★★☆☆☆ Not Recommended
(Slipstream) An animal wife comes to Sweden to try to erase her memory of a lover who betrayed her. (1,966 words; Time: 06m)
"The Quiet Like a Homecoming," by Cassandra Khaw [bio] (edited by John Joseph Adams), appeared in Lightspeed Magazine issue 93, published on February 1, 2018.
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Pro: The lyrical writing is beautiful.
Con: The story is too surreal. I’m not sure what actually happened to her nor what she ended up doing. So surreal that I can't decide whether lines like "You laughed when I saw me" are errors or are deliberate.
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Con: The story is too surreal. I’m not sure what actually happened to her nor what she ended up doing. So surreal that I can't decide whether lines like "You laughed when I saw me" are errors or are deliberate.
Other Reviews: Search Web, Browse Review Sites (Issue 93)
Cassandra Khaw Info: Interviews, Websites, ISFDB, FreeSFOnline
Follow RSR on Twitter, Facebook, RSS, or E-mail.
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