(Modern Fantasy) Mena is a Malaysian woman working in China. Family history says her grandmother was a djinn, but that doesn’t seem to help her much in her office, where others shun her. (2,943 words; Time: 09m)
Rating: ★★★☆☆ Average
"Glass Lights," by JY Yang [bio] (edited by Mahvesh Murad and Jared Shurin), appeared in The Djinn Falls in Love, published on March 14, 2017 by Solaris.
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Pro: It paints a very realistic picture of the alienation someone isolated by culture, language, and religion feels.
Con: It’s barely SFF at all. Only on the last page does anything supernatural happen, and that seems strange and pointless.
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Con: It’s barely SFF at all. Only on the last page does anything supernatural happen, and that seems strange and pointless.
Other Reviews: Search Web, GoodReads.com
JY Yang Info: Interviews, Websites, ISFDB, FreeSFOnline
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