After reading Plague Birds by Jason Sanford this time last year, I bought all his novellas and story collections available on Amazon. However, this weekend when I decided to read the Nebula finalist novella, Blood Grains Speak Through Memories, I had no idea that it was the first quarter of a mosaic novel whose final… Continue reading Blood Grains Speak Through Memory by Jason Sanford
After a celestial body crashes into Infinity, killing billions, the survivors set up a constant watch of three observers to act as an early warning system in case the mysterious object should further damage the planet. Plagued by nightmares of the object, one of the moon-sitters, Lucky, is driven to find out more about the… Continue reading Moon Sitting by EM Harding
In a future world run by corporations, an assassin realizes her fellow assassins are being picked off one by one, and she will have to keep her wits about her in order to survive. This novella reminded me of Brave New World, where humanity is sorted into grades of worthiness and the masses are controlled… Continue reading Tesato’s Code by Karen Bayly
Recently widowed, Drea has the added suffering of losing her animal companions, leaving her alone and depressed. Her adult son is distanced from her due to a toxic marriage, adding more pain to Drea. At the start of the book, she’s in a dark place and contemplating ending her life. However, the arrival of a… Continue reading A Voice in the Silence by D.L. Finn
While conducting a river tour on the alien planet she calls home, Jan and her dog Stopper see a little girl fall into the river just as a storm hits them. Stopper jumps in to save the girl, but the storm whips them away into the night. Elsewhere in the galaxy, Vaughn watches in amazement… Continue reading Alien Safari: White Water by Robert Appleton
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