Category: short-read
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His Black Tongue by Mitchell Luthi is a collection of short horror stories set in the medieval period. Unfortunately, they were less than average stories. To be fair, though, I’m not a big fan of reading “monster” novels and horror, so take this review with a giant pinch of salt. While monsters appearing in the…
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We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson is what many consider to be a classic gothic tale. I dove into the book without any pretense or knowledge of what the story would be about. I personally find the story to be that much more engaging as I read along, especially for short…
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Artificial Condition by Martha Wells is book two in The Murderbot Diaries. It’s back! Our favorite media-watching, human-hating/loving-but-can’t-do-anything-harmful-to-them murderbot is flying solo this time. I admit that it has taken me a while upon finishing All Systems Red, which I loved, to get at Artificial Condition. One just can’t help but fall in love with…
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Cursed Bunny by Bora Chung is a series of short fiction stories dipped in demented and strange horror. While I rarely read horror fiction by American authors, I thought it would be fun to try the same genre but written and created by a foreign author instead. I love watching foreign horror movies as I…
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We Shall Sing a Song into the Deep by Andrew Kelly Steward is a short science fiction and post apocalyptic novel. With the entire story taking place within a submarine, it evokes a claustrophobic setting that is sure to please many looking for something dreary and dystopian like. I’ve read this novel being similar and…
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Summer Frost by Blake Couch is book two of six in the Forward Collection. Book one, Ark, was mediocre at best but Summer Frost blew it away by miles. Although a bit predictable and not too original, it’s still one of those stories that is classic in a sense that when people think of the…
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Ark by Veronica Roth is book one of six in the Forward collection. This collection of short stories from six well known authors revolves around the theme of Earth’s future expansion and what it means to each. If you believe you will be reading all six stories like myself, then you’d be doing a yourself…
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All Systems Red: The Murderbot Diaries is book one of six in Martha Well’s Murderbot series. Let me begin by saying that I can’t remember the last time I literally laughed out loud reading a book of any kind! Judging by the cover and title alone, I expected, well, a robot that has gone gained…
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A Question of Faith: A Castle Federation Novella by Glynn Stewart is a short read based on his larger Castle Federation series, which spans six books. I hadn’t known that when I started with A Question of Faith but it also seems that this author has a lot of books under his belt, all which…
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Voices of the Void by David V. Stewart is a short story involving a space mercenary that has some serious vision issues! I came across this author after having read one of HP Lovecraft’s story and wanted some opinion on what others thought. I stumbled upon David’s short video review on Youtube and at the…
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