Mel (Epic Reading)’s Reviews > Amplitudes: Stories of Queer and Trans Futurity > Status Update

Story #20 - A Step into Emptiness by Aiki Mira, translated (from German) by CD Covington

Ohh another story I really liked. The last couple have been really great. Hoping this means the last few stories result in this anthology ending on a high note.

Story #19 - Sugar, Shadows by Aisha U. Farah
Oh do I want more of this!!! Written like a noir detective story and the concept is sooo cool!
Finally a new author to look into!

Story #18 - The Garden of Collective Memory by Neon Yang
So far all the best stories have been by authors I know. This one is wonderful!! But I already knew Yang was amazing.
Hoping to find one new author from this collection still…

Story #15 - Where The World Goes Sharp and Quiet
Raining nails, intriguing. I liked this one. It was weird but had good cohesion and was easy to follow.
Story #16 - Circular Universe
This is an excerpt from a prequel… that sounds like too much to know for a snippet to read. So I’m skipping it.
Story #17 - Blueprint for the Destruction of Solitude
Weird, weird. A bit icky in bodily torture… very unsure.

Story #13 - Copper Boys
Barely a thought never mind a story. But I do appreciate the cute milk snake. (Well he’s cute in my mind but most snakes are, lol)

Story #12 - When the Devil Comes from Babylon
This story suffer from far too much metaphor and allegorical attempts. It’s so ‘clever’ in unclear what actually happened in the end…

Story #11 - The They Whom We Remember
The most interesting, philosophical, story of the group so far. In a human future where you can change your appearance, including genitalia on a whim, a person asks themselves what it would be like to not have that ability and be ‘stuck’ with selecting one never changing gender.
Took a minute to get into it but once immersed this short story has interesting questions.

Story #9 - oh do I wish for more of this story! The set-up is decent, the action is quick, yet the grief is huge! Fair warning it’s a rough one.

Story #10 - meh… too short to hold any impact

Story #8 - There Used to be Peace

A little ditty about a knight, and a set of moral codes and the argument that it’s better to die on the front-lines than be oppressed.

Story #7 - They Will Give Us a Home by Wen-yi Lee
I love this concept!!! Our main characters, the queer angle, the lottery; just everything! But I want wayy more.
This needs to be a full fledged book! I want the pre-story and the after story and just everything. Looking up this author right now for more.