Anthology. As I was reading this book there seemed to be a theme of rollerskating lesbians but then I found out there were some other stories interspersed. I wonder if that was initially what the publisher were going for but then needed extra stories to fill it out. The average rating is 3.33 stars....
The Starship and the Temple Cat by Yoon Ha Lee - 5 StarsThis magical and touching short story was a wonderful read and also and interesting take on just what it might mean to be dead and a cat!El is a Spaceship Melody by Maurice Broaddus - 5 StarsThis story is thought-provoking, interesting and mana...
[I received a copy of this book through NetGalley.]3.5/4 stars; I liked quite a few of these short stories, none of them made me roll my eyes, and to be fair, the essays at the end of the book were also quite interesting.My favourites:* “Single, Singularity”: While it doesn’t really invert the trope...
Bleed with Me is a pretty good novella by Maurice Broaddus from Delirium books. It read very fast and the story flowed well, but may not have been explored as deeply as the characters might have needed to fully flesh out this tale.A story of strained relationships, lives gone sideways and a search f...
This was produced via kickstarter apparently. I didn't know that until I happened across a review, I think it was Tor.com I initially read about it. It's an Anthology that asked for submissions with a prompt of, "Roller Derby, nightclubs, glam aliens, (literal) party monsters, drugs, sex, glitter, d...
I have read a lot of strange, weird, and bizarre fiction over the years, but I do believe Glitter & Mayhem may just be the oddest collection of stories I have ever come across. I'm not talking avant-garde or surreal, as is so often the case with Bizarro fiction, just plain old . . . well, odd. As yo...
The stories aren't bad, but the only stand-out entry is Sofia Samatar's "Bess, the Landlord's Daughter, Goes Out for Drinks with the Green Girl," which covers some of the same territory as Helen Oyeyemi's Mr. Fox, but in a whirl of bars and flirtations and dancing and friendships and escapes that co...
Admit it. When you hear the title Appalachian Undead, you immediately start thinking of a zombie Deliverance, don't you? As S.G. Browne writes in his introduction, there is a definite "stereotype of the region as poor and desolate and culturally backward" that fiction has done as much to perpetuate ...
Although it's not as innovative nor as immediately impressive as Plow the Bones, the first book in the Apex Voices line, there is a lot to like about I Can Transform You. Maurice Broaddus has written a solid police procedural here with significant science fiction accents. Personally, I was hoping fo...
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