Short Fiction Review: February 2024

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My favorite story from February was “Why Don’t We Just Kill the Kid In the Omelas Hole” by Isabel J. Kim … My other favorite stories from February all took the form of in-world artifacts of some sort.

Short Fiction Review: January 2024

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My favorite stories from January all wrestled with tough ethical questions [“A Saint Between the Teeth” by Sloane Leong, “Nothing of Value” by Aimee Ogden, and “A Cure for Solastalgia” by E.M. Linden].

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.

Book Review: Resurrections, by Ada Hoffmann

Cover of Resurrections by Ada Hoffman, showing a glowing white figure amid what appears to be a volcanic eruption, against a red and yellow sky, with darker clouds.

Resurrections shows a wide range of subject matter, themes and topics; nearly all of the pieces are interesting and engaging, and some of them are breathtakingly gorgeous and moving.

Review: New Edge Sword & Sorcery, Nos. 0-2

Cover of New Edge Sword & Sorcery Magazine, Winter 2023 (Vol. 1, No. 2)

There’s a huge variety of entertaining and illuminative content in New Edge Sword and Sorcery Magazine. Anyone who’s interested in the subject would be well advised to check the magazine out.

Short Fiction Review: October 2023

Combined image of Uncanny Issue 54, Beneath Ceaseless Skies October 2023, and Nightmare Issue 133.

Often, there ends up being a common thread connecting my favorite stories for a given month. This month, however, the differences between my favorite stories seem more notable, particularly when it comes to structure.