Oh that takes me back! My favorite episodes were the one-off monster tales, the pit stops of strange. Kelley Armstrong, urban fantasy fae mistress, has given us a treat!
Wednesday, October 13, 2021
Red as Blood and White as Bone by Theodora Goss ★★★★★
A Dead Jinn in Cairo by P. Djèlí Clark ★★★★★
The Night Cyclist by Stephen Graham Jones ★★★★☆
“He surely needed even more blood to rebuild himself, but he needed worse to ride.
I understood. With every part of myself, I understood.”
For some, cycling is a life long passion.
For some, it can last even longer.
Deceased Estate: The Brackenford Cycle 1.5 ★★★★☆
“Hands up all those in favor of running away while Trev bravely sacrifices himself to distract the monster?” said Oscar.
I have read this twice and it’s still a fun time with Trev, Oscar, and Agatha!
Into the Gray by Margaret Killjoy ★★★★☆
"We’re not the same," she told me. "It’s not possible for us to lead the same life."
Beautiful trans thief falls madly in love with a mermaid, a hungry mermaid. With a love Laria understands is obsession, they lead evil men to die in the Waking Waters.
The Willows by Algernon Blackwood ★★★☆☆
One day, not so long ago, two stoners went camping and smoked one bowl too many. They forgot that in the wilderness what seems idyllic during the day...
...will look differently at night.
Emergency Skin by N.K. Jemisin
“Six billion people working toward a goal together is much more effective than a few dozen scrabbling for themselves.”
Tuesday, October 12, 2021
The Future is Female! 25 Classic Science Stories by Women
Miracle of the Lily (1928) by Clare Winger Harris ★★★★★
“Man is not happy, unless he has some enemy to overcome, some difficulty to surmount.”
Amazing first story! Just as humans took over for the dinosaurs so the insects are fighting to take over from man in this near future drama.
Told from multiple generations of the same family it is more about what drives us, physically and spiritually, as people. It is not enough to merely exist.
This was layered, entertaining, and insightful. Loved it!
Read it for yourself:
https://ebooks.genesismachina.ca/harris-the-miracle-of-the-lily/
The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2018
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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