reading and other escapes

I finished a review of A Sinister Quartet just 45 minutes late of being able to post it on the day the book launched, which was yesterday. The review is on Goodreads ; people reading here have heard my reactions to the first two stories in any case.

Those two--"The Twice-Drowned Saint" (CSE Cooney) and "An Unkindness" (Jessica Wick)--were right up my alley thematically and writing-wise. The remaining two, "Viridian" (Amanda McGee) and "The Comforter" (Mike Allen) were both excellent tales, slightl...