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Available for free, here: http://www.fantasy-magazine.com/new/n..."Kaiju," of course, refers to the Japanese film genre featuring battles between giant monsters. (I used to work at a club where the band "Kaiju Big Battel" played frequently, so I can't see the word without thinking of their shows...)Here we meet a family, one of whom is a Hero, travelling out of humanity's safe dwelling caves to do battle against a destructive alien monster. The story is intercut with a couple of different kinds
WELCOME TO DECEMBER PROJECT!this explanation/intro will be posted before each day’s short story. scroll down to get to the story-review.this is the FOURTH year of me doing a short story advent calendar as my december project. for those of you new to me or this endeavor, here’s the skinny: every day in december, i will be reading a short story that is 1) available free somewhere on internet, and 2) listed on goodreads as its own discrete entity. there will be links provided for those of you who l...
I wish there had been more stories and less nonfiction - but that's really more of a compliment than a criticism because of the handful of short stories/reprints there were only two I really did not enjoy. The rest were each phenomenal in their own way, and I think the magazine accomplished a two-fold purpose: not only did I get to read lovely queer fantasy, but now I am curious about all these different authors and am keeping an eye out for their other work.In short, this issue was (very nearly...
Queer storiesOk, so someone decides to write a story about being gay no problem. But you can bet that story after story about gays tended to get old fast. I suppose that some folks prefer this but I was expecting something more. The word Queer to me doesn't necessarily mean homosexual to me it means different or strange. Three stars seemed appropriate to me neither hating nor liking the book but saying that there were a few stories that I enjoyed.
Fantasy and Lightspeed magazine were unified some time ago. They are very well-known science fiction and fantasy magazine. Even in fantasy, supposedly the genre of limitless possibility, where everyone is invited to the adventure, minorities are often underrepresented. Last year Lightspeed started the "destroy science fiction" series, a yearly program focusing on underrepresented minorities to give them a voice, and to see what they have to offer and to contribute to the genre. In 2014 they focu...
An excellent collection that introduced me to a couple of authors I definitely, definitely want to read more from. And all the stories had queer themes! Fabulous in more ways than one.
Fiction The Lily and the Horn by Catherynne M. Valente: 4.5/5Kaiju Maximus®: “So Various, So Beautiful, So New” by Kai Ashante Wilson: 3/5The Lady's Maid by Carlea Holl-Jensen: 3/5The Duchess & the Ghost by Richard Bowes: 4/5The Padishah Begum's Reflections by Shweta Narayan: 3.5/5Down the Path of the Sun by Nicola Griffith: 4/5The Ledge by Austin Bunn: 3/5The Sea Troll's Daughter by Caitlín R. Kiernan: 5/5 Non-fiction The Sleepover Manifesto by merrit kopas: 5/5False Starts by Keguro Macha
An excellent collection, but I was disappointed by the lack of ace and/or aro characters/essays.
A commendable project whose results did not satisfy me completely. Mostly, it was a matter of aesthetic incompatibilities between me and the editors: I found some stories too slow or directionless, others, too broken or outright nasty. This is not about sexuality; it's about individual, idiosyncratic sensitivity.But I'm going to journey on with Queers Destroy Science Fiction, eventually.My personal highlights:I may try more of:- Keguro Macharia, because his "False Starts" may well lead to startl...
Caitlin R. Kiernan's "The Sea Troll's Daughter" was excellent! Really engaging, really moving, really fun. I adored Kai Ashante Wilson's "Kaiju maximus ®" as I will probably adore everything he writes, but I'm a bit confused. Where was the queerness? Did I blink and miss it? "The Lily and the Horn" needed a reread for me to really get into it, but I enjoyed it a lot.The rest of the anthology was good. Not really what I expected from something called "Queers Destroy Fantasy!" I would have appreci...
Place holder for Kaiju maximus: So Various, So Beautiful, So New by Kai Ashante Wilson
Perhaps it’s because fantasy is my first and forever true love under the SFF umbrella, but I’m convinced that the Fantasy Magazine entries in the DestroySF project are the best. At the very least, they’ve been consistently my favorite magazines in the series. Queers Destroy Fantasy has, hands down, the best fiction in any of the Destroy issues so far.Read the full review at SF Bluestocking.
I suppose it's honorable of the editors not to include their own work. But I'd much rather revisit Barzak's "Map of Seventeen" or Cheney's "Walk in the Light While There is Light", than read most of the selections here. (And I would similarly recommend many other Barzak and Cheney short stories, over the pieces in this issue.)
Set in three timelines, an oriental flavoured story with mechanical creatures.You can find it on Fantasy Magazine's site or in Steam-Powered: Lesbian Steampunk Stories
This issue gets a 4 star rating in all, although the average rating would come down to 3.25 stars. I still enjoyed the experience of reading it, and I liked my favourite stories enough to up the rating. My thoughts on all the individual stories below.ORIGINAL FICTION"The Lily and the Horn", by Catherynne M. Valente: 5 starsThe preparations for an irregular, poisonous feast, told in gorgeous prose. My favourite from the whole issue. Valente's writing style, the descriptions, and the world just ha...
Extremely promising
Wow, this prose!! I have never read, seen, or heard of a superhero story quite like this.
