Status Updates From Thrilling Adventure Yarns

Dreams of Kingdom: My FAVORITE story. I love how fun it is. The tone. The amusement of our main character. I want MORE.

chaos at feast: starts off with some purple prose that reminds me of Lovecraft or Poe. Turns out to be salient, because this story is apparently, what if Indiana Jones went up against Eldritch horrors? Definitely dreams of a Shogoth.

Outsider: a ghost story that combines newer tropes from the ghost hunters 'reality' tv shows. Perfect to read in October.

The Third Law: A detective story that takes a lot of neat twists and turns. Pretty neat.

Not just an Intern: A romance story that has a good mix of following romance tropes and avoiding them as well. A cute read.

the Green Lady and the Rogue: much more of a classic romance. Surprisingly takes place during the American Revolution. Wouldn't mind more stories (with or without romance elements) with this character.

the invasion from planet ex: bizarre and i wonder if they just made up speech bubbles to go with drawings that already existed.

alien invasion of earth!: A fun story for anyone who's ever been a grad student - you do all the work and the professor gets all the credit.

The Last Gunslinger: (by @astralcolt - the reason I backed) This story hews to pulp western tropes while also proving so relevant for this time. "The law sides people like them, not people like us". It also acknowledges (without being preachy) what most westerns leave out - that a large majority of those in the cowboy west were non-whites. Nice to see that Ms. Fan is as good at short stories as she is with a novel.

Hate Hop: I believe it's a World War I narrative in which a life-long rivalry leads two men to act irrationally rather than working together as they should since they're in a gosh-darned WAR! Full of a bunch of jargon that often left me guessing about just what exactly was going on. But if you're a WWI geek, it probably sounds awesome to you.

Trouble Came walking Through My Door: I'd heard the word gams before, but looked it up because of this story. (basically means "good looking legs") Pretty good pulp detective story that hit a lot of the key beats. Very interesting set of characters that I'd like to see again in a future short story.

Girl Running from House: A music teacher ends up in the middle of a sisterly argument that turns treacherous. Good use of ominous tropes to keep the reveal more surprising.

Belle of the Ball: Takes the pirate with a secret life trope (not super common, but I *have* seen it before) and has some fun with it. I found the ending to be a bit of a suprise compared to where I expected the tropes to take it.

Masks: Wonder if this is real speech Hoover gave. The main character seems to be a female Batman or Green Arrow. Probably more the latter since she doesn't have any gadgets. It seemed like a great intro story into a universe of masked vigilantes in the 1920s. I wouldn't mind a series of short stories or novellas with this character, especially during that time period in America.