Tag Archives: novella
The Haunting of Tram Car 015 by P. Djeli Clark
Read February 2019 Recommended for fans of djinn, interesting reads ★ ★ ★ ★ Cairo, 1912 or so. There’s a ghost in Tram Car 015, although Senior Agent Hamed is fairly certain it isn’t a ghost. You … Continue reading
How to Survive an Undead Honeymoon by Hailey Edwards
Read April 2020 Recommended for fans of Sookie Stackhouse ★ ★ 1/2 The series is wrapped up, but what, you are surely wondering, did Grier and Linus do on their honeymoon? Never fear, this novella answers the question … Continue reading
Sea Change by Nancy Kress
Read February 2020 Recommended for fans hope ★ ★ 1/2 Surprisingly, for all my years in sci-fi, I’ve never read Nancy Kress. I think it has often been a subject/person (me) mismatch, so when Tachyon Publications had a review … Continue reading
Uncanny Collateral by Brian McClellan
Read January 2020 Recommended for fans tough guys with tats ★ ★ ★ A decent urban fantasy; for those who follow the field, I’d say better than the first books in the Dresden series and on … Continue reading
Sisters of the Vast Black by Lina Rather
Read November 2019 Recommended for fans of Chambers ★ ★ ★ ★ There’s something incredibly campy sounding about nuns in space. But this is less meme and more character study in the most unique space faring vehicle yet … Continue reading
Incursion: Zombie Apocalypse by M.D. Massey
Read May 2019 Recommended for fans of survialist zombie stories ★ ★ ★ ★ It’s a good thing I read this novella first, because the subsequent books turned out to be another herd of zombies all together. Incursion: … Continue reading
Walking to Aldebaran by Adrian Tchaikovsky
Read April 2019 Recommended for fans of exploration sci-fi ★ ★ ★ ★ 1/2 ‘Aldebaran’ is a red star whose name comes from the Arabic word for ‘follower,’ because it seems to follow the Pleides. Interesting … Continue reading
Exit Strategy by Martha Wells. Please, don’t.
Read November 2018 Recommended for fans of introverted robots ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ “I had a complex emotional reaction. A whole new burst of neural connections blossomed. Oh right, I often have complex emotional reactions … Continue reading
The Ballad of Black Tom by Victor LaValle
Read October 2018 Recommended for fans of Bloody folk tales ★ ★ ★ 1/2 Nominated for a Hugo, Nebula, and Shirley Jackson Awards,* The Ballad of Black Tom is a fine little novella, made accessible to horror dilettantes by … Continue reading
Rogue Protocol by Martha Wells
Read October 2018 Recommended for fans of Murderbot, AIs ★ ★ ★ ★ “Or Miki was a bot who had never been abused or lied to or treated with anything but indulgent kindness. It really thought its humans were … Continue reading
