Thursday, July 14, 2022

Fire: An Anthology

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

The Global Warming Myth by Paula Frew ★★★★½
In reality, the Earth’s orbit had been steadily drifting nearer the sun.” 
Shiiiit.  That was excellent.  Short and brutal.  It was a prosaic version of The Blue Afternoon That Lasted Forever by Daniel H. Wilson.

Flaming Cassandra, or I Hate Being Right by Louise Foerster ★★★★☆ 
I love it when a story flips on the last sentence!  A girl who is blessed to see fires and cursed to have no one believe her - or not :)

Playing with Fire by Tess Wheeler ★★★★☆ 
“God sighed.  He suppose he really had allowed things to get out of control.” 
God, or the General Overseeing Developer, accidentally let those creature with opposable thumbs have access to fire.  They have been nothing but trouble since and now their days are numbered.

The Trouble with Moonberries by Danielle Nolan ★★★½☆ 
A cute children’s story of an elf child that helps a baby dragon and saves his tree dwelling community.

Eve and the Fire by Stephen Leatherdale ★★★½☆ 
I’m not sure about this one.  Was it a dream or a magical version of The Secret?

Misfire by Elizabeth McCleary ★★★½☆ 
A cheerful story of a young witch who accidentally pulls off an advanced spell.

The Flame Games by K. Kris Loomis ★★★☆☆ 
Another children’s story about an adolescent female dragon who empathizes with her humans need for education and freedom.

Entertainment of the Gods by Eleanor Hartley ★★★☆☆ 
A handsome wrestler is taken in by the God Hephaestus.  Doriskos models and cleans up after his god.  This read like a short story intro to a series on Doriskos.

An (Un)expected Illness by Zoë Black ★★★☆☆ 
A new take on the Persephone myth.  It was just ok.

Kali Dancing by Zarina Braybrooke ★★☆☆☆   
Travel is an excellent test of a relationship’s potential endurance - Jack and “Kali” are a poor match.  The magical part of the story makes little sense, if she is part goddess then so is my doorknob.  Or maybe she is the doorknob?  Whatever.

Bringing God to School by Seth Moriarty DNF
This was a dislikable story that I couldn’t get into much less finish.

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