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Review: Because the Sky is a Thousand Soft Hurts - Elizabeth Kirschner
Genre: Short Stories Published: Atmosphere Press, June 2021 My rating: 1/5 stars I’m always deeply hesitant to give a one-star rating to...
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Review: Things We Say in the Dark - Kirsty Logan
Genre: Horror, Short-stories Published: Harvill Secker, October 2019 Rating: No rating Ever since its announcement in early 2019, Things...
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Review: Escape Routes - Naomi Ishiguro
Review of Naomi Ishiguro's debut short story collection Escape Routes
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Review: Fen - Daisy Johnson
Genre: Short Stories, Magical Realism Published: Jonathan Cape, June 2016 My Rating: 4/5 stars “I know who you are though in a moment I...
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Review: Salt Slow - Julia Armfield
Genre: Magical Realism, Short Stories Published: Picador, May 2019 My Rating: 4.5/5 stars “Before him, she had often wondered whether...
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Review: Voyages in the Underworld of Orpheus Black - Marcus&Julian Sedgwick
Genre: Poetry, Historical Published: Candlewick Press, August 2019 My Rating: 2.5/5 stars ARC provided by publisher. ”Hell is different...
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Review: The Girl Aquarium - Jen Campbell
Genre: Poetry, Magical Realism Published: Bloodaxe, April 2019 My rating: 4.5/5 stars "Smash this circus to the ground. Howl fiercely at...
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Review: Dreadful Young Ladies and Other Stories - Kelly Barnhill
Genre: Short Stories, Fantasy/Magical Realism Published: Algonquin Books, February 2018 My Rating: 3.5/5 stars "It is our flaws that make...
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Review: Tales from the Inner City - Shaun Tan
Genre: Short-story collection Published: Arthur A. Levine Books, September 2018 My rating: 5/5 stars Beautiful in so many ways... Tales...
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Review: Ariel - Sylvia Plath
Genre: poetry Published: Faber and Faber, 2010 originally published 1965 My rating: 5/5 stars, all-time favorite "I know the bottom, she...
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Review: Into Oblivion - Chloe Frayne
Genre: Poetry Published: Self-published, february 2018 My Rating: 4/5 stars Love is falling upwards... It was by pure chance that this...
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Review: Sixth of Dusk - Brandon Sanderson
Genre: Novella, Fantasy Published: Dragonsteel, October 2014 My Rating: 5/5 stars Sandersons usual epicness, but compressed to bite sized...
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Review: The Slow Regard of Silent Things - Patrick Rothfuss
Genre: Novella, Fantasy Published: Gollancz, October 2014 My Rating: 3/5 stars This is a strange little book. Strange as its...
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Review: Cove - Cynan Jones
Genre: Literary fiction, novella Published: Granta Books, november 2016 My Rating: 2/5 stars It does not matter who are. You know what...
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Review: No Matter the Wreckage - Sarah Kay
Genre: Poetry Published: Write Bloody Publishing, march 2014 My rating: 5/5 stars All-time favourite "And yes, on a scale from one to...
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Review: Folk - Zoe Gilbert
Genre: literary fiction / short stories Published: Bloomsbury, february 2018 My rating: 2/5 stars How to describe Folk…? Not only is that...
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Review: By Light We Knew Our Names - Anne Valente
Genre: Short Stories (Magical Realism) Published: Dzanc Books, sept. 2014 Rating: 4.5 stars 2018 is going to go down as the year where I...
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The Beginning of the World in the Middle of the Night - Jen Campbell
Genre: Short Stories, Magical Realism Published: Two Roads, november 2017 Rating: 5/5 stars Based on the tiny synopsis, and the fact...
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