bethie!! ’s Reviews > The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2023 > Status Update

very neutral on these last two stories

"it's my favorite laugh because it was yours" oughh i don't even know what to think or say about this story. in any case it's the perfect story to decide to read outside ✨

this is also one of my favs. omg. okay!

i liked this story a lot!! it felt nostalgic to me, my twin and i used to create worlds like that too and so it was very fun to read the consequences that could befall the ACTUAL world if yk those places became REAL by some miracle. i also really loved these three main characters and i would honestly read a whole novel with this premise

i feel stupid as shit. this made me want to go touch grass (in both a good and bad way)

omgg one of my favorites yet oughh i just wanna protect tom & scotty with my LIFE

i'm glad this was as short as it was. so many of these words made zero sense to me.

the experience reading this was like this: [deep quote] AkwkxkwkmaakakqkkKWKFKWJWNNSNNNANNZNnsndnenwnsn [deep quote]

i liked this story!! goddess x mortal yuri, nonbinary protag, big encanto vibes. what's not to enjoy

hmm. i appreciate the thought behind this story (it read more like an essay or an article) but i feel a little sour about it because i just cannot agree. ai is so scary and this made it so unnecessarily human & complicated.

love a monster woman <3