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from the Spells, Space & Screams: Collections & Anthologies in Fantasy, Science Fiction, & Horror group.
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The Floating Forest by Herman Scheffauer ★★★★☆
You could read it as vengeance or fate, but either way the imagery was beautiful.
That Kush painting is cool Melanie!
Held by the Sargasso Sea by Frank H. Shaw ★★★½☆
My favorite thus far. While the anthropomorphic magical ship might be the least believable, it felt real. The decades of devotion between Chisholm and The Swordfish make the ending more than possible, they make it right.
That could be fun. I took my mother to see Those Who Wish Me Dead. We had a good time yelling at the screen, the sheriff’s were not the brightest characters, and cheering on Angelina Jolie and a badass survivalist black woman who was impressive. It was a much better time than two weeks ago when we tried The Truffle Hunters, which was slow and sad and she fell asleep.
A charity anthology for James A. Moore’s medical costs and ongoing costs of living.120,000 words, with four original stories and eight best-of-SNAFU reprints.
Some of the most important military missions have been medical evacuations – medivacs.
Soldiers don’t often fight for themselves. They fight for the guy next to them, their brother, their friend, their family.
And they fight hard.
The morning celery juice? My grandmother was an avid smoker, drank, did not consider it a meal without some cow on the plate, but kept herself lean and drank celery juice every morning. She made it to her 90s!
Now I need to watch all these gems. And buddy, I did not realize the No-Hawk had been a real thing. Check out Dry Friday, which features Kristen Stewart’s finest acting. And yes, those Dry Groups are a real punitive thing in American colleges. I had to go to one and it was not this entertaining: https://youtu.be/K79n-yRmTR0
Hmmm, close.5 women = 1 John Wick
2 John Wicks = 1 Chuck Norris
Eastwood-kills-baddies-in-bulk movies are six shooter westerns, so unless you ‘account for inflation’ those numbers can’t touch a Wick or 196 episodes of Walker, Texas Ranger, two Delta Force movies, two Missing in Action movies, at least one stint as a hitman, etc etc etc. I’m not familiar with the Bronson oeuvre. I do remember getting caught watching Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects and getting in trouble.
Now I’m feeling rebellious and want to watch it, lol.
Incomers by Paul McAuley ★★★☆☆ This was a YA about bored angry teens bothering a war hero. One of them grows up and becomes a better person.
The Wikipedia on them sounds less than entertaining so I’m glad it seems like a fresh story.
I wouldn’t skip the first one but after that you’re not going to get ‘lost’ lol! They are just for fun.
Yup, that was funny and satisfying.
What my Merfolk May is missing is some erotica. I’m going to reread an old favorite, Fallen from the Stars, then finish up From the Wreck. I have also read several stories from our book of the month. Would anyone like to watch a Mermovie with me? I found this on Prime: https://youtu.be/pX2Ijwk-naI
Sargasso by Ward Muir ★★★☆☆
For an epistolary short sea-monster-mystery story, that was a bit of alright. Hey, there was a tentacle!
Voted! One of the books I had recently picked up from a BookBubs. Yes, at least half because of the cover, lol.
I loved reading all the Krakatoa facts, I did not know the eruption went on for days. I as well believe this would make an excellent addition to the SNAFU series - both nautical and natural disasters.
“As if it were too great, too mighty for common virtues, the ocean has no compassion, no faith, no law, no memory...” That is how you set the mood people!
The Ship of Silence by Albert R. Wetjen ★★½☆☆
Excellent first line and premise, unfortunately this was twenty pages of tension signifying nothing.
From the Darkness and the Depths by Morgan Robertson ★★½☆☆
The author sounded more interesting than his presented work. This was a forgettable sea monster story that I skimmed neared the end.
