Mark A. Rayner<p>Another story behind the stories in my new collection, The Gates of Polished Horn:</p><p>I've always admired Italo Calvino, particularly his experimental novel, Invisible Cities. So much so that one of those cities inspired one of the stories in the new book!</p><p><a href="https://markarayner.com/italo-calvino-invisible-cities/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">markarayner.com/italo-calvino-</span><span class="invisible">invisible-cities/</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/book" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>book</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/ItaloCalvino" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ItaloCalvino</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/InvisibleCities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InvisibleCities</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/shortfiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>shortfiction</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/fantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fantasy</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/sciencefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sciencefiction</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/SFF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SFF</span></a></p>