lists That Contain The Ivory and the Horn (Newford, #6) by Charles de Lint ~ GR

Notes[]

The Ivory and the Horn is a collection of 15 stories, one is original, set in the city of Newford. ~ Charles de Lint: The Ivory and the Horn (1995) Description

External Links[]

Charles de Lint: The Ivory and the Horn (1995) Description ~ Author
The Ivory and the Horn (Newford Book 6) ~ Goodreads
Newford series - Urban Fantasy Wiki ~ Wikia
Bibliography: The Ivory and the Horn ~ ISFdb
The Ivory and the Horn by Charles de Lint ~ Shelfari (Characters, etc)

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