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Eclipsed Seasons
“Eclipsed Seasons” by Jamie Mason I left part of myself back in the war. We have all lost ourselves at one time or another and been forced to crawl into a dark place to find it again. Whether the darkness … Continue reading
Antique
“Antique” by Michaele Jordan It started with her best friend’s father. Elsa had never liked him—been a little afraid of him, really. He was tall, skinny and practically hairless, with long fingers perfect for strangling small creatures. But she faced … Continue reading
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The Spider In Her Lungs
“The Spider In Her Lungs” by Mary E. Lowd Moira felt a tickle in her throat. She pulled the handkerchief from her pocket and covered her mouth before coughing. It was a hacking cough that wracked her body, deep into … Continue reading
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Fanonymous
Fanonymous by M. C. Joudrey Excellent, occasionally lyrical prose, but the narrator does something I found difficult to deal with: he sets up far too many questions in that 31-page opener without giving the reader any answers. It became irritating … Continue reading
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Mouse
Mouse by Richard Ford Burley Mouse is a book that is never quite what it appears to be. The novel opens on a young autistic boy, the titular Mouse, attending middle school. I tend to read books without having examined … Continue reading
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In Dreaming Bound
In Dreaming Bound (Palace of Dreams Book 2) by J. Kathleen Cheney This is a sequel to Cheney’s Dreaming Death, reviewed here, and set in the same world as the series that contains Oathbreaker, Original, and Overseer (all also reviewed … Continue reading
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Fear and Shadows: The Line Between Horror and Dark Fantasy
Fear and Shadows: The Line Between Horror and Dark Fantasy Characters deal with horrid things: Lois McMaster Bujold puts Miles Vorkosigan’s brother through hell in her novel Mirror Dance. In Crystal Rain Tobias Buckell has “Azteca” warriors sacrifice people to bloodthirsty alien “gods.” C.J. Cherryh subjects a character … Continue reading
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Whale Dreams
Christopher Collingwood Whale Dreams Music is the exhalation of emotion,a melody flowing between momentsseeping upon the edges of consciousness,like a scent rides upon memory. We all hear it—the truth lingering in the quietness, born in fragments of a nursery rhyme;a … Continue reading
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writer in residence
Laura Theis writer in residence look up: here I am my lovecan you see me waving?no of course not all you see isa pale oval in your skybut remember it’s the only map you need to find me now I … Continue reading
The Best Way I Can Explain It
Ana C. H. Silva The Best Way I Can Explain It is that there are no more magic shows. I watched them as a kid, sometimes all night, into the morning. The scratchy carpet, the rabbit-eared TV. The birds appearing … Continue reading
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