Novellas/Short Stories
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The Dead Cat Tail Assassins by P. Djèlí Clark: REVIEW
The Dead Cat Tail Assassins shot to the top of my most anticipated reads of 2024 after reading P. Djèlí Clark’s Ring Shout, which is one of my favorite SFF novellas of all time. Clark’s writing is among the best in the SFF community, and his world-building in Ring Shout is immensely captivating. I went into Continue reading
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Lost Ark Dreaming by Suyi Davies Okungbowa – REVIEW
Lost Ark Dreaming pulled me in with the promise of Snowpiercer meets River Solomon’s The Deep. What more could I want? I love it when speculative fiction really “goes there,” like both Snowpiercer and The Deep did. Please give me brutality, economic divides, and world collapse in speculative fiction. I want to think and feel Continue reading
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Time’s Agent by Brenda Peynado – REVIEW
I have always loved books about time travel, especially those that involve multi-dimensional travel, which made me immediately curious about Time’s Agent. One of my favorite Young Adult series is Claudia Gray’s Firebird series, which involves interdimensional travel, an intelligent group of protagonists, and a corporation that wants to exploit the dimensions for its own Continue reading
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A View from the Stars by Cixin Liu – REVIEW
Cixin Liu used to be on my list of Ten Popular SFF Authors I Haven’t Read (But Actually Want To). Now, I can officially cross him off that list! I was given an ARC of his anthology of short stories and essays, A View from the Stars, and loved it so much that I nearly Continue reading
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There is a Rio Grande in Heaven by Ruben Reyes, Jr. – Review
I’ve been excited to share my review of There is a Rio Grande in Heaven for a long time now. This anthology blew me away and resonated with me deeply. It’s difficult for an anthology to have no misses at all, but Ruben Reyes, Jr. accomplishes that feat in this debut. Continue reading
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When Among Crows by Veronica Roth – REVIEW
I’m an enormous fan of Veronica Roth. From her early days with Divergent to her more recent work, I’ve enjoyed her writing and world-building. To say I was excited for her new fantasy novella is an enormous understatement. With touches of Slavic folklore, magical objects, and the Baba Jaga, When Among Crows is unlike any Continue reading
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Mammoths at the Gates by Nghi Vo – REVIEW
I am endlessly fascinated by Nghi Vo’s storytelling and firmly believe her Singing Hills Cycle series is one of the best fantasy series out there. I’ve been a bit behind on this series and have needed to read Mammoths at the Gates (#4 in The Singing Hills Cycle) for months now. Since Mammoths was recently Continue reading
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Lake of Souls by Ann Leckie – REVIEW
Ann Leckie has been on my science fiction TBR for a long, long time now. I desperately need to read her Imperial Radch Series, including her 2024 Hugo-nominated novel Translation State. For that series, though, I want to start at the beginning. So where do I start with Ann Leckie until then? An anthology of Continue reading
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The Black Girl Survives in This One – Multi-Author Horror Anthology – REVIEW
While I love horror as a genre, I don’t always love the stereotypical tropes that come along with the genre. I don’t love how women, people of color, and especially black women are always sidelined in horror stories (if they’re acknowledged at all). The Black Girl Survives in This One aims to upend that and place black Continue reading
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Indie Book Review: Into the Bargain by Colleen Cowley
If there’s one thing I can’t resist in a romantic fantasy, it’s a gaslamp setting. Add in wizards, fights against gender inequality, and steamy romances, and I can’t say no. I’ve been interested in Colleen Cowley’s Clandestine Magic series for so long, so when I saw her recently released Into the Bargain prequel novella, I knew it Continue reading