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.
“Tea Time” by Rachel Swirsky (2015, free at Lightspeed Magazine)
A wonderfully impressionistic examination of one small cranny of Lewis Carroll’s Wonderland. In this case, the focus is on the eternal tea party held by the two lovers—the March Hare and the Mad Hatter, who speak to each other only in quotations,
December 14th, 2015. Bill Capossere, Tadiana Jones, Jana Nyman and Marion Deeds | Ilona Andrews, Rachel Swirsky | Short Fiction | SFF Reviews | 3 comments |
I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream: The Voice From the Edge Vol. 1 by Harlan Ellison
Probably everyone who knows anything about Harlan Ellison knows he’s a jerk (please don’t sue me, Mr. Ellison). I had to consciously put aside my personal opinion of the man while listening to him narrate his audiobook I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream: The Voice From the Edge Vol. 1. I was disgusted by some of these stories, but I have to admit that even though I suspect Ellison delights in trying to shock the reader with his various forms of odiousness (mostly having to do with sex),
December 14th, 2015. Kat Hooper and Stuart Starosta | Harlan Ellison | Audio, Horror, Hugo Award, Nebula Award, Short Fiction | SFF Reviews | 13 comments |
Moon Called by Patricia Briggs
Mercy Thompson is an anomaly: a female automobile mechanic who owns her own shop, half Native American, and ― in a world with werewolves, vampires, fae and other supernatural beings ― she is one of a very few “walkers,” or skinwalkers, able to easily shapeshift into a coyote at will, without regard to phases of the moon. When Mercy surprised her human mother by turning into a coyote pup when she was three months old, her mother, not knowing what else to do, turned her over to be raised by a werewolf pack.
December 14th, 2015. Tadiana Jones, John Hulet, Rob Rhodes and Kat Hooper | Patricia Briggs | Audio | SFF Reviews | 2 comments |
Do it! One of the best things I've read in recent years.
This reminds me. I want to read Addie LaRue.
We’re in total agreement David!
I felt just the same. The prose and character work was excellent. The larger story was unsatisfying, especially compared to…
Hmmm. I think I'll pass.