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Review of To Another Abyss! by Zach Bartlett
To Another Abyss! by Zach Bartlett (Spaceboy Books, 2018) is a delightful tale of eldritch otherworldly beings and college town art scenes, blended into a clever short novel. Greg Withers runs a small art gallery and artist grant, thanks to … Continue reading
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Review of Once Upon a Fact
Once Upon a Fact (Wildside Press, LLC, 2018) is a collection of 18 retellings of fairy tales and other traditional stories with a science fiction twist, edited by Katherine Tomlinson. In stories that are both familiar and unfamiliar, these authors … Continue reading
Review of Mirror Bound by Rhiannon Held
Mirror Bound (2018) is a stand-alone urban fantasy novel by MSJ alum Rhiannon Held. Breaking from the tropes of this genre, the story follows Verity, a non-human sidekick to a team of monster-fighting mages. Bound to the leader of that … Continue reading
Review of Kill the Farm Boy by Delilah S. Dawson and Kevin Hearne
A review by Amanda Cherry Kill the Farm Boy is the cure for every fantasy book that ever took itself too seriously. From the moment we meet Farm Boy Worstley and hear his tale of woe, and are then introduced … Continue reading
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Review of Glass and Gardens: Solarpunk Summers
Glass and Gardens: Solarpunk Summers, edited by Sarena Ulibarri (World Weaver Press, 2018), is a collection of 17 solarpunk short stories, which World Weaver Press defines as “a type of optimistic science fiction that imagines a future founded on renewable … Continue reading
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Review of As Told by Things
As Told by Things (Atthis Arts LLC, 2018), edited by E. D. E. Bell, is a collection of twenty-five stories told from the perspective of inanimate objects. The stories range in tone from humorous to dark, and all are short … Continue reading
Review of Transmigrations by Eddie Louise
Transmigrations (EDGE Science Fiction and Fantasy Publishing, 2018) is the debut novel by Eddie Louise and the first in the Tales of Sage and Savant series, inspired by the Sage and Savant podcast. The novel is based on the adventures … Continue reading
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Review of An Aberrant Mind by Ken MacGregor
An Aberrant Mind (Sirens Call Publications, 2014) is a collection of very short horror stories by author Ken MacGregor. This book collects 22 short stories, which range in length from just a couple of pages to more traditional short stories. … Continue reading
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Review of Space Opera by Catherynne M. Valente
Space Opera (Saga Press, 2018) is the latest book from Catherynne M. Valente. The tagline for the book–“In space, everyone can hear you sing”–had me hooked from the moment I read it, and this book delivers on that promise and … Continue reading
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Review of Long Hidden
Long Hidden (Crossed Genres Publications, 2014), edited by Rose Fox and Daniel José Older, is a collection of 27 short speculative stories of people who have been marginalized by history. Within its pages, you’ll find stories of many different races, … Continue reading