Doesn't everyone feel this?
I'd always assumed everyone felt this.
But it's good to see it expressed. Especially so beautifully.
I'd always assumed everyone felt this.
But it's good to see it expressed. Especially so beautifully.
Aug-Sept 2017 Short Fiction Recs
On gray autumn days, there’s
nothing I want so much as a cup of hot tea, a blanket, and a good story. Here
are some good things I read over August and September—stories to drink in with
your tea (or beverage of choice) as the season darkens and chills.
Stories strange and beautiful, dark and light
These Bones Aside by Lora Gray in The Dark
Each month, Yagra plants a new goddess to swallow the moon and save the world. This is such a hauntingly beautiful and painful story of motherhood, loss, sacrifice, and innocence. It marries mythic imagery and imagination with intimate feeling. Absolutely gorgeous.
Red Bark and Ambergris by Kate Marshall at Beneath Ceaseless Skies
Sarai was kidnapped to be a maker of perfumes for a Queen. She has the talent for it—to be a scent-maker—but what she wants is to be a poison-tamer, for it’s only as a poison-tamer that she may be able to escape her island prison. This is a beautiful and heartbreaking story of love, loss, bitterness, and accepting one’s true t…
Stories strange and beautiful, dark and light
These Bones Aside by Lora Gray in The Dark
Each month, Yagra plants a new goddess to swallow the moon and save the world. This is such a hauntingly beautiful and painful story of motherhood, loss, sacrifice, and innocence. It marries mythic imagery and imagination with intimate feeling. Absolutely gorgeous.
Red Bark and Ambergris by Kate Marshall at Beneath Ceaseless Skies
Sarai was kidnapped to be a maker of perfumes for a Queen. She has the talent for it—to be a scent-maker—but what she wants is to be a poison-tamer, for it’s only as a poison-tamer that she may be able to escape her island prison. This is a beautiful and heartbreaking story of love, loss, bitterness, and accepting one’s true t…
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