Lena’s Comments (group member since Nov 17, 2014)

Lena’s comments from the Spells, Space & Screams: Collections & Anthologies in Fantasy, Science Fiction, & Horror group.

I am so freakin intrigued by Baba Yaga! She calls to my little witchy heart but she’s a little scary too.
Oh yes! I love that that’s John Wicks nickname too!

The Story of a House by Yi Izzy Yu ★★☆☆☆
Sad and muddled with metaphors.

Last Tour Into The Hungering Moonlight by Gwendolyn Kiste ★★★½☆
“For so long, we were told we needed to be perfect. But all we ever really needed was to be wild.”

This reminded me of The Mere Wife, fierce suburban feminine rage and mythology.

Woohoo. High five at the finish!

Prepare to die. The sea awakens.

Eerie River brings you another round of insatiable thrills. There is no end to the terrors we have in store and there is nowhere left to hide.

Within the Mariana Trench, a research vessel’s crew is threatened by a mysterious force. A father and daughter’s holiday by the ocean turns deadly as a sinister creature stalks them. A group of friends learn that some things should remain in the ocean. Filled with a sense of wonder, a young biologist discovers a new species of kelp, but with disastrous consequences.

Can you hear it, the call of the sea? The lulling rock of the water beneath you, the soft breeze as it moves along your skin. The slip and slime of the beast as it caresses your face and takes you under? Can you feel it? Will you join me?

I finished nearly on time! https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Time Gypsy by Ellen Klages ★★★★☆
A doctoral student goes back in time and falls for the trail brazing scientist that inspired her.

Neither have I. It’s trivial, but I wish they had made her hair redder. Then again, I doubt I’ll watch it so who cares.

The new Little Mermaid preview came up, it’s not as bad as I thought it would be - mostly Aquaman CGI - mostly. The bad Disney CGI are the creatures. But mostly it just reminded me that Ron Howard had killed this shit in 1984!
https://youtu.be/tQyWVxeukv0

Dead Poets by Carrie Vaughn ★★★☆☆
An ancient cup sends people through time when wine is drunk out of it. But you don’t have any control as to when you end up.

Timed Obsolescence by Sameem Siddiqui DNF
I lost interest halfway. I can’t even tell you what it’s about.

A Letter to Merlin by Theodora Goss ★★★★☆
At the end of the time stream, the few advanced humans remaining recruit dying souls to save our race. I love Theodora Goss!

The Place of All the Souls by Margo Lanagan ★★☆☆☆
I actually swayed when I heard 26 pregnancies, 23 of them as an occupation. The rest of the story is a long conversation on regret.

Glorious https://youtu.be/QvI-gO0WNPw
The strangest preview I’ve seen in ages. Like a dirty modern Lovecraft short story.

The Memory Librarian serves readers tales grounded in the human trials of identity expression, technology, and love, but also reaching through to the worlds of memory and time within, and the stakes and power that exists there.

The Difference Between Love and Time by Catherynne M. Valente DNF
I made it halfway. I either love her work or toss it across the room.

Unbashed, or: Jackson, Whose Cowardice Tore a Hole in the Chronoverse Sam J. Miller ★★☆☆☆
Just a long sad list of scenarios.

Romance: Historical by Rowan Coleman ★★★★☆
Ahhh! No, it was going so well. This was adorable and then, and then… stop it with the sad stories!

Joshua Tree by Emma Bull ★★★☆☆
A little magic in the desert, and a new friend, change a young woman’s life.

Fiona wrote: "I am SO LATE.

I’m still finishing the last two that didn’t have an audiobook option.

Bergamot and Vetiver by Lavanya Lakshminarayan ★★★★½
“How do you think their civilization came to an end? It was always us, all along.”

Ouch. It stings but I love this kind of story. Dear hero, didn’t you know? You’re the bad guy.

Kronia Elizabeth Hand ★★☆☆☆
That was just a long list of scenarios.

Not surprised about Spare Cash Please. Our Bodies sounds interesting.