Rook and Witch have dated for years and now, at the Halloween Ball, it’s time...
Queue the magic.
Queue the fireworks.
Queue the ring.
Happy Halloween!
Rook and Witch have dated for years and now, at the Halloween Ball, it’s time...
Queue the magic.
Queue the fireworks.
Queue the ring.
Happy Halloween!
I read this as a sultry part of Merfolk May.
There are sexually aggressive women and then there are kraken women. Once Rhea decides on Randall she will beat the crap out of anyone who gets in her way.
The Reality Trip by Robert Silverberg ★★★★☆
“She is a cosmic nuisance, but I fear I’m getting to like her.”
Part meaningful story of loneliness, part SNL skit, I burst out laughing at least twice.
Maybe I’m an asshole and I should have seen the despair in more even terms but deep levels of crazy amuse me.
It’s How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days with crab aliens. How could I not laugh?
Penny For A Match, Mister? by Garth Nix ★★★★★
“She poured the dregs of the coffee over his boots with some contempt and walked out.”
I’m a fan of strong female characters, vengeance stories, and weird westerns so this suited me down to my toes!
Carnival Nine by Caroline M. Yoachim ★★★★★
In this mountain of mediocre I was completely unprepared for a tearjerker.
From the first lines I saw this as a Tim Burton movie, animated like A Nightmare Before Christmas. It’s a story about family, and using the time you have to be with the ones you love.
And now I’m crying harder and I have to go call my mom for no reason.
Read it for yourself: http://www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/carnival-nine/
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