Category archives: ★★★

Multiverses: An Anthology of Alternate Realities

by Preston Grassmann (Editor)
  • “Banish” Alastair Reynolds DNF
  • “Cracks” Chana Porter ★★★★
  • “A Threshold Hypothesis” Jayaprakash Satyamurthy DNF
  • “Crunchables” Ian Mcdonald ★★★½
  • “Quorum’s Eye” Alvaro Zinos-Amaro ★★★¼
  • “Nine Hundred Grandmothers” Paul Di Filippo ★★★
  • “Days of Magic, Nights of War” Clive Barker ★★
  • “A Brief History of the Trans-Pacific Tunnel” Ken
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The Book of Witches

by Jonathan Strahan (Editor)
  • “What Is a Witch?” Jonathan Strahan ★½
  • “Seed of Power” Linda D. Addison ★★
  • “What I Remember of Oresha Moon Dragon Devshrata” P. Djèlí Clark ★★★½
  • “The Luck Thief” Tade Thompson ★★★½
  • “Good Spells” Ken Liu ★★★
  • “The Liar” Darcie Little Badger ★★★★★
  • “Met Swallow” Cassandra Khaw
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Lost Places

by Sarah Pinsker
  • “Two Truths and a Lie” ★★★
  • “That Our Flag Was Still There” ★★★
  • “I Frequently Hear Music in the Very Heart of Noise” DNF
  • “The Court Magician” ★★★
  • “Everything Is Closed Today” ★★★
  • “Left the Century to Sit Unmoved” ★★★
  • “Escape from Caring Seasons” ★★★¼
  • “A Better Way
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The Wishing Pool and Other Stories

by Tananarive Due
  • “The Wishing Pool” ★★★
  • “Haint in the Window” ★★★
  • “Incident at Bear Creek Lodge” ★★★
  • “Thursday Night Shift” ★★★★
  • “Last Stop on Route 9” ★★
  • “Suppertime” ★★★
  • “Rumpus Room” ★★★
  • “Migration” ★½
  • “Caretaker” ★★
  • “One Day Only” ★★★½
  • “Attachment Disorder” ★★★
  • “Ghost Ship” ★★★½
  • “Shopping Day” ★★★
  • “The
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Miss Muriel and Other Stories

by Ann Petry
  • “Miss Muriel” ★★★½
  • “The New Mirror” ★★★½
  • “Has Anybody Seen Miss Dora Dean?” ★★★½
  • “The Migraine Workers” ★★★½
  • “Mother Africa” ★★★
  • “The Bones of Louella Brown” ★★★★
  • “Olaf and His Girl Friend” ★★½
  • “Like a Winding Sheet” ★½
  • “The Witness” ★½
  • “Solo on the Drums” ★★
  • “The Necessary
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The Way Spring Arrives and Other Stories: A Collection of Chinese Science Fiction and Fantasy in Translation from a Visionary Team of Female and Nonbinary Creators

by Yu Chen, Regina Kanyu Wang (Editors)
  • “The Stars We Raised” by Xiu Xinyu ★★★
  • “What Does the Fox Say?” by Xia Jia ★★★
  • “Blackbird” by Shen Dacheng ★½
  • “The Name of the Dragon” by Ling Chen ★★½
  • “New Year Painting, Ink and Color on Rice Paper, Zhaoqiao Village” by Chen
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Year’s Best Aotearoa New Zealand Science Fiction and Fantasy: Volume 3

Marie Hodgkinson (Editor)
  • “New Zealand Gothic” by Jack Remiel Cottrell ★★★
  • “Synaesthete” by Melanie Harding-Shaw ★★★
  • “Death confetti” by Zoë Meager ★★★
  • “How To Get A Girlfriend (When You’re A Terrifying Monster)” by Marie Cardno ★★★
  • “Salt White, Rose Red” by Emily Brill-Holland ★★★
  • “You Can’t Beat Wellington on a Good
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