The Muses of Shuyedan-18 by Indrapramit Das

Giant monsters are more commonly found on the big screen than in literature. Outside of fairy tale giants and arguably Continue reading →

The Soul Selects Her Own Society by Connie Willis

Sometimes you just need a story that makes you laugh out loud repeatedly, no matter where you are. Even if Continue reading →

Spar (The Bacon Remix) by Kij Johnson

Note: if you haven’t read the original Spar story (which I talk about here), you’re not going to understand much Continue reading →

Spar by Kij Johnson

I’m attaching a NSFW warning to this; while this may not be the first story on this website to include Continue reading →

The Player of Games by Iain M. Banks (part 2)

If you haven’t read part one, that would be a sensible place to start. When we left, Gurgeh was on Continue reading →

The Player of Games by Iain M. Banks (part 1)

Today I’m going to break my own rules. You see, at the time of writing Iain Banks has recently died. Continue reading →

Reunion by Arthur C. Clarke

The last line of this has been running through my mind these past few weeks. As such, consider yourself warned Continue reading →

Exo-Skeleton Town by Jeffrey Ford

Stop me if you’ve heard this one before. Humans travel to another planet and meet aliens they call Bugs (which Continue reading →