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Absalom's Mother & Other Stories
Louise Marley's first collection includes ten science fiction and fantasy stories. Due to Marley's background as a concert opera singer, many stories have music at their heart.
Absalom's Mother
Diamond Girls
p dolce
Small in the Saddle
Starchild Wondersmith
Gathering Genius
Night Shift
Body and Blood
Deep River
Absalom's Mother
Diamond Girls
p dolce
Small in the Saddle
Starchild Wondersmith
Gathering Genius
Night Shift
Body and Blood
Deep River
230 pages, Paperback
First published April 15, 2007
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About the author
Louise Marley
35 books130 followersLouise Marley, a former concert and opera singer, has published nineteen novels. As Louise Marley, she writes fantasy and science fiction, including THE TERRORISTS OF IRUSTAN and THE CHILD GODDESS. Writing as Cate Campbell, she published the historical trilogy BENEDICT HALL.
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July 6, 2021
Wow.
Cover & design look almost self-published or indie, and there are a few typos.
But these stories are definitely strong enough that one can read this as if it were vetted by a big professional publisher. And they have been published before... I wish more SF writers of short pieces would make collections, as Marley did, because otherwise how would we find these treasures?
Music, yes. Also a sort of time travel, some that speak to feminism, some inspired by Marley's connection with ranching in Montana even.
And yes, so far not a clunker in the bunch. Some are lighter, some more intense, some a bit weird, but all a joy to read. Pretty sure I'm going to have to set it aside for a few years, come back for a reread, and only then offer it out on paperbackswap....
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Ok done.
Yup. Deserving of much better publicity. Definitely speculative fiction, definitely short stories, which I know are obstacles for a lot of readers... but imo they are of such quality, and provide so much pleasure, I think they would appeal more widely.
Cover & design look almost self-published or indie, and there are a few typos.
But these stories are definitely strong enough that one can read this as if it were vetted by a big professional publisher. And they have been published before... I wish more SF writers of short pieces would make collections, as Marley did, because otherwise how would we find these treasures?
Music, yes. Also a sort of time travel, some that speak to feminism, some inspired by Marley's connection with ranching in Montana even.
And yes, so far not a clunker in the bunch. Some are lighter, some more intense, some a bit weird, but all a joy to read. Pretty sure I'm going to have to set it aside for a few years, come back for a reread, and only then offer it out on paperbackswap....
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Ok done.
Yup. Deserving of much better publicity. Definitely speculative fiction, definitely short stories, which I know are obstacles for a lot of readers... but imo they are of such quality, and provide so much pleasure, I think they would appeal more widely.
April 15, 2008
A solid collection of short stories. Some pretty evocative ones as well as some hum drum. Still, if you like short stories that run from speculative fiction to pure sci-fi, this is a good collection. Several of them revolve around classical musicianship - I have to imagine that Louise Marley has done that at some point in her life.
September 30, 2008
Marvelous stories! Always with a twist, a shocker, or a gotcha! The title story is scary and deeply moving.
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