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Space Station Annie by Cynthia McQuillin - quite liked it, maybe 4 stars. This vision of bars on space stations reminds me of Star Trek, which was airing then--you know, Quark, Guinan. Very much liked the commentary on beauty and age and womanhood. Almost found the plot a little under-baked, but I'm not easily identifying how I would change it. Cool to be able to look up and listen to the songs.
— Aug 18, 2026 10:04AM
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Bird in the Hand by Anne McCaffrey - interesting premise, but I think it would have been better were it a bit longer. Or something. I always want to add commas to McCaffrey's writing.
— 9 hours, 38 min ago
Kira Nerys
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Calling Them Home by Jody Lynn Nye - the contained space of the beacon worked well for the contained format of the short story. Really liked it.
— 9 hours, 59 min ago
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Saskia by Charles de Lint - one of the longer and also better stories of the collection. Mysterious, magical, everyday.
— 10 hours, 20 min ago
Kira Nerys
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Songchild by Robin Wayne Bailey - interestingly of its time. That is to say, a fantasy story of a well-meaning youth who finds something of power, aims to use it to do good, causes harm, and ultimately learns to rectify their mistake--that feels very '90s. I wasn't into it, but it was decent at being what it was.
— 14 hours, 38 min ago
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A Song of Strange Revenge, by Josepha Sherman - hooked from the first sentence but got a little lost near the end. Interesting stylistic choices with the language. The "why I wrote it" paragraph at the end confused me more than the story did. Nice job implying breadth in a short text.
— 20 hours, 15 min ago
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Our Father's Gold by Elisabeth Waters - I'm sorry but I thought the writing was lackluster from the get-go. There's something interesting in the premise, but I think Percy Jackson tackled a similar concept with significantly more success.
— Sep 18, 2026 10:09AM
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Thunderbird Road by Leslie Fish - quite liked it, 4 stars, interesting exploration of the conflict and cohesion of mystical and rational, also just a cool, kinda suspenseful, powerful story.
— Sep 16, 2026 10:13AM
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Scarborough Fair by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough - interesting choice to frame it in the author's first person--I'm not sure I loved it. Would have appreciated if she'd been able to print the song lyrics, to help me understand the riddle/references. (The details - I do know the song.)
— Sep 09, 2026 10:16AM
Kira Nerys
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Soulfedge Rock by Suzette Haden Elgin - 3 stars, interesting vignette about a family.
— Sep 08, 2026 09:52AM
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Ever After by Paula Lalish - odd piece of satire; I felt like I fell to hands and knees after all the times Lalish pulled the rug out from under me. Mostly a meh read. Yet another story that would have benefitted from a different title/cover/premise to the anthology.
— Sep 02, 2026 09:55AM