Short Fiction
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THE SHIVERS COLLECTION
This is five short story/novelettes by five leading authors writing in the horror/dark fantasy genre. It seems like every decade or so, publishers try to find a way to capitalize on short fiction. I can recall working in a bookstore (the 90’s?) when some of the big publishers tried marketing short stories and novellas in Continue reading
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WARRIORBORN – Jim Butcher
Benedict Sorellin-Lancaster is the titular warriorborn member of the Spire Albion nobility. He has much more advanced senses and abilities. He is sent on a special reconnaissance mission to a colony spire that has very suddenly stopped answering all call. He is sent with three warriorborn prisoners as his backup. This, of course, is to Continue reading
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VELVETEEN VS. THE EARLY ADVENTURES – Seanan McGuire
Wow. WOW! This is 100% a five star book! I have been aware of author Seanan McGuire’s “Velveteen” series for a number of years now, but I hadn’t been motivated enough to crack open one of the books – for no particular reason other than that I’ve a lot of books in my TBR pile Continue reading
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THE NEWSPAPER GIRL – Colton Balvanz
Many years ago Amazon created something called “Kindle Worlds” which was essentially a legitimate means of publishing fan fiction. The idea was that certain works of fiction were licensed by Amazon so that authors could write fiction in the world(s), and using characters created by the original author. Sort of like Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead but Continue reading
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THE PROPER THING AND OTHER STORIES – Seanan McGuire
A collection of short stories (Yay!) from one of the best urban fantasy authors out there? Wonderful!! I don’t read a lot of magazines anymore so I rely on collections and anthologies to get my fix of short fiction. And since I have such a backlog of ARCs, I generally only read books of short Continue reading
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WORD PUPPETS – Mary Robinette Kowal
Why do I not do a better job of reading Mary Robinette Kowal? Of the three novels I’ve read by her, I’ve given two of them 4-1/2 star ratings (a solid five stars [as opposed to a rounded-up five stars] is pretty rare from me). This collection of short stories really showcases Kowal’s writing talent Continue reading
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LAST DANGEROUS VISIONS – Harlan Ellison, editor
Is it possible to wait 50 years for one book? Yes. Fans of Harlan Ellison and/or his Dangerous Visions collections have been waiting for this particular book for just that long. Is it possible for a book that one has been waiting for for half a century to even come close to meeting fifty years’ Continue reading
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LAP DANCE LUST – Rachel Kramer Bussel
WARNING: THIS BOOK AND REVIEW CONTAIN WORDS AND THEMES OF A SEXUAL NATURE I debated, a LOT, over whether or not I would even publicly post a review of this book. I mean, it’s kind of embarrassing to admit to reading erotica. And yet the genre is one of the best selling subjects these days Continue reading
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SECRET SEX – Russell Smith, editor
From Canada comes this anthology of anonymous sex fiction. The premise is that because we (the general reading public) still have hang-ups about sex, writers tend to write gently around the theme of sex, but if given the opportunity to write about sex and remain anonymous, how much more open, explicit, and erotic would the Continue reading
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OLD BABES IN THE WOODS – Margaret Atwood
It’s been a few years since I read some of Margaret Atwood’s short fiction but it was her collection Bluebeard’s Egg, that I read after reading The Handmaid’s Tale back in the 1980’s, that endeared me to her writing and to the brilliance of a well-written short story. Some forty years later and she’s still producing terrific work. Continue reading
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BIG TWO-HEARTED RIVER – Ernest Hemingway
You could take an entire university course just studying the works of Ernest Hemingway, so trying to sum up his importance in a blog post would be both presumptive and trite. But if, for some reason, you aren’t already familiar with Hemingway’s work, this short story might be a good place to start. Big Two-Hearted Continue reading
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INTO THE FOREST: TALES OF THE BABA YAGA – Lindy Ryan, editor
I’m afraid to admit that I was not familiar with the Baba Yaga legend or myths, but that’s part of the reason I was interested in reading this. The name sounded familiar, but I’m quite sure I’ve never read anything about the old witch. It helped to see that the introduction was from Christina Henry Continue reading
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