In the anthology, Carniepunk.
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Painted Love — Rob Thurman
In 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
#robthurman
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 Blacktongue Thief — Christopher Buehlman
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
#fantasy #scifi #ursulakleguin
A Change of Heart — Gaie Sebold
In 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
Skin Magic — P. Djèlí Clark
You can find this in the anthology, Griots: Sword and Soul.
I was hoping for more of the similar and i wasn’t disappointed.
Once again we’re thrown right into North-African/Middle-Eastern folk lore kind of stuff with Djèlí’s incredible writing that just keeps dragging you along without a pause.
Djèlí’s writing is so refreshing, and i’m so looking forward to reading many more of his stories in the future.
Next up in the Djèlí timeline is Ghost Marriage.
P. Djèlí Clark’s Page
#fantasy #pdjeliclark
A Blade to the Heart — Gaie Sebold
Available in the anthology, Legends.
So far i’ve really enjoyed reading Gaie’s books but, sadly, i just feel this short fell a little short.
While i do think the redemption thing can be good fodder to build a story around, i just think in this case it’s all got a bit too rushed. Probably would have been much better as a novella, at least.
But, ho hum, every favourite writer has to write at least one thing that just doesn’t work for the fangirl/fanboy reader: does anyone remember The Girl in Red?
Gaie’s Page
#fantasy #gaiesebold
Pan’s Labyrinth — Guillermo del Toro & Cornelia Funke
This is one super good, dark fantasy/fairy-tale.
Set in 1944 at the end of the Spanish Civil War, with Franco’s troops continuing their brutal repression of anyone and anything that stood in their way. It gets rather violent, brutal and nasty, and caught in amongst all of this is our protagonist, Ofelia, a young girl who has grown up with the horrors of war all around her.
This is not a book for children, or for the faint of heart looking for a nice fantasy/fairy-tale read, but it’s certainly worth a read if you can handle a fair bit of brutality.
