Painted Love — Rob Thurman

Painted Love -- Rob ThurmanIn the anthology, Carniepunk.

An enjoyable little story where our narrator, Doodle, follows a sociopath around a travelling carnival.

But all is not as it seems with Doodle, and it’s a really good twist to the ending.   I’d definitely be interested in reading more stories from Doodle if Rob ever gets around to writing a series.

Rob’s Page

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The Haunting Season — Anthology

The Haunting Season -- Anthology

A Study in Black and White – Bridget Collins
Thwaite’s Tenant – Imogen Hermes Gowar
The Eel Singers – Natasha Pulley
Lily Wilt – Jess Kidd
The Chillingham Chair – Laura Purcell
The Hanging of the Greens – Andrew Michael Hurley
Confinement – Kiran Millwood Hargrave
Monster – Elizabeth Macneal

#horror #fantasy #elizabethmacneal

The Unreal and the Real — Ursula K. Le Guin

The Unreal and the Real -- Ursula K. Le Guin

Nine Lives – 1969
Direction of the Road – 1973
The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas – 1973
The Author of the Acacia Seeds and Other Extracts from the Journal of the Association of Therolinguistics – 1974
Mazes – 1975
The Water Is Wide – 1976
Gwilan’s Harp – 1977
The White Donkey – 1980
The Wife’s Story – 1982
Small Change – 1982
Sur – 1982
The Ascent of the North Face – 1983
May’s Lion – 1983
She Unnames Them – 1985
Horse Camp – 1986
Buffalo Gals, Won’t You Come Out Tonight – 1987
Half Past Four – 1987
Hand, Cup, Shell – 1989
Texts •• non-genre – 1990
Sleepwalkers – 1991
The First Contact with the Gorgonids – 1992
The Poacher – 1993
Ether, OR – 1995
The Lost Children – 1996
The Silence of the Asonu – 1998
The Fliers of Gy – 2000
The Wild Girls – 2002
Jar of Water – 2016

Hainish

Semley’s Necklace – 1964
The Shobies’ Story – 1990
The Matter of Seggri – 1994
Solitude – 1994

Yeowe and Werel

Betrayals – 1994

Earthsea

The Rule of Names – 1964

Orsinia

Imaginary Countries – 1973
Brothers and Sisters – 1976
A Week in the Country – 1976
The Diary of the Rose – 1976
Unlocking the Air – 1990

Ursula’s Page

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A Change of Heart — Gaie Sebold

A Change of Heart -- Gaie SeboldIn the anthology, Wicked Women.

A quick trip to visit Babylon Steel, yeah, you remember her.

Sadly it’s just a short, but us Babylon Steel fans will take any words we can get from Gaie on this wonderful character.

This time Babylon takes on a necromancer, or two.

Super good, but just so wish Gaie would write a few more Babylon Steel novels.

Gaie’s Page

#fantasy #gaiesebold