There is so much free or inexpensive short fiction available on the internet these days. Here are a few stories we read this week that we wanted you to know about.
Grand Jeté (The Great Leap) by Rachel Swirsky (2014, free at Subterranean Press)
“Mara, please wake up. I’ve made you a gift.” But gifts can be complicated: often there are strings attached, and the giver may not be completely in tune with the desires of the recipient… may, in fact,
October 19th, 2015. Tadiana Jones, Jason Golomb, Katie Burton, Marion Deeds and Kate Lechler | John Scalzi, Rachel Swirsky | Nebula Award, Short Fiction | SFF Reviews | 1 comment |
An Inheritance of Ashes by Leah Bobet
There are two things to know about Leah Bobet’s An Inheritance of Ashes. The first is that it is going on my list of potential best books of the year. It’s that good. The other is that you should ignore the genre marketing which has Bobet’s novel listed as YA, I assume because of its sixteen-year-old protagonist. But An Inheritance of Ashes has a deeply adult sensibility, whether in its treatment of war,
October 19th, 2015. Bill Capossere´s rating: 5 | Leah Bobet | Stand-Alone, Young Adult | SFF Reviews | 5 comments |
The Tournament at Gorlan by John Flanagan
Well, I thought the RANGER’S APPRENTICE series, which I recently reviewed, was finished, but it’s not. The Tournament at Gorlan begins a prequel series which tells us what happened before we met Will on the day he became a Ranger’s apprentice. We already know some of the backstory — about how Morgarath became a traitor to the King of Araluen, destroyed the reputation of the Rangers, and tried to seize the throne. John Flanagan’s prequel series will fill in the details of those events and let us enjoy the youthful days of some of our favorite older RANGER’S APPRENTICE characters.
October 19th, 2015. Kat Hooper´s rating: 3 | John Flanagan | Audio, Children | SFF Reviews | 1 comment |
Isle of the Dead directed by Mark Robson
The history of the American horror film in the 1940s can practically be summarized with two words: “Universal” and “Lewton.” Throughout that decade, megastudio Universal pleased audiences with a steady stream of films dealing with Frankenstein, the Invisible Man, the Mummy and the Wolfman, culminating with the finest horror comedy ever made, 1948’s Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein. Meanwhile, over at RKO, producer Val Lewton was taking a wholly different tack, and between the years 1942 and ’46, brought to the screen no less than nine wonderful,
October 19th, 2015. Sandy Ferber´s rating: 4.5 | Film / TV, Horror | SFF Reviews | 4 comments |
Sounds like weird good fun, Sandy.
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