Tag archives: fantasy

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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New Suns 2 : Original Speculative Fiction by People of Color

by Nisi Shawl (Editor)
  • “Ocasta” by Daniel H. Wilson ★★★★
  • “The Farmer’s Wife and the Faerie Queen” by K. Tempest Bradford ★★★★
  • “Juan” by Darcie Little Badger ★★★★★
  • “Silk and Cotton and Linen and Blood” by Nghi Vo ★★★★
  • “Chosen” by Saad Hossain ★★★★½
  • “Home Is Where the Heart Is” by
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The Future Is Female! Vol. 2: The 1970s: More Classic Science Fiction Stories by Women

by Lisa Yaszek (Editor)
  • “Frog Pond” by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro ★★★★
  • “When It Changed” by Joanna Russ ★★★
  • “If Ever I Should Leave You” by Pamela Sargent ★★★½
  • “Pale Hands” by Doris Piserchia ★★½
  • “A Scarab in the City of Time” by Marta Randall ★★★½
  • “The Anthropologist” by Kathleen M. Sidney
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Africa Risen: A New Era of Speculative Fiction

by Sheree Renée Thomas, Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki, Zelda Knight (Editors)
  • “Simbi” by Sandra Jackson-Opoku ★★½
  • “Housewarming for a Lion Goddess” by Aline-Mwezi Niyonsenga ★★★
  • “A Knight in Tunisia” by Alex Jennings ★★★
  • “The Devil Is Us” by Mirette Bahgat ★★½
  • “The Lady of the Yellow-painted Library” by Tobi Ogundiran ★★½
  • “The
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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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Wylding Hall

by Elizabeth Hand

The Mary Poppins-speak is beyond belabored, alongside amateur journalist mythmaking with the principal characters speaking about themselves as if they were their own fans (‘history in the making‘, ‘we were all young and beautiful and gifted‘). The author compares characters to celebrities instead of … Read more

Infinités

by Vandana Singh
  • “Faim” ★★★
  • “Delhi” ★★★★
  • “La femme qui se croyait planète” ★★★½
  • “Infinités” ★★★½
  • “Soif” ★★★
  • “Les lois de la conservation” ★★★
  • “Trois contes de la rivière du ciel” ★★★
  • “Le tétraèdre” ★★★½
  • “L’épouse” ★★★
  • “La chambre sur le toit” ★★★½
  • “Un manifeste spéculatif” ★★★½

Real Sugar is Hard to Find

by Sim Kern

Especially in the first half the writing is not a pleasure to read, but I appreciated the imagination.

  • “Real Sugar is Hard to Find” ★★★
  • “The Listener” ★★★½
  • “The Propagator” ★★★★
  • “The New Nomad” ★★★
  • “The Night Heron” ★★★
  • “Tadpoles” ★★
  • “Unwhole” ★★★★
  • “What Can’t Be Undone” ★★★★
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