Fire: An Anthology

Letter of the Law by Pat Aitcheson ★★★★½ 
Whoops!  Hahaha 😈, best typo ever.

Imagine 2200

The Secrets of the Last Greenland Shark by Mike McClelland ★★★★★ 

“Survive. Survive. Survive.” 
And then I cried.  I cried and cried while walking my dog, unable to explain to passing strangers that I had just read something beautiful.
Read it Yourself: https://grist.org/fix/imagine-2200-climate-fiction-secrets-of-the-last-greenland-shark/

The Cloud Weaver’s Song by Saul Tanpepper ★★★★½ 

Oh that was excellent!  Future survivalist Native American’s get stuck in their new ways, but one woman dares to remember her roots - The Earth needs water too.
Read it Yourself: https://grist.org/fix/imagine-2200-climate-fiction-cloud-weavers-song/

Afterglow by Lindsey Brodeck ★★★★☆ 

This read like a prequel to Emergency Skin - enjoyable!
Read it Yourself: https://grist.org/fix/imagine-2200-climate-fiction-afterglow/

Those were best stories of this free Solarpunk Anthology.

Cabin Porn: Inside by Zach Klein ★★★★½

A feast for the eyes, a balm for the soul.  Take a mental vacation friends and pick up some Cabin Porn.

Cover of Night by Linda Howard ★★★★☆

Linda Howard wrote the fantasy handyman and gave him an extreme situation to show off his deadly skills.  Good times.

Morning Glory Milking Farm by C.M. Nascosta ★★★★★

I found this monster porn gem in Karen’s to-read list, she finds the best titles in smut. 

It did not disappoint 😉.  Best of monster porn, five stars.

The Sword & Sorcery Anthology

Undertow by Karl Edward Wagner ★★★★½   

Oh friends, a full short story: beginning, middle, and oh-shit ending.  We start with stereotypes and bloom into layered, desperate, characters.  This is my favorite “green ribbon” story.

The Caravan of Forgotten Dreams by Michael Moorcock ★★★★½ 

Decades before the Targaryens hit the shelves there was “a race which loved pleasure, cruelty, and sophistication for its own sake. The race of Melnibonéans.” 

Meg: A Novel of Deep Terror by Steve Alten ★★★☆☆

Book: ★★★☆☆

Movie: ★★★★☆ 
This doesn’t mean I did not enjoy the book - I did! - it means I appreciated the changes made in the movie version.  

Merfolk by Jeremy Bates ★★☆☆☆

I was expecting a bloodbath and got a dull swim.  

Subterrestrial by Michael McBride ★★★★☆

If you have ever found yourself watching late night "documentaries" on the History Channel, or SyFy, then you know the tasty pool of weird from which Michael McBride writes.

Alien Covenant Origins by Alan Dean Foster ★★★☆☆

The Covenant is getting ready to launch and fulfill mankind’s promise of colonizing the stars.  Who wouldn’t want that?