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from the Spells, Space & Screams: Collections & Anthologies in Fantasy, Science Fiction, & Horror group.
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Too soon!
King Yvorian’s Wager by Darrell Schweitzer ★★★★☆ A self absorbed young king seeks to wagers with the god of death. He over taxes his citizens to build a labyrinth for himself where he can live agelessly separate from the world. Eventually death comes and tells him that so long as he claims to be king death will not touch him. (view spoiler)
Happy New Year!
Chicken Little by Cory Doctorow ★★★★★ A imaginative tale grounded in reality. Immortal CEOs rule a familiar world in distant god-like ways. They search for novelty, advantage, and Clarity.
Merry Christmas!🎁🎄
These threads stay open.
The Dowry of the Rag Picker’s Daughter ★★★★☆ Gorgeous little story of the poor ugly girl being gifted with her inner beauty. She and her wizard live happily ever after.
All Cats are Grey ★★★☆☆
“They sighted the Empress riding, her dead-lights gleaming, a ghost ship in night space.”
In a tame early inspiration for Alien, this spooky space salvage story still has some chills.
Always trust your cat, they can see things you cannot.
I liked the dog but the rest was blah. I’d rather watch the old Christopher Reeves vs Gene Hackman. I never watched the Cavil ones, I like him but he didn’t look the part to me.
lol! When “good enough for government work” is the end you!
J. wrote: "765874 - Unificationhttps://youtu.be/mgOZFny7F50?si=gA2Py...
What do y'all think?"
I had no intention of crying this evening you jerk!
And thank you, that was beautiful.
Miss Cillian already.
The Last Hieroglyph by Clark Ashton Smith ★★★½☆ A man and his party adventure and try to deny his dark fate.
The Sorcerer Pharesm by Jack Vance ★★★½☆
An adventurer under a guise runs afoul of an old sorcerer after eating the wrong meal. Cugel is sent back a million years to try and retrieve the strange life form he ate. It was weird one but oddly entertaining.
Looks good.
Rattlesnakes ★★★☆☆ Snakes and ghosts and Covid and characters from stories I have yet to read. I have never wanted to read Cujo but I want to read Duma Key now.
The Dreamers ★★★★½
Oh yes, I loved that dark dark trip to Lovecraft Lane. A vet comes back from Vietnam to be recruited by a rich mad scientist looking for what’s behind the Wall of Sleep.
The Answer Man ★★★½☆
Three times in a lawyers life he meets a man by the side of the road selling truth. These truths both inspire and sadden his life. It was a bummer to read.
The Hoard of Gibbelins by Lord Dunsany ★★★★½My first thought was the Gibbelins were not monsters for valuing consistent food, water, a roof over their head, and family over shiny rocks. Only people are do greedy and foolish but call others monsters to feel less so. Thus I adored the end as an object lesson. Schmuck knight, lol.
These have not been my kind of horror stories. Definitely horrible, but also sad and human. They slowed me down. Hopefully there will be more vampires and baby Cthulhu’s.
The Ghost of a Flea ★★½☆☆ Lots of references and allusions but not much story.
The Atrocity Exhibitionists by Brian Hodges ★★½☆☆
Covid plus social media addiction lead to madness and death. It was gory.
The Father of Modern Gynecology by Joyce Carol Oates ★☆☆☆☆
DNF
The bit I read I need scrubbed from my mind.
Here Comes Your Man by Indrapramit Das ★☆☆☆☆
DNF
A long rape story - pass.
D wrote: "“Wet Red Grin” by Gemma FilesA satisfyingly just ending. Though at least for me, the start of this one was a bit slower than I would have preferred."
I also liked the ending. I thought she would go for broke but she kept the job and left the rest to karma.
