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Calling Them Home is the kind of story I was hoping for.

Saskia was a legitimate story, at least, but it felt a little half-baked. MPDG mixed with 'I dunno, magic I guess.' Could have used more fleshing out.

Songchild was insubstantial. Kind of a nice idea, but not much depth to it. Written well.

I found A Song of Strange Revenge to be impenetrable. Super short, not sci-fi at all, and, perhaps, incoherent. Bluh.

Our Father's Gold was sloppy. There might have been a decent story there, but it was rushed, confused, and at times just bad.

Thunderbird Road is a little tough to figure out. On one level it's the cringe-y American Indian new age voodoo nonsense, but it's also a little self-aware, and a little anti-anti-racism thrown in? Overall I guess it was okay, maybe even a little better, but I was disappointed that she didn't theorize that she was a murderer. It was the likeliest scenario, in my mind.

Scarborough Fair was one of the better ones so far, at least on a technical level. It, at least, felt like a complete story. The sci-fi and even the fantasy parts were distinctly lacking, however.

Soulfedge Rock was surprisingly pleasant. Maybe a tad insubstantial, but nice enough.

Ever After was all over the place. There might have been something to it, but it was buried in way too many (very dated) ideas.

The Impossible Place is another woowoo native spiritualist nonsense story.