Image by Ryszard Porzynski from Pixabay Plot: The narrator looks on as her mother and her aunts debate what to do after her twelve-year-old cousin, left alone for just a moment, has picked up a cursed sword. The family will never live down the disgrace if they can’t lift the curse off the sword. TheyContinue reading “Review of “The Curse” by Marissa Lingen”
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Review of “Bring Me The Head” by Don Plattner
Image by Yuri_B from Pixabay Plot: Far from home, on the planet Caratax, the narrator’s unit of Sethorians, receive an offer from their commander: “Bring me the severed head of a Corgolian, and I will provide nanobots that let you see the color purple.” Well, yeah, that is pretty brutal. The soldiers understand that. They’re supposed toContinue reading “Review of “Bring Me The Head” by Don Plattner”
Review of “The Sword of Saints and Sinners” by Kat Otis
Image courtesy of Pixabay Plot: As people are led to the gallows in London, the narrator tells the reader, they have the right to face his sword. A wound from his sword will let all know whether the condemned is a saint or a sinner by whether it draws blood. The narrator prays they willContinue reading “Review of “The Sword of Saints and Sinners” by Kat Otis”
Review of “Gaia Hypothesis” by Eden Fenn
Image courtesy of Pixabay Plot: The colonists on Mars keep dying regardless of what intervention the experts take: increased exercise to combat the difference in gravity, a stronger ion shield to protect against radiation and to ward off cancer, sunlamps, vitamins, antidepressants, and sleeping pills. After its founding ten years earlier, no one from theContinue reading “Review of “Gaia Hypothesis” by Eden Fenn”
Review of “Mad Science” by Jo Mularczyk
Plot: Julia finds herself standing in the church she knew in childhood, the successful result of the working of her newly-developed displacement nodule. The device allows a person to be transported anywhere instantaneously. It’s small enough to fit into Julia’s hand and responds to voice commands. Julia is not sure why she’s in the church,Continue reading “Review of “Mad Science” by Jo Mularczyk”
Review of “Snowfall” by Richard Bertram Peterson
Plot: A young child presses her face against the window and sees it’s snowing outside. Snow at Christmas! Excited, she jumps up and down and screams with excitement. Her mother joins her and looks out at the snow. A small tree stands in the corner of the room. “Mommy! Can I go out and playContinue reading “Review of “Snowfall” by Richard Bertram Peterson”
Review of “Historical Fiction” by Joshua Fagan
Plot: The narrator is a writer, looking for ideas to write about the 2030s. His writer’s desk (he has a writer’s desk? Lucky guy!) is full of sticky notes, all inscribed with reminders to write about this time period. But what? It seems like all the best ideas have been used and beaten to death.Continue reading “Review of “Historical Fiction” by Joshua Fagan”
Review of “Dreams Do Come True” by Peggy Gerber
Plot: Sofia was painfully shy as a child. They called her condition selective mutism. She tells the reader that when someone would come up to her and her mom when they were out walking, she’d dart behind her mom’s legs. Her dolls and stuffed toys were her friends, but she wasn’t lonely. They had lovelyContinue reading “Review of “Dreams Do Come True” by Peggy Gerber”
Review of “Some Form of Contact” by Marie Vibbert
Plot: Jody climbs up to the apartment roof, followed by Mick, the hottest guy in the apartment complex. Instead of paying attention to her, he sits down on an air conditioner housing and pulls out his phone. “This is the perfect place to watch invasion footage uninterrupted,” he tells her. The alien ships have appearedContinue reading “Review of “Some Form of Contact” by Marie Vibbert”
Review of “The Death of Bees” by Avra Margariti
Plot: The unnamed narrator has an online girlfriend, Anastasia, who is writing an essay about the population depletion of bees. When the narrator looks out her (?) bedroom window, she sees fuzzy insects landing on the lilacs. Homeschooled, she later asks her parents why the bees on their property seem to be thriving. This questionContinue reading “Review of “The Death of Bees” by Avra Margariti”
Reviews of Old and New Stories. Mostly Old 