by Keith Deininger
I am in my second year of membership at Darkfuse and novellas like Marrow’s Pit are the reason why I joined and am still a member.Central to the story is “the machine”—a world-sized mechanism so vast that no one is familiar with more than a few sections and so old that its creators, even its purpose...
Disclaimer: I received a free copy of this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review. Thank you DarkFuse! I have some problems with this short story. Actually a lot of problems. But my biggest one is that I'm fairly certain this story is a ripoff of another short story, The Machine ...
I can't really say too much without spoiling things, since this is a novella after all, so I'll keep things short. Marrow's Pit was a well-written novella, but not exactly what I was expecting. Let me explain. The synopsis led me to believe that The Machine would be the main focus of this story. ...
Cross-posted on Soapboxing I've read four novellas out of DarkFuse's novella series now, and that this is the first that didn't really do it for me is a pretty great track record. All signs pointed to Marrow's Pit by Keith Deininger being in my wheelhouse: big, steampunky habitation called the Mac...
Well, it was bound to happen eventually. After a solid string of hits, I'm sorry to sayMarrow's Pit was the first DarkFuse title to miss the mark with me. Not so much an issue with Keith Deininger's writing, the problem was definitely more one of expectations.The way the cover blurb plays up the Mac...
On a planet cursed with endless storms, a city thrives inside The Machine. The Machine is all encompassing. The Machine has always been. Ballard is a furnace operator inside The Machine. Ballard has a marital problem.Deininger has some great ideas with this semi-dystopian world. He is very descripti...
In a very short period of time in this story Keith managed to weave an entire society revolving around The Machine and those who live within its walls and worship it as a deity. Beyond the Machine and out into the Maelstrom, there is Marrow’s Pit. Nobody really knows what it is exactly. Ballard is g...
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