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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

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

Your Body is Not Your Body

by Alex Woodroe, Matt Blairstone (Editors)

“Seaflowers” by Ori Jay ★★★
“Fencing Chestplate” by Avi Burton ★★★
“#MOTHERMAYHEM” by Jei D. Marcade ★★★★
“The Simulacrum” by Max Turner ★★★
“The Pearl Diver” by Bri Crozier ★★½

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

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

Ghost Music

by An Yu

★★★★½

Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars

by Kai Cheng Thom

★★★

The Terraformers

by Annalee Newitz

★★★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” ★★★★

Le Mystère du tramway hanté

by P. Djèlí Clark

★★★★

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

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