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  • My review: What Stalks the Deep, by T. Kingfisher

    I read this (epub) on 14 May 2026. This novella is up for a 2026 Hugo Award. If you become a voting member, you can download the voters packet and read it yourself. I think this one takes my vote (sorry to Cinder House and Automatic Noodle, which also got this endorsement in their reviews). Honestly, I’ll…

  • My review: The River has Roots, by Amal El-Mohtar

    My review: The River has Roots, by Amal El-Mohtar

    I read this (epub) on 12 and 13 May 2026. This novella is up for a 2026 Hugo Award. If you become a voting member, you can download the voters packet and read it yourself. I don’t like fairy tales. Funny, that I just said that in another review. It’s still an imperfect and inexact statement. Much…

  • My review: The Summer War, by Naomi Novik

    My review: The Summer War, by Naomi Novik

    I read this (pdf) in two sittings on 12 May 2026. This novella is up for a 2026 Hugo Award. If you become a voting member, you can download the voters packet and read it yourself. I don’t like fairy tales. Okay, that’s a vast overstatement that relies on an overgeneralization. That’s not fair. I really like…

  • My review: Cinder House, by Freya Marske

    My review: Cinder House, by Freya Marske

    I read this (epub) in two or three sittings on 12 May 2026. This novella is up for a 2026 Hugo Award. If you become a voting member, you can download the voters packet and read it yourself. Fairy tale retellings, especially the ones Disney has already done, are always a bit of a miss for me.…

  • My review of: Automatic Noodle, by Annalee Newitz

    My review of: Automatic Noodle, by Annalee Newitz

    I read this (epub) in two sittings on 11 May 2026. This novella is up for a 2026 Hugo Award. If you become a voting member, you can download the voters packet and read it yourself. The truest sign of a book I love is my desire to share it with other people. Sometimes this can be…

  • My review of: Murder by Memory, by Olivia Waite

    My review of: Murder by Memory, by Olivia Waite

    I read this (epub) in one sitting on 12 May 2026. This novella is up for a 2026 Hugo Award. If you become a voting member, you can download the voters packet and read it yourself. I thoroughly enjoyed the book and immediately wanted to send copies to other people who I thought would also…