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"Well, it can‘t be Baba Yaga, wrong country! I don’t trust her…" — Jan 07, 2026 10:54AM
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Mini reviews will follow as I make my way through this collection.TABLE OF CONTENTS
1) “The Shipmaker” 🚀🚀🚀🚀
Originally published in Interzone #231, November 2011, reprint in Clarkesworld 2017, 5480 words.
I read this in Clarkesworld in 2023 and liked it ...more "
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Words weave a spell, sometimes. They create images in our minds that heat our loins and sway our souls.
“Fortunately, some things stay true whether we believe in them or not.”
― Snake-Eater
― Snake-Eater
“In the end, that was what got her moving again. As folk had done since time immemorial, she got on with things, because otherwise … who would feed the dog?”
― Brigands & Breadknives
― Brigands & Breadknives
“I think for the first time in a long time, I wasn’t looking backward … or forward, either. So maybe I was looking at whatever is between those things.”
― Brigands & Breadknives
― Brigands & Breadknives
“C’mon, Padre, didn’t the Lord promise something about floods?” “He promised not to destroy the world. Individuals are still expected to get to high ground.”
― Snake-Eater
― Snake-Eater
“This life is like a sword. It’s the tool I know how to use. I have sharpened it to a keen edge, and it accomplishes the tasks I set it to. It may cut me from time to time, but I know its value. If I put it down, what other tool is there to hand?”
― Brigands & Breadknives
― Brigands & Breadknives
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