22. Harrison Squared - Daryl Gregory (4/3 ( Read more... )

Title: Shifting Shadows
Author: Patricia Briggs
SpacePlotTime Affiliation: Mercyverse short stories (Mercy Thompson series, Alpha & Omega series)
Publishing Info: 1st edition hb had US release last week, isbn 978-0425265000

LitCrit Stats (Thank you, phoenixfalls)
My rating: 4.5 werewolves out of 5
Bechdel test: oddly enough, I think it fails - possibly due to ( Read more... )

Short stories!

Shall We Gather - Alex Bledsoe (a Tufa story)
"Oh, he ain’t no denomination. He ain’t set foot in a church for thirty years. He’s just scared, now that he’s facing the pearly gates. He wants a man of God to tell him he ain’t going to hell."

Wait For Me - Sarah Monette/Katherine Addison (a Kyle Murchison Booth story)"And since the ( Read more... )

Some neat online fiction I have run across recently.

By The Liter by Ekaterina Sedia
'90s post-Soviet decay; kabbalic side effects of beer.
My neighbor, businessman Ipatov, was killed a few years ago, back when they still sold beer by the liter. I remember him because he was my first.

Hook Agonistes by Jay Lake and Seanan McGuireSlightly unusual ( Read more... )

The Subterranean Spring 2013 issue is up to read online and available for free download as an ebook (mobi and epub formats).

Contents:
The Seafarer - by Tobias S. Buckell
Painted Birds and Shivered Bones - Kat Howard
Even in his bird form, Sweeney recognized New York as a city of the mad.
The Prayer of Ninety Cats - by Caitlín R. Kiernan
A ( Read more... )

The Battle of Candle Arc by Yoon Ha Lee
It was like the advice for learning the game of pattern-stones: the best way to get good was to play difficult opponents, over and over. The trouble with war was that practicing required people to die.

England under the White Witch by Theodora Goss
Harold doesn't hold with this new Empress, as she calls ( Read more... )

Faster Gun by Elizabeth Bear
It’s hundreds of miles from the nearest ocean, and a hundred times too big to be a ship. It looks like nothing anyone ever saw. And it’s crashed just outside Tombstone with something alive inside.

I haven't figured out how to add tags yet except for in an individual entry. The new tags added are ( Read more... )

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A Dry, Quiet War by Tony Daniels: the war at the end of time is not what you think it is.

Tomorrow Is Waiting by Holli Mintzer: Muppet AI.

A Hundred Ghosts Parade Tonight by Xia Jia, trans. Ken Liu: the life of ghosts.