Obsidian is such a good word!

Looking through those unpublished book reviews and unshelved but long-read books I found an Obsidian Trilogy and an Obsidian short story collection. It's definitely time to shelve them--the trilogy, in particular, is made up of quite large books and if I don't put them away the space will disappear. (Space does that--quantum book expansion I think.) So...

I'll start with the short stories. Obsidian Worlds by Jason Werbeloff is a fascinating collection, not for the easily offended, but...