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Mel (Epic Reading)
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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!
— 21 hours, 18 min ago
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!
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Mel (Epic Reading)
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Story #22 - Bang, bang by Meg Ellison
This one is less of a story and more of a descriptive discussion of a club that could be used in a story. What a let down as the last 3 stories before this one were sooo good…
— 58 minutes ago
This one is less of a story and more of a descriptive discussion of a club that could be used in a story. What a let down as the last 3 stories before this one were sooo good…
Mel (Epic Reading)
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Story #21 - pocket futures in the present past by Katharine Duckett
Third story in a row that was really good. I’d love to see this fleshed out into a movie or longer sorry. I’ve had this author on my radar but never read them. That is going to change fast as this Tory was fascinating!
— 1 hour, 34 min ago
Third story in a row that was really good. I’d love to see this fleshed out into a movie or longer sorry. I’ve had this author on my radar but never read them. That is going to change fast as this Tory was fascinating!
Mel (Epic Reading)
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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.
— 20 hours, 48 min ago
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.
Mel (Epic Reading)
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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…
— 23 hours, 38 min ago
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…
Mel (Epic Reading)
is 71% done
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.
— Nov 08, 2025 03:39PM
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.
Mel (Epic Reading)
is 55% done
Story #14 - A Few Degrees
Another super short one.
What is it about the lesbian stories so far… they all seem to feature more paranoia than any other. It’s kinda weird…
— Nov 07, 2025 03:46AM
Another super short one.
What is it about the lesbian stories so far… they all seem to feature more paranoia than any other. It’s kinda weird…
Mel (Epic Reading)
is 54% done
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)
— Nov 07, 2025 03:40AM
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)
Mel (Epic Reading)
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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…
— Nov 07, 2025 03:29AM
This story suffer from far too much metaphor and allegorical attempts. It’s so ‘clever’ in unclear what actually happened in the end…
Mel (Epic Reading)
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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.
— Nov 05, 2025 10:01AM
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.
Mel (Epic Reading)
is 41% done
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
— Nov 04, 2025 12:22AM
Story #10 - meh… too short to hold any impact
