Short Stories 366:29 — “Empire Star,” by Samuel R. Delany

This brings me to the end of the short(er) fiction in People of Colo(u)r Destroy Science Fiction and I have to say the journey was fantastic, and the final story, "Empire Star," is just... wow. I mean, it's Samuel R. Delany, so it's not like I thought it wouldn't be amazing, but it's a novella …

Short Stories 366:22 — “1965,” by Edmée Pardo

One of the major strengths of the stories in People of Colo(u)r Destroy Science Fiction is the range. Some of the stories are heavily sci-fi, others a lighter spec-fic touch, and "1965" lands firmly there on the lighter end of the scale. That's not a criticism, which I hope is clear, as Pardo spins an …

Short Stories 366:15 — “Delhi” by Vandana Singh

Oh wow, this story. People of Colo(u)r Destroy Science Fiction delivers yet again. First, the concept of it is such a clever little wrinkle: a man, Aseem, can see glimpses of other times. For a long while, it was just assumed he was mentally ill; he was hallucinating of course, and as such his life …

Short Stories 366:8 — “Double Time” by John Chu

Okay, it's possible my heart shattered a bit with this one. Found in People of Colo(u)r Destroy Science Fiction, "Double Time" opens with a contemporary enough feel: a girl performing at a skating competition. It's only when she notices the flickering of light out of the corner of her eyes—people jumping back in time to …

Short Stories 366:1 — “Chocolate Milkshake Number 314” by Caroline M. Yoachim

This may be a terrible idea, but a quite a few years ago, back when I have a Livejournal, I decided to blog once a day about a short story. It was called Short Stories 365, and I managed the feat. For a whole year, once a day, a review of a short fiction piece. …

Sunday Shorts—Binaries by S.B. Divya

This flash fiction piece from People of Colo(u)r Destroy Science Fiction has a super-clever narrative conceit: it rolls out over a binary progression of years of the main character's life. She's 1. Then she's 2. Then she's 4. Then she's 8, 16, 32... You get it. That it progresses beyond the 64-128 is where the …