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I liked "Always the Harvest" by Yoon Ha Lee, and "Neversleeps" by Fred Van Lente
Among their stories, the strangest is this one: The Blue believe that each of them is one-half of a whole.I read Vandana Singh's A Subtle Web: A Tale From the Somadeva Chronicles. Available here. It reads like an origin story or ancient legend. I really liked it!
I really didn't like or enjoy a lot of the stories unfortunately, they just weren't what I was looking for in my short stories however 'The Witch Speaks' by Rati Mehrotra was a standout for me in this issue.
Attempted to listen to:-- Glass Bottle Dancer written and narrated by Celeste Rita Baker - DNFThe story is a 2021 World Fantasy Winner for Best Short fiction. Unfortunately, the poor quality of the recording had me struggling to remain interested and based on what I did manage to hear, I don't think I'd finish it on my own.
*This review and rating is only for the short story 'Always the Harvest" by Yoon Ha Lee*I absolutely loved this story, and except for Elizabeth Bear’s Deriving Life (which will go down as one of my favorite shorts ever) is my favorite short story this month. I chose it for the author whom I thought I had read before (but it turns out I didn’t) and whose fictions I have heard about regarded highly. And also for the story’s cover art on Lightspeed’s website, which drew me in immediately.And this s...
I wasn’t excited about any of the stories. Very disappointing.
The Least of These - Veronica Roth ***Two women are taken by aliens and told they have to choose 50,000 people from Earth's population to survive, the rest being left to die after severe climate change. The two are supposedly the most and least like the aliens themselves in outlook, but how to choose who lives and who dies? Fine, but doesn't do much more than set up the ethical question and answer it the only really acceptable way - don't choose. Always the Harvest - Yoon Ha Lee ****Great atmosp...
Review for "Glass Bottle Dancer" only, read because it's on the Locus Recommended Reading List for 2020. Inspired by the death of someone she admired, Mable decides to teach herself glass bottle dancing. This was a fun little story about a woman finally taking the time to learn to do something just for fun, rather than for productivity. The tone is engaging and the story was easy to slip into, despite the dialect. I quickly found myself growing attached to Mable, and the addition of the cockroac...
