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Showing posts with label Lynne M. Thomas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Lynne M. Thomas. Show all posts
Sunday, August 16, 2020

The Ruby of the Summer King, by Mari Ness

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[ Uncanny ] ★★★★☆ Hauntingly Beautiful (Fairy Tale) The Summer King wants to court the Winter Queen, even though everyone warns him that ...
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The Inaccessibility of Heaven, by Aliette de Bodard

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[ Uncanny ] ★★★★☆ Recommended (Fantasy Horror) Samantha searches Paris to try to find what’s killing fallen angels. (16,638 words;  Time...
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The Nine Scents of Sorrow, by Jordan Taylor

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[ Uncanny ] ★★★☆☆ (Clockwork Fantasy) Sorrow Farregon is a master perfumer, but the Queen wants something to make her conceive a child—wh...

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

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[ Uncanny ] ★★★☆☆ (Temporal Apocalypse) The scientists’ plan to use temporal wormholes to protect the Earth from a giant asteroid has une...
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Once More Unto the Breach (But Don’t Worry, the Inflatable Swords Are Latex-Free), by Tina Connolly

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[ Uncanny ] ★★☆☆☆ (Allegory) You are always at a child’s birthday party, but there are monsters next door having their own party. (777 w...
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A Love Song for Herkinal as composed by Ashkernas amid the ruins of New Haven, by Chinelo Onwualu

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[ Uncanny ] ★★★☆☆ (Future Fantasy) The Accident destroyed the whole Earth except for Africa, and brought a lot of supernatural things to ...

A Pale Horse, by M. Evan MacGriogair

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[ Uncanny ] ★★☆☆☆ (Eco Apocalypse) A woman mourns the passing of the Scottish Gaelic language just as she mourns the death of the Earth’s...
Tuesday, May 26, 2020

We Chased the Sirens, by Suzanne Walker

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[ Uncanny ] ★★☆☆☆ (Mythological) A ship crewed by women pursues the sirens across a winedark sea. (826 words;  Time : 02m)

Burn or The Episodic Life of Sam Wells as a Super, by A.T. Greenblatt

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[ Uncanny ] ★★★★☆ A fun little story with a very nice protagonist. (Superhero) Sam’s ability is modest, but he’s still excited to be acce...
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Dresses Like White Elephants, by Meg Elison

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[ Uncanny ] ★★★☆☆ (Uncanny Horror) Beni’s a drag queen who reads minds, and he’s shopping for a new dress and the story that goes with it...
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High in the Clean Blue Air, by Emma Törzs

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[ Uncanny ] ★★★☆☆ Honorable Mention (Uncanny Horror) Alice prefers to stay in human form, but one of her own kind is after her seeking ve...

A Being Together Amongst Strangers, by Arkady Martine

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[ Uncanny ] ★★☆☆☆ (Near-Future SF) In a partly flooded Manhattan, a woman confronts a problem on the subway. (3,079 words;  Time : 10m)

Through the Veil, by Jennifer Marie Brissett

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[ Uncanny ] ★★☆☆☆ (Science Fiction) When her project on interdimensional travel is cancelled, a researcher steals her equipment and conti...
Wednesday, March 18, 2020

Georgie in the Sun, by Natalia Theodoridou

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[ Uncanny ] ★★★☆☆ (Space Vampire Epic) Vlad’s an immortal vampire and his girlfriend Eliza stays in suspended animation most of the time ...

Getaway, by Nicole Kornher-Stace

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[ Uncanny ] ★★★☆☆ Honorable Mention (Time Loop) You just drive the getaway car, for the same heist, over and over, trying somehow not to ...

If You Want to Erase Us, You Must Be Thorough, by L. Tu

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[ Uncanny ] ★★★☆☆ (Dark Silkpunk) Young Aida trains at a military academy, and she rarely thinks about the past of her island, but she ac...

So You Want to Be a Honeypot, by Kelly Robson

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[ Uncanny ] Not Rated No Speculative Element (Historical Fiction) In post-World War II Europe, Vasilia trains as a Soviet spy who tries t...

The Sycamore and the Sybil, by Alix E. Harrow

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[ Uncanny ] ★★☆☆☆ (Fantasy) Long ago, Sylvie turned herself into a tree to avoid rape, but she wonders if there might not be a better way...
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If Salt Lose Its Savor, by Christopher Caldwell

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[ Uncanny ] ★★★☆☆ (African High Fantasy) Dion’s village makes it’s living selling special blue salts to magicians, and she is one of the ...
Thursday, January 30, 2020

The Spirit of the Leech, by Alex Bledsoe

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[ Uncanny ] ★★★☆☆ (Modern Fantasy) A teenage boy in Western Tennesse decides to head into the swamp to preach the Gospel to a very unusua...