Showing posts with label Jenn Reese. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jenn Reese. Show all posts

Sunday, August 16, 2020

The World Ends in Salty Fingers and Sugared Lips, by Jenn Reese

[Uncanny]
★★★☆☆

(Temporal Apocalypse) The scientists’ plan to use temporal wormholes to protect the Earth from a giant asteroid has unexpected consequences. (895 words; Time: 02m)


Wednesday, March 11, 2020

A Stone's Throw From You, by Jenn Reese

[Analog]
★★★☆☆

(SF Drama) A woman dedicated to cleaning pollution from a future Earth’s oceans describes how she became estranged from her little sister. (859 words; Time: 02m)


Sunday, November 24, 2019

A Mindreader’s Guide to Surviving Your First Year at the All-Girls Superhero Academy, by Jenn Reese

[Uncanny]
★★★☆☆

(Superhero ) Your superpower is mind reading, which makes it really hard to have friends since no one trusts you. And you can’t get close to the girl you’ve got a crush on. (1,066 words; Time: 03m)


Tuesday, January 8, 2019

The Right Number of Cats, by Jenn Reese

[F&SF]
★★★☆☆ Average

(Modern Fantasy Horror) Grace is mourning the death of her wife when she notices an extra cat in the house. A funny-looking one with a forked tongue and too many joints. (756 words; Time: 02m)


Monday, October 12, 2015

How to Masquerade as a Human Before the Invasion, by Jenn Reese

Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, March/April 2015; 685 words
Rating: 2, Not recommended

Instructions to sleeper agents from other planets on how to blend in while waiting for the invasion.

Mini-Review (click to view--possible spoilers)

Not really a story, but not intended to be. Taken literally, it doesn't seem to be terribly useful advice--one would expect a real alien to have much bigger issues. Possibly it's all symbolic of people who grow up feeling alienated from society, but it's hard to say.