Short Fiction Review: May–June 2025
My favorite stories from May and June are ones that I found remarkably easy to read. They drew me in comfortably in the first few lines.
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The Skiffy and Fanty Show Podcasts
829. Kate Elliott (a.k.a. Scholar of Worlds) — The Witch Roads
https://media.blubrry.com/skiffyandfanty/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/archive.org/download/sand-f-829-kate-elliott/SandF_829_KateElliott.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSSMystical fungus, rigid empires, and haunts, oh my! Shaun Duke and Paul Weimer are joined by Kate Elliott for an interview about her new novel, The Witch Roads! Together, they explore Kate’s approach to worldbuilding, the structure of empire and writing characters who are part of its machinery, and much more. Thanks for listening. We hope you enjoy the episode!
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Movie Review: SUPERMAN (2025) Directed by James Gunn
Superman (2025) is a movie that speaks to today while retaining that innocent “Boy Scout” essence of the character’s personality and ethos.
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Book Review: Ghost Cell, by Zac Topping
There is plenty of pulse-pounding action in this book, from hand-to-hand combat to running battles including drones, hybrid watch-animals, mechas, and both normal humans and other super-soldiers…
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YSabel, or a YA novel by Guy Gavriel Kay that really isn’t one. Or is it?
In a way, the novel feels like an exploration of two subgenres at once, and a way to revisit a bit of the Fionavar verse at the same time.
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Paperbacks from Hell #5: THE SPIRIT by Thomas Page
The novel begins and ends strongly with plenty of action, but the pacing of the middle of it seriously drags as Moon and Jason each independently track the Bigfoot in chase.