Category: Short Stories
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Transmutations by Vergere Street
Transmutations by Vergere Street Rating: 3/5, average This short story collection was written by someone from my university. They were in my Animal Theory class and I remember them saying they hunted all their own meat and that made me curious, so I friended them on Facebook a little bit ago, and through that…
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Best of Apex Magazine
Edited by Jason Sizemore and Lesley Conner Rating: 5/5 This story collection totally blew me away. There are 21 stories and they’re all so good. The thing I like about them most is they’re all really unique. Genre fiction can get a little formulaic sometimes, so I think it’s good to shake it up. Apex…
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Tales of Moonlight and Rain by Ueda Akinari
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Rating: 3/5, average (note: I’m rating my experience of reading this, not the quality, which is phenomenal because it’s a Japanese classic. It is beautifully written and painstakingly translated, but quite dry.) Tales of Moonlight and Rain in a nutshell: Ghosts of thwarted noblemen and mistreated women Decrepit thatched-roof houses Lovers undeterred by death Sages,…
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Space is Just a Starry Night by Tanith Lee
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Space is Just a Starry Night – a book about the supernatural, space, aliens, advanced technology, and lonely, lonely women. Tanith Lee’s new collection of short stories is divided into five parts, titled: Myth Remembered, Burning Bright, Falling Angels, Death’s Door, and Exiles. Myth Remembered A vampire story and a werewolf story, but in space!…