Upright Women Wanted, by Sarah Gailey

[Single]

★★★★★ A Powerful Coming-of-Age Story

(Post-Apocalypse Dystopia) Esther needs to escape from a theo-fascist America before people find out she’s a lesbian, so she runs away with the women who run a travelling library, but they’re not what she thinks they are. (36,523 words; Time: 2h:01m)

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Wild to Covet, by Sarah Gailey

[Anthology]

★★★☆☆

(Mythical Fantasy) Thetis was a wild girl when she walked out of the wheat field, and she grew into a strange woman, who had a famous son. (7,756 words; Time: 25m)

Away With the Wolves, by Sarah Gailey

[Uncanny]

★★★☆☆

(Fantasy Adventure) When Suss is human, she’s in awful pain, but when she’s a wolf, she keeps getting in trouble. She has friends, but people are getting tired of it all. (8,129 words; Time: 27m)

Bread and Milk and Salt, by Sarah Gailey

[Anthology]

★★★☆☆ Average

(Modern Fantasy Horror) An evil fairy takes different forms over the years to stalk a young boy hoping to steal, ruin, or kill him. (6,214 words; Time: 20m)

Worth Her Weight in Gold, by Sarah Gailey

[Tor.com]

★★☆☆☆ Not Recommended

(Alternate History; River of Teeth) Houndstooth is on the lam when his hippopotamus lies down in a mud wallow and won’t get up. (2,642 words; Time: 08m)

This story will have little appeal to readers who have not already read River of Teeth."

Taste of Marrow, by Sarah Gailey

[Tor Novella]

★★☆☆☆ Not Recommended

(Alternate History; River of Teeth) While Adelia and Hero try to rescue Adelia’s kidnapped baby, Archie and Houndstooth try to find Hero. (37,808 words; Time: 2h:06m)

This story picks up where “River of Teeth” left off and it cannot be read without reading that one first. See related articles on Tor.com.

River of Teeth, by Sarah Gailey

[Tor Novella]

★★☆☆☆ Not Recommended

(Alternate History; River of Teeth) Winslow Houndstooth takes a federal commission to clear feral hippopotamuses from the Mississippi valley, but he has another target in mind. (34,160 words; Time: 1h:53m)

Recommended By: Nebula+2 Hugo+2

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