Thia Reads A Lot’s Reviews > Uncanny Magazine Issue 47: July/August 2022 > Status Update
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Bramblewilde: 3* I rarely like fairy stories, this one has feminist vibes so good. Three mothers ask the village's resident fairy Bramblewilde to find husbands for their magic-practicing daughters. They agree, disguise themself as elligible husbands and marry each daughter in exchance for their help with their mother, the Queen of Faery. They become the Ruler, the daughters live together happily in the cottage.
— Jan 25, 2023 07:38PM
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Mirrors: Not rating poetry. Not sure I get this one either. Hiding crimes, maybe?
— Jan 24, 2023 06:24PM
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The Hurt Pattern: 5* That story hurts. Kenny is working on sorting news about shootings, catastrophes, terrorism, etc. He transfers to US [department] and finds out that the robots used by law enforcement kill people so city can go into debt so that banks can get richer. His "friend" Sasha is checking up at the end and he probably gets shot on his way home.
— Jan 24, 2023 06:07PM
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Sibylline: Not rating poetry. I'm not sure I "get" this one, but it's also very short
— Jan 24, 2023 05:18PM
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Tuesday, Late Commute: Narrator is talking to another late night commuter about feeling eaten alive by the train? Not rating poetry.
— Jan 24, 2023 05:15PM
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Quiet and Fragile Try on the Same Romper: Not rating poetry. Two friends are trying on the same romper and buying it, but never wearing it?
— Jan 24, 2023 05:15PM
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If You Find Yourself Speaking to God, Address God with the Informal You: 3* Actor guy Steve makes friends with Carl, a bodybuilder in the 5AM crowd. Turns out Carl is the superhero who has been helping around town. The police are intent on stopping him, instead of stopping the racial crimes he stops. They will go on a date soon.
— Jan 23, 2023 06:59AM
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At the Lighthouse Out by the Othersea: 3* Lighthouse keeper is worrying about the motives of Peres, who is coming to [surf] the Othersea in [their] sister Inez's place since she passed away. [They] want to understand the Othersea, so Felix is reassured [they] will be back from the experience (3/4 make is out). I'm using the wrong pronouns for Peres, it's late and my brain can't process the right ones.
— Jan 22, 2023 07:17PM
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Blessed Are the Healers: 2* I want to love it, people turning into statues that can heal other people sounds awesome, but I'm not sure I understand things well enough. Written in second person doesn't help.
— Jan 21, 2023 06:38PM
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Fate, Hope, Friendship, Foe by Marie Brennan: 4* One of the three goddesses of Fate is travelling, about to cut the thread of the [Midwest?]. Hermes was moving her around to send her a message (Fate, Hope, Friendship, Foe on highway signs) and Moros tried to stop her by killing her car. She is helped by a human named Bill. She decides not to do it in the end.
— Jan 20, 2023 07:29AM
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Family Cooking: 4* Young woman is asked to prepare food for her mother's wedding using her magic. The dip is poisonous because she hates her abuela. She talks with her mother and makes peace with the fact that her grandmother left her mother when she was young.
— Jan 19, 2023 08:33PM
