David H.’s Reviews > Explaining Cthulhu to Grandma and Other Stories > Status Update
David H.
is 30% done
Seven Conversations in Locked Rooms - The author is giving me a lot more bittersweetness than I was expecting.
High-Tech Fairies and the Pandora Perplexity - A fun sequel to the first Magic Pawn Shop story.
The Keepsake Box - Haha, nice ending.
The Field Trip - Xenoarcheology is fun!
Superior Firepower - Amusing.
— Aug 31, 2020 04:42PM
High-Tech Fairies and the Pandora Perplexity - A fun sequel to the first Magic Pawn Shop story.
The Keepsake Box - Haha, nice ending.
The Field Trip - Xenoarcheology is fun!
Superior Firepower - Amusing.
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David H.
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The Getaway - Written in a very funny manner. Not SFF though!
Those Who Can't Do - Aww, the poor artist.
Number Station - Welp, that's not horrifying.
How to Locate and Capture Time Travelers: A Memo - I like the author's tongue-in-cheek attitude here.
Chill - Dude, just chill.
Tales of the Elopus - 14 pieces of flash fiction around the same three phrases.
— Sep 01, 2020 06:38PM
Those Who Can't Do - Aww, the poor artist.
Number Station - Welp, that's not horrifying.
How to Locate and Capture Time Travelers: A Memo - I like the author's tongue-in-cheek attitude here.
Chill - Dude, just chill.
Tales of the Elopus - 14 pieces of flash fiction around the same three phrases.
David H.
is 95% done
An Indelible Feast - Hilarious! Kosher pig, haha.
The Storyteller - Scheherazade, take 1. Add OCD.
One Thousand and First - Scheherazade, take 2. Quite clever.
Manna from Heaven - Amusing.
On the Last Afternoon - Bittersweet.
Time Away - That's certainly one way to write that character.
— Sep 01, 2020 05:54PM
The Storyteller - Scheherazade, take 1. Add OCD.
One Thousand and First - Scheherazade, take 2. Quite clever.
Manna from Heaven - Amusing.
On the Last Afternoon - Bittersweet.
Time Away - That's certainly one way to write that character.
David H.
is 91% done
Pel's Crusade - Quite amusing.
A Better Tomorrow - A Martian journey/thriller.
Hunger - Yeti!
A Tear in the Web - Mind your own business! LOL.
The Traveling Fair - Kind of weak, but foolish king figures it out.
The Last Incantation - Rather sweet of all these wizards
— Sep 01, 2020 05:33PM
A Better Tomorrow - A Martian journey/thriller.
Hunger - Yeti!
A Tear in the Web - Mind your own business! LOL.
The Traveling Fair - Kind of weak, but foolish king figures it out.
The Last Incantation - Rather sweet of all these wizards
David H.
is 84% done
The Skeptic - I liked the twist here.
Good Advice - Heh, it was fine.
In Service of a Greater Cause - Don't like this lady at all.
The Sgovari Strategem - Sequel to the xenoarcheology story.
A Gnomish Gift - A fairy-tale retelling.
— Sep 01, 2020 12:41PM
Good Advice - Heh, it was fine.
In Service of a Greater Cause - Don't like this lady at all.
The Sgovari Strategem - Sequel to the xenoarcheology story.
A Gnomish Gift - A fairy-tale retelling.
David H.
is 75% done
Coffee in End Times - Coffee's a killer.
The Hourglass Brigade - Time's a killer.
A One-Sided Argument - Aliens are killers.
How Earth Narrowly Escaped an Invasion from Space - A fantastic cats-in-space story.
Fate and Other Variables - This was great!
OK, that ends the official 40 stories of this book, now onto the bonus content. :D
— Sep 01, 2020 11:49AM
The Hourglass Brigade - Time's a killer.
A One-Sided Argument - Aliens are killers.
How Earth Narrowly Escaped an Invasion from Space - A fantastic cats-in-space story.
Fate and Other Variables - This was great!
OK, that ends the official 40 stories of this book, now onto the bonus content. :D
David H.
is 65% done
Putting It All Together - Let there be light.
Dominoes Falling - It's hard to fault his obsession.
Notes on the Game in Progress, Played Almost to a Draw - I liked this one a bunch.
Small Magics - Perspectives.
Icarus Falls - Aww. This was great.
— Sep 01, 2020 08:42AM
Dominoes Falling - It's hard to fault his obsession.
Notes on the Game in Progress, Played Almost to a Draw - I liked this one a bunch.
Small Magics - Perspectives.
Icarus Falls - Aww. This was great.
David H.
is 54% done
True Love - A cute time travel story.
You Bet - Some tropes play poker.
The Far Side of the Wilderness - Moses in space, sort of.
Worldbuilding - I like the way he makes fun of SF tropes here.
In the Wake of the Storm - Post-Hurricane Sandy, two people struggle to help.
— Sep 01, 2020 05:41AM
You Bet - Some tropes play poker.
The Far Side of the Wilderness - Moses in space, sort of.
Worldbuilding - I like the way he makes fun of SF tropes here.
In the Wake of the Storm - Post-Hurricane Sandy, two people struggle to help.
David H.
is 46% done
Ravages of Time - Bittersweet story involving time dilation.
Price of Allegiance - The author's take on a golden age sci-fi story, good, though I wonder if he's read James White?
The Tell-Tale Ear - Amusing story about someone getting a taste of their own medicine.
The Miracle on Tau Prime - I liked this one, though it ended darkly.
The Tinker Bell Problem - Now this was funny, a demon summoned a human for help.
— Sep 01, 2020 02:14AM
Price of Allegiance - The author's take on a golden age sci-fi story, good, though I wonder if he's read James White?
The Tell-Tale Ear - Amusing story about someone getting a taste of their own medicine.
The Miracle on Tau Prime - I liked this one, though it ended darkly.
The Tinker Bell Problem - Now this was funny, a demon summoned a human for help.
David H.
is 39% done
Life at the Lake's Shore - This one has a rather ambiguous speculative content, but is certainly a tragic tale.
The Take - Trying to sell some experiences.
The Dragon Ships of Tycho - A fun little alien mystery about trying to get some allies for the shitty humans.
A Brief Respite from Eternity - Posthuman weirdness.
A Thousand Cuts - TW for cutting.
— Aug 31, 2020 06:56PM
The Take - Trying to sell some experiences.
The Dragon Ships of Tycho - A fun little alien mystery about trying to get some allies for the shitty humans.
A Brief Respite from Eternity - Posthuman weirdness.
A Thousand Cuts - TW for cutting.
David H.
is 22% done
The Epistolary History - A series of letters that get more ridiculous over time.
A Shard Glows in Brooklyn - Conrad Brent of the Watch. Interesting first story.
Requiem for a Druid - Another Conrad Brent story--good except for the Trump references which have aged horribly.
Nuclear Family - Ouch, Alex, ouch.
Bedtime Story on Christmas Eve, 1,000,000 AD - I liked this look at a future bedtime story.
— Aug 31, 2020 12:08PM
A Shard Glows in Brooklyn - Conrad Brent of the Watch. Interesting first story.
Requiem for a Druid - Another Conrad Brent story--good except for the Trump references which have aged horribly.
Nuclear Family - Ouch, Alex, ouch.
Bedtime Story on Christmas Eve, 1,000,000 AD - I liked this look at a future bedtime story.
