Sunday Shorts—Andromache’s War by Elliott Dunstan

If, like me, you're a bit rusty on your Greek History and Mythology and you're wondering if Dunstan's take on Andromache from Scourge of the Seas of Time (and Space) will sail over your head, do not worry. Dunstan manages just the right balance of classical touch-points to keep you up to speed, and regardless, …

Friday Flash Fics — Greater Good (Part Five)

I'm still behind on Friday Flash Fics, but I've had a run in of bad migraines, so I'll try to catch up. This was the prompt from two weeks ago. "Greater Good" tells the ongoing story of the other side of “Lesser Evil,” which was was a super-villain story about a telepath named Tristan Edwards, …

Sunday Shorts—Firebird by Isha Karki

Oh wow, the world-building here. There's so much going on in this one: a discussion of the way those in power work so hard to make sure those who don't have power aim as much of their pain as possible at anyone other than the powerful; the regret and pain of the particular kind of …

Sunday Shorts—Letter From An Artist To A Thousand Future Versions Of Her Wife by J.Y. Yang

Oh wow. This was such a lovely, heartfelt story. The conceit behind the narrative is a simple one: a science vessel heading out into to the edges of space includes an artist's wife. She will never return to Earth (at least, not within the artist's lifetime) because of the technology used (the scientist's consciousness was …

Friday Flash Fics — “Greater Good” (Part Four)

Today’s story is from the Friday Flash Fics prompt from two weeks ago, which I missed due to a migraine. It continues the tale from the previous three, back into the past of “Greater Good.” This ongoing story tells the other side of “Lesser Evil,” which was was my first superhero story—or, rather, super-villain—and focused on a …

Sunday Shorts—The House on the Moon by William Alexander

Ooh, this was a great way to start Disabled People Destroy Science Fiction, and I loved the weaving of the almost absurd castle on the moon with the much darker and far more grim realities tucked in almost as asides in the world-building. Narratively, this is a school trip, complete with kids being kids and …