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“The Road, and the Valley, and the Beasts” starts slow ends ambiguous 10/10. WHAT ARE THE BEASTS? Where are these kids living?? WHERE ARE THEY GOING??
Great for teaching, mild sexytimes.
— Jul 27, 2020 07:59PM
Great for teaching, mild sexytimes.
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Mars R
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"Her Sacred Spirit Soards"
NGL I cried a little at this one. Very poignant, cool mythology.
— Aug 07, 2020 06:23PM
NGL I cried a little at this one. Very poignant, cool mythology.
Mars R
is on page 166 of 208
"The Way You Say Good Night"
So rich! Such luscious writing! I love it!
— Aug 07, 2020 06:22PM
So rich! Such luscious writing! I love it!
Mars R
is on page 153 of 208
Happy REGARDS
This was a cool & good story with an interesting premise (robo therapy kittens!) and obviously the ... third or fourth chapter of a much longer story. Something about the writing style didn't jive with me, even though it was by all accounts a good & interesting read. WAY too long for school.
— Aug 07, 2020 05:38PM
This was a cool & good story with an interesting premise (robo therapy kittens!) and obviously the ... third or fourth chapter of a much longer story. Something about the writing style didn't jive with me, even though it was by all accounts a good & interesting read. WAY too long for school.
Mars R
is on page 118 of 208
Lisa's Story: Zombie Apocalypse
Super good, super short & concise. A cool way to think about how trust and the casual bigotry of nonstandard genders are gonna play out in the apocalypse, with the onus for the fault placed on the cis. Good times. School appropriate, would be fun for me personally to do with kids.
— Aug 07, 2020 05:36PM
Super good, super short & concise. A cool way to think about how trust and the casual bigotry of nonstandard genders are gonna play out in the apocalypse, with the onus for the fault placed on the cis. Good times. School appropriate, would be fun for me personally to do with kids.
Mars R
is on page 108 of 208
“The Nothing Spots Where Nobody Wants to Stay”
Gutpunch story. I appreciate the time-travel-esque perspective on the pre-trans-revelation self.
— Jul 29, 2020 09:52PM
Gutpunch story. I appreciate the time-travel-esque perspective on the pre-trans-revelation self.
Mars R
is on page 102 of 208
“Sky and Dew”
Long and weird in a good way. Are the priests evil or just people making bad choices because they can’t think of another way out? Why did literally no other person think to try learning the king’s language? Have people from the other world been trying to get through for a while?
— Jul 29, 2020 09:11PM
Long and weird in a good way. Are the priests evil or just people making bad choices because they can’t think of another way out? Why did literally no other person think to try learning the king’s language? Have people from the other world been trying to get through for a while?
Mars R
is on page 88 of 208
“About a Woman and a Kid”
Great story great energy so fabulous I WANT A WHOLE BOOK. Utopian-apocalypse (utopcalypse?) scenarios are some of my favorites, especially when the bulk of the blood and boils and thunder is off screen. Such strange energy in this story but I was FEELING it in a visceral way.
NOT for school.
— Jul 27, 2020 08:06PM
Great story great energy so fabulous I WANT A WHOLE BOOK. Utopian-apocalypse (utopcalypse?) scenarios are some of my favorites, especially when the bulk of the blood and boils and thunder is off screen. Such strange energy in this story but I was FEELING it in a visceral way.
NOT for school.
Mars R
is on page 75 of 208
“Pigeon Summer” is a gut-punch of a story. About a kid trying to cope with the death of their best friend and.... really not doing great. Potentially school-able.
— Jul 27, 2020 07:39PM
Mars R
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"Rhizomatic Diplomacy"
This one was weird and hard to follow.
— Jul 19, 2020 03:43PM
This one was weird and hard to follow.
Mars R
is on page 58 of 208
"The L7 Gene" Spooky. Great cliffhanger. Would teach to children. What are the repercussions of being able to isolate a "trans" gene? How much do you trust your parents? Science? And all that jazz.
— Jul 19, 2020 03:37PM
