Review: The Siege of Burning Grass by Premee Mohamed

Cover of The Siege of Burning Grass, featuring a person with a crow's or raven's head, wearing a jacket.

The Siege of Burning Grass is a  book that rewards patient and slow reading rather than skipping merrily through it. The author is engaging with weighty subjects here and you want to take this patiently and think about the central themes again and what is going on.

Review: She who became the Sun

Cover, She Who Became the Sun, by Shelley Parker-Chan

The style of how Parker-Chan writes all of this is vivid, immersive and striking. She uses a variety of imagery and metaphors that describe individuals, gestures, actions and maneuvers that bring the writing to life. Everywhere, the text is rich in detail.

Short Fiction Review: December 2023

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My four favorite stories from December are all quite different. While the first three stories all do something interesting with the perspectives used to tell the story, the fourth story doesn’t. Instead, it just tells a good story with good characters.