Lucky for me Peter M Ball pays attention – The Chrysanthemum Bride is now up at Fantasy Magazine.
He who tries to express spirit through ornamental beauty will make dead things.
–from an 11th century Chinese treatise on art.
“See how the skin glows?”
“It’s like a pearl, master.” It is only his second day with Master Wei, and once again the boy congratulates himself on being apprenticed to this man. Li is certain his future is assured. “How did you make it so?”
“Soon enough for you to learn that, Li.” The old man walks slowly around his pride and joy, nodding to himself and smiling a private smile. His hair is silver, long, no longer pulled back in a tail; he feels himself free of the constraints of appearance.
“This is a work of art, Master Wei.” Li’s eyes slide over the object in question, covetous, amazed, a little afraid.
“Yes. Yes, she is very fine.”
The rest lives here http://www.fantasy-magazine.com/2009/12/the-chrysanthemum-bride/
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