Y’all know I love anything Carrie Vaughn puts out. This Vaughn story hits all the high notes for King Arthur kids, weird fiction aficionados, and Anne girls—so choosing to include it here is truly a no-brainer for me. Click through for some information on Carrie Vaughn’s “The Lady of Shalott” and a link to the story.
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Short Story of the Day #1: “As the Last I May Know” by S.L. Huang
Welcome to Short Story of the Day: a new series where I give you one short story—or novelette, or drabble—to read every morning. We’re starting off with S.L. Huang’s “As the Last I May Know,” which won the Hugo Award for Best Short Story in 2020.
Continue readingThe Accusation: A Review
It’s only natural to expect people in the U.S. to be fascinated by — and a little wary of — news out of North Korea. The Hermit Kingdom has become our new boogeyman, replacing China and Russia as the focus of our Red Scare. But given the United States’ near-total lack of communication with the other country, the bulk of our narratives about North Korea come from outsiders, from imaginative novelists and traveling teachers, or from defectors who have successfully found asylum elsewhere. All of this warrants saying, because all of this is necessary for readers to understand just how unique The Accusation, the first foreign-published book by a North Korean author living in North Korea — in this case, Bandi — is. There’s no other short-story collection like it in the world. Continue reading
Difficult Women: A Review:
The best kind of short-story collection doesn’t so much contain digestible vignettes as offer up chewy, meaty Everlasting Gobstoppers for reader consumption and reflection. Roxane Gay‘s Difficult Women does exactly that. Continue reading
All You Zombies: A Review
After watching Predestination, I knew I wanted to read “All You Zombies.” That I am not a fan of Robert A. Heinlein is well-documented. However, the film’s plot — which was knit together in classic science fiction style — drew me to the author for another go. Continue reading