The Black Tides of Heaven & The Red Threads of Fortune by J.Y. Yang J.Y. Yang’s short works of fiction have been published online and anthologized, and one particular element has always stood out to me: their ability to convincingly craft fictional circumstances and characters within a graceful economy of prose. Within the TENSORATE series of […]
Read MoreJana Nyman´s rating: 5 | JY Yang | Short Fiction | SFF Reviews | | 2 comments |
The Descent of Monsters by J.Y. Yang Every page of J.Y. Yang’s newest TENSORATE novella, The Descent of Monsters (2018), carries a pervasive and steadily-increasing sense of dread. But when the primary character announces straight off that “You are reading this because I am dead,” it’s hard not to wonder how and why that comes […]
Read MoreJana Nyman and Marion Deeds´s rating: 4.5 | JY Yang | SFF Reviews | | 4 comments |
The Ascent to Godhood by JY Yang The Ascent to Godhood (2019) is the fourth and final novella in JY Yang’s TENSORATE series. It’s a finalist for the Locus Award in the Novella category — something that doesn’t surprise me at all. This series is a rollercoaster of deeply emotional stories with a rich and […]
Read MoreSkye Walker and Jana Nyman´s rating: 5 | JY Yang | SFF Reviews | | no comments |
Our weekly sampling of free or inexpensive short fiction available on the internet. Here are a few stories we read this week that we wanted you to know about. The Litany of Earth by Ruthanna Emrys (2014, free on Tor.com, 99c Kindle version) Aphra Marsh lives in San Francisco, listening to the sounds of the sea […]
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Today’s SHORTS column features all of the 2018 Locus Award finalists for short fiction. The Locus Award winners will be announced by Connie Willis during Locus Award weekend, June 22 – June 24, 2018. NOVELLAS: In Calabria by Peter S. Beagle (2017) Claudio, a middle-aged curmudgeonly farmer living in a remote area of the Italian […]
Read MoreKat Hooper, Skye Walker, Taya Okerlund, Terry Weyna, Bill Capossere, Nathan Okerlund, Tadiana Jones and Katie Burton | Charlie Jane Anders, Elizabeth Hand, JY Yang, Kai Ashante Wilson, Karen Joy Fowler, Ken Liu, Michael Swanwick, Nancy Kress, Peter S. Beagle, Samuel R. Delany | Audio, Horror, Locus Award, Short Fiction | SFF Reviews | | 2 comments |
In this week’s SHORTS column we wrap up our reviews of most of the 2021 Locus and Hugo award finalists in the novelette and short story categories. “50 Things Every AI Working with Humans Should Know” by Ken Liu (2020, free at Uncanny magazine) One eventually gets the list the titles implies, but first the story […]
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The New Voices of Fantasy edited by Peter Beagle This collection of nineteen fantasy short works, edited by Peter Beagle, is definitely worthwhile if you like speculative short fiction. Many of them left an impact on me, and a few are true standouts. These stories are by relatively new authors in the speculative fiction genre and are […]
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