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Alice (The Chronicles of Alice, #1)

by Christina Henry (Goodreads Author)

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The Future Is Blue

by Catherynne M. Valente (Goodreads Author)

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mark monday said: " "No One Dies in Nowhere" - heron-headed Detective Belacqua has a problem: who has tortured and murdered this woman? In the afterlife, dying should be the least of one's worries! This is a brilliant, fully realized murder mystery set in a bizarre semi "No One Dies in Nowhere" - heron-headed Detective Belacqua has a problem: who has tortured and murdered this woman? In the afterlife, dying should be the least of one's worries! This is a brilliant, fully realized murder mystery set in a bizarre semi-Purgatory, dark yet compassionate. It asks an additional question: does God even care?

"Tow and Two Is Seven" - the land of N is full of robots who need caring; their caregiver longs for the King who was once her paramour. This story finds Valente indulging her absurdist, Miévillian side - not my favorite side of the author - but still manages to arrange the fripperies around a core of genuine emotion - and eventually, schadenfreude!

"Down and Out in R'lyeh" - incredibly scatalogical farce, I think, set in Cthulhu's underwater lair. I actually don't know if it was a farce or if it turned into something else, because I stopped reading after not quite 2 pages. It was too disgusting to want to continue. Plus I was eating lunch.

"The Limitless Perspective of Master Peek" - an ingenious one-eyed maker of glass eyes meets her match in a one-eyed beauty from Venice. A clever and fun story. I loved the central conceit of inexplicably paired glass eyes, the second of the pair allowing one to see whatever the first eye is witnessing. A perfect tool for a one-eyed spy...

"The Lily and the Horn" - in this vaguely medieval setting, the fighting of wars with young bodies has been replaced by the fighting of wars at the dinner table. The table is set with poisons by a trained poisoner; at the table is an equally trained expert in antidotes and poison nullifiers. Representatives of those at war eat at this treacherous table; who survives shall determine which kingdom is the winner. This was a fantastic story - so original! Plus it features a secret lesbian romance. ❤️💛🖤

"Badgirl, Deadman, and the Wheel of Fortune" - it is regrettable that the collection's editor didn't excise this loathsome story about a young girl abused by her drug-addicted father's heroin dealer. Reminded me of Joyce Carol Oates at her worst. This was a repulsive waste of time. ...more "

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