Tag Archives: short stories
Tuf Voyaging by George R.R. Martin
Read February 2021 ★ ★ 1/2 Originally published in 1986, ‘Tuf Voyaging’ contains seven stories largely published in Analog in 1985. You remember 1985, right? ‘Money for Nothing,’ ‘A View to a Kill,’ AIDS, Gorbachev, New Coke, Nintendo, … Continue reading →
Tales From the Folly by Ben Aaronovitch
Read November 2020 Recommended for serious fans ★ ★ ★ Mostly as advertised, a short story collection set in the Peter Grant universe, although it’s worth clarifying that Peter does not appear in perhaps half the stories. … Continue reading →
Poirot’s Early Cases by Agatha Christie
Read July 2020 Recommended for fans of Poirot and short stories ★ ★ ★ I was looking for a Poirot short story for my kindle when I ran into this compilation for a bargain ninety-nine cents. Worth … Continue reading →
Short Story Round-up: Nebulas 2019
Best Short Story • Give the Family My Love by A.T. Greenblatt (Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 149, February 2019) I enjoyed it, despite a recently noted dislike of epistolary storytelling. A pessimistic anthropologist astronaut is the last chance for humanity … Continue reading →
Round-up: P. Djeli Clark
One of my favorite new writers is P. Djèlí Clark. I first discovered him from longer length short-stories, and then his novellas. As I enthusiastically reviewed his work, it led to interesting discussions on the ability of male authors to … Continue reading →
Jackalope Wives and Other Stories by T. Kingfisher
I was motivated to buy this collection to both support Vernon/Kingfisher and because I adore the story “The Tomato Thief” (winner of the 2017 Hugo for novellette). I was motivated to review what I’ve read because of the total lack … Continue reading →
Murder in the Mews by Agatha Christie
Read January 2020 Recommended for Christie fans ★ ★ 1/2 A collection that shows its age, culturally speaking. Dead Man’s Mirror 3 stars “The flat was a modern one. The furnishings of the room were modern, too. The … Continue reading →
Lightspeed Magazine, Issue 70
Read November 2019 Recommended for fantasy/sci-fi fans ★ ★ ★ Here’s what happened: “Welcome to the Medical Clinic…” is awesome enough that I thought I should stop reading it for free and decided to buy it’s … Continue reading →
Cat Pictures Please and Other Stories by Naomi Kritzer
Read February and March 2019 ★ ★ ★ ★ ‘Cat Pictures Please,’ the titular story, won a Hugo and Locus, and was nominated for a Nebula, which rather implies Kritzer’s short stories are something to look … Continue reading →
Always Outnumbered, Always Outgunned by Walter Mosley
Read July 2018 Recommended for people who want a slice of a different life ★ ★ ★ ★ 1/2 The only mystery here is why I thought I going to read a whodunnit after having the … Continue reading →
