Short Fiction: February 6, 2019
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bibliogramma“A Bond as Deep as Starlit Seas,” Sarah Grey; Lightspeed Magazine, August 2018
http://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/a-bond-as-deep-as-starlit-seas/
There is no tie as deep as that between a girl and her space ship.
“A Green Moon Problem,’ Jane Lindskold; Fireside Magazine, May 2018
http://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/a-green-moon-problem/
An eerie tale about a masked legend seeking the meaning of humanity, who has a talent for finding unusual solutions to difficult problems.
“The Thing About Ghosts,’ Naomi Kritzer; Uncanny Magazine, November/December 2018
https://uncannymagazine.com/article/the-thing-about-ghost-stories/
Kritzer’s novelette about a woman writing her doctoral dissertation on the meaning of ghost stories as her mother slowly slides into dementia and then dies is both a meditation on death and how we deal with it, and a ghost story all on its own.
“Field Biology of the Wee Fairies,” Naomi Kritzer; Apex Magazine, April 4, 2019
https://www.apex-magazine.com/field-biology-of-the-wee-fairies/
In a world where normal girls wait hopefully for their fairy to come along and gift them with beauty, or some other appropriately feminine attribute that will help them succeed with boys, what does a young girl who doesn’t care about being pretty and wants to be a scientist to do when her fairy shows up?
“If At First You Don’t Succeed, Try, Try Again,” Zen Cho; Barnes &Noble Sci-fi and Fantasy Blog, November 29, 2018
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/blog/sci-fi-fantasy/if-at-first-you-dont-succeed-try-try-again-by-zen-cho/
An imugi’s goal is to become a dragon, that is the way of things. But sometimes an imugi will try, and fail. Perhaps, for Byam, it’s just that it needs a kind of wisdom only being in love can provide. Cho’s novelette is both poignant and joyous.
http://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/a-bond-as-deep-as-starlit-seas/
There is no tie as deep as that between a girl and her space ship.
“A Green Moon Problem,’ Jane Lindskold; Fireside Magazine, May 2018
http://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/a-green-moon-problem/
An eerie tale about a masked legend seeking the meaning of humanity, who has a talent for finding unusual solutions to difficult problems.
“The Thing About Ghosts,’ Naomi Kritzer; Uncanny Magazine, November/December 2018
https://uncannymagazine.com/article/the-thing-about-ghost-stories/
Kritzer’s novelette about a woman writing her doctoral dissertation on the meaning of ghost stories as her mother slowly slides into dementia and then dies is both a meditation on death and how we deal with it, and a ghost story all on its own.
“Field Biology of the Wee Fairies,” Naomi Kritzer; Apex Magazine, April 4, 2019
https://www.apex-magazine.com/field-biology-of-the-wee-fairies/
In a world where normal girls wait hopefully for their fairy to come along and gift them with beauty, or some other appropriately feminine attribute that will help them succeed with boys, what does a young girl who doesn’t care about being pretty and wants to be a scientist to do when her fairy shows up?
“If At First You Don’t Succeed, Try, Try Again,” Zen Cho; Barnes &Noble Sci-fi and Fantasy Blog, November 29, 2018
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/blog/sci-fi-fantasy/if-at-first-you-dont-succeed-try-try-again-by-zen-cho/
An imugi’s goal is to become a dragon, that is the way of things. But sometimes an imugi will try, and fail. Perhaps, for Byam, it’s just that it needs a kind of wisdom only being in love can provide. Cho’s novelette is both poignant and joyous.