"The White Cat's Divorce" by Kelly Link, F&SF Sept/Oct 2019
This fairy tale (new? a classic retold?) treats with a rich man and his three sons. Every year for three years, the father send his sons out to accomplish a task for him. They are told the results will help him decide which son will be named as the heir. The youngest son is helped by a small white cat he finds in Colorado on a marijuana farm.
This is obviously a fairy tale, though whether it is created fresh by Kelly Link patchwork quilt fashion, with a pieces from other tales sewn together or whether this is a modern day retelling of an old fairy tale retold in modern times, I can't be sure. I am certain that, if Terri Windling and Ellen Datlow were still doing their years best fantasy and horror anthologies, this story would make the fantasy cut.
This is obviously a fairy tale, though whether it is created fresh by Kelly Link patchwork quilt fashion, with a pieces from other tales sewn together or whether this is a modern day retelling of an old fairy tale retold in modern times, I can't be sure. I am certain that, if Terri Windling and Ellen Datlow were still doing their years best fantasy and horror anthologies, this story would make the fantasy cut.