This Villain You Must Create by Carlie St. George

Stories that embrace the surreality of a world filled with superheroes are difficult to do well. It’s all too easy Continue reading →

A Word Shaped Like Bones by Kris Millering

There is a recurring setting in short SF fiction – frequent enough to be noticeable, but rare enough that I Continue reading →

But Our Hero Was Not Dead by Manly Wade Wellman

There have been stories written about almost every period of Sherlock Holmes’ life, and his retirement is no exception. As Continue reading →

Nicholas Was by Neil Gaiman

For once I have nothing to say about a story. It’s only a hundred words long, it’s on Neil Gaiman’s Continue reading →

Scoring Off Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse

Jeeves and Wooster was an excellent TV show. Hugh Laurie and Stephen Fry not only embodied their parts but had Continue reading →

A General in the Library by Italo Calvino

This is my 150th recommendation, and it also happens to be this website’s one-year anniversary. And you know what? It’s Continue reading →

Blessed by Helen Marshall

Sometimes I finish a collection of stories and I’m at a loss to choose which to talk about, because there Continue reading →

Six Months, Three Days by Charlie Jane Anders

People who can see the future are fiddly characters to use. Especially if they can see their own immediate future. Continue reading →