Our exploration of free and inexpensive short fiction available on the internet. Here are a few stories we’ve read that we wanted you to know about.
“Slow Victory” by Juanjo Bazan (free at Daily Science Fiction, May 24, 2018)
A time traveler heads back for a meeting in the woods with a young woman “hiding from the army of uninformed and ignorant men.” Bazan offers up a different take on time travel here, a more intimate, more quiet sort of tale than is often told in this sub-genre.
February 4th, 2019. Bill Capossere, Marion Deeds and Tadiana Jones | Karin Tidbeck | Short Fiction | SFF Reviews | no comments |
Remnants of Trust by Elizabeth Bonesteel
Remnants of Trust (2016) is the second novel in Elizabeth Bonesteel’s CENTRAL CORPS trilogy. If you haven’t yet read The Cold Between, you should read it first. This review may contain spoilers for that first novel.
Elena and Greg were appropriately court-martialed for their actions in The Cold Between and, instead of prison, their ship Galileo was given a low-level assignment in a backwater sector of space.
February 4th, 2019. Kat Hooper´s rating: 3 | Elizabeth Bonesteel | Audio | SFF Reviews | 3 comments |
Once Upon a River by Diane Setterfield
Diane Setterfield offers up a great premise and a heaping sense of atmosphere in her newest novel, Once Upon a River (2018), but while the book offers up plenty of satisfying moments, I felt it fell short of its potential and was also somewhat marred by Setterfield’s lack of trust in her readers, though both of those complaints are admittedly more subjective than my typical criticism, so more than usual, one’s mileage may vary here.
As for that wholly engrossing premise,
February 4th, 2019. Bill Capossere and Tadiana Jones´s rating: 3.5 | Diane Setterfield | Stand-Alone | SFF Reviews | 3 comments |
Plenty more fun books this week. Take a peek!
Bill: This week I read Jenn Lyons’ solid The Ruin of Kings, Ian Cameron Esslemont’s satisfactorily concluding Malazan prequel book Kellanved’s Reach, and Gareth Hinds’ excellent graphic story version of The Iliad.
Jana: This week I got to the halfway mark in S.A. Chakraborty‘s City of Brass (and am still thoroughly enjoying it) and finished both Jordanna Max Brodsky‘s The Wolf in the Whale and Jessie Mihalik’s Polaris Rising.
February 4th, 2019. Tim Scheidler | Status Update | 2 comments |
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I've thought about picking that one up. The artwork looks perfect.