Recently published fiction:
“Scintillae” in Dark Matter Magazine
“The Bleak Communion of Abandoned Things” in PseudoPod
SF Novella of the Month, May 2022: Uncommon Charm
The #sfnovellaofthemonth for May 2022 is Uncommon Charm by Kat Weaver and Emily Bergslien, out now from Neon Hemlock Press. When I started this book, which is labelled on the publisher’s website as a “gothic comedy,” I wondered if there might be such a thing as a truly gothic story with a light and gladsome …
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SF Novella of the Month, April 2022: Helpmeet
The #sfnovellaofthemonth for April 2022 is Naben Ruthnum’s Helpmeet, forthcoming in May 2022 from Undertow Publications. It’s possible that body horror rooted in a mysterious and terrible illness is not the best choice of reading material when the reader is sick in bed with COVID-19. I, however, am not always known for making the best …
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SF Novella of the Month, March 2022: And In Her Smile, the World
The #sfnovellaofthemonth for March 2022 is Rebecca J. Allred and Gordon B. White’s And In Her Smile, the World, published by Trepidatio Publishing in February 2022. Lately I have a weakness for tiny books that pack as much unsettling detail into their brief little worlds as possible. I’ve been aware for some time that Gordon …
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M. A. Blanchard 