Title: Prise De Fer
Author: Ellen Kushner
Genre: Ghost story
This is the part of my 100 Short Stories in 2015 challenge.
Opening sentence:
“You’re not deceiving anyone, you know.”
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Weather
Title: Weather
Author: Susan Palwick
Genre: Science fiction
This is the part of my 100 Short Stories in 2014 challenge.
I listened to this as the podcast and I think part of the impact of the story had to do with Kate’s introduction and comments at the end. So I can recommend this format. As always Kate does a great job reading these stories – which she apparently do cold.
Because this is a short story it is hard to talk about it without spoiling it. So be warned.
Ponies
Title: Ponies
Author: Kij Johnson
Genre: eh, fable, horror?
This is the part of my 100 Short Stories in 2014 challenge.
I listened to Ponies on my way from work on the Rocket Talk podcast by tor.com. Which is a new show to me – one that I really like. They discuss interesting people and have cool guests on. Continue reading Ponies
Careful Magic
Title: Careful Magic
Author: Karen Healey
Genre: urban fantasy, magic
This is the part of my 100 Short Stories in 2014 challenge. This story is also part of the crowdfunded anthology Kaleidoscope, that I helped fund.
This was definitely one of my favourite stories of the anthology. Helen is such a wonderful protagonist and I was sad when the story ended. Not because it was a sad ending, but because it ended. That’s what you want from a short story isn’t it?
Vanilla
Title: Vanilla
Author: Dirk Flinthart
Genre: science fiction, near future, aliens
This is the part of my 100 Short Stories in 2014 challenge. This story is also part of the crowdfunded anthology Kaleidoscope, that I helped fund.
To me this was a really brave story. The story is about an Australian-somali teenage girl, Kylie Haward, who befriend some alien creatures who settled on Earth after their world was destroyed.
End of Service
Title: End of Service
Author: Gabriela Lee
Genre: science fiction, near future
This is the part of my 100 Short Stories in 2014 challenge. This story is also part of the crowdfunded anthology Kaleidoscope, that I helped fund.
Aya just lost her mom, who has been living as a migrant worker, somewhere else. Her mom has never been home much and that is making the grief process harder on Aya, who does not know what to think and feel.