I’m very excited and grateful that two of my poems, “Helianthus”” and “Petrichor”, have been nominated for the Rhysling award!
I’d like to thank the editors in Solarpunk Magazine and Utopia Science Fiction for publishing them.
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Short Stories I enjoyed in February and March
Hello! Summer is here! 🌊
I read 33 stories during these two months, so I thought I’d make a post about them together. So many stories, so little time.
As always, here we go in no particular order:
For sale: One Unicorn Saddle, Mostly Disenchanted by Aimee Picchi in Translunar Travelers Lounge: A short, fun and cute story over the sadness and disappointment for your run-away unicorn and how internet strangers can help you realize what really happened. 🦄
Gennesaret by Phoenix Alexander in Beneath Ceaseless Skies: What is escaping from what you know when you know nothing else? And who will pay the price? A short and sad story about taking the dangerous leap towards change and going in blind.
Metal like blood in the Black by T. Kingfisher in Uncanny: A unique story about two machines, their relationship with their father and how they managed to survive on their own against a villainous figure. I really enjoyed this one.
An Incomplete Account of the Case of the Bird-talker in Yaros by Eleanna Castroianni in Fireside: From 1967-1974, during the years of the Greek Junta, the island of Yaros in the Aegean was used as a prison for the political prisoners. This is a gentle story in the form of short interviews from the prisoners about the living conditions in prison as well as their personal experiences with the regime.
Poetry:
A Jar of Condensed Milk by Gretchen Tesshmer in Strange Horizons
The Prophet, to His Angel by Bogi Takàcs in Fantasy Magazine
Return to the Cities by Marie Vibbert in The Future Fire
Eosphosphorus by Avra Margariti in Eye to the Telescope
A Message From Her Feline Self, Unborn, to Her Cousin, Whose Ancestors Were Once Wolves by Jessica Cho in Fireside
Shreds and Tatters by Jennifer Crow in Kaleidotrope
Stories and Poems I liked in February and March
Things have been various hues of tough lately for everyone. I turned to writing and reading, so here are some short stories and poems I enjoyed these past two months, that I hope, if you go ahead and read them, you’ll enjoy too.
This time, besides the links to the pieces, I’ll add a couple of lines for each short story and also, since I have synesthesia, I’ll mention the colors in which I see each story in.
So, there you go!
Review: The Word for World is Forest
I have no idea how to review books and, most importantly, I have no idea how to review a book by Ursula Le Guin, considering a) that it was written 49 years ago and b) that she’s awesome.
So, what I’m going to do is flail on bullet points about the incredible qualities of this book like a mature adult.