Short Fiction Review: July – August 2024
Let me tell you about my four favorite stories from July and August. … Have you read these stories? What did you like about them? What were your favorite stories from the last couple months?
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Book review: Blood of the Old Kings, by Sung-il Kim
At its heart, Blood of the Old Kings is a story about Empire, reactions and resistance to it. Our three protagonists are all in their own way taking up the mantle of resistance to that Empire.
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Book Review: CRYPT OF THE MOON SPIDER by Nathan Ballingrud
Gothic creepiness pervades the entirety of the novella, with a self-contained story whose characters and plot perfectly fit into the strengths of that format’s length.
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Book Review: The Cost of Power: Return, by Joyce Reynolds-Ward
Gabe and Ruby’s story is the heart of The Cost of Power: Return, by Joyce Reynolds-Ward. Their story in this iteration, looking at the oeuvre of the author, is to be one of a series of futures/worlds in a multiverse of stories revolving around the Martinieres in general and Gabe and Ruby as well.
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Paperbacks from Hell #1: THE NEST by Gregory A. Douglas
Through this series, Valancourt has been reissuing limited-edition, mass-market paperbacks of these “horror gems of the ’70s and ’80s” complete with the vintage cover art, whenever possible, and new introductions by [Grady] Hendrix or [Will] Erickson.
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Show review: Batman: Caped Crusader
It’s not essential viewing, but I found it refreshingly entertaining and intriguing, although it does go dark at times.