Short Stories 366:71 — “The Great Loneliness,” by Maria Romasco Moore

The variance in the tales of the Women Destroy Science Fiction audiobook has been a fantastic bounty of awesome, frankly. Each tale seems to spin in a completely different direction, and thematically the same variance applies. Unlike Queers Destroy Science Fiction (which I found often pretty soul-crushingly depressing and relentless), the up-and-down-turns of Women Destroy …

Short Stories 366:64 — “Canth,” by K.C. Norton

"Canth" is one of those stories that feels like a glimpse of a larger tale already underway. As a reader, it was as though I stumbled upon an audiobook that had been playing in the background, but I had no way to ask it to begin again, so instead I was left to try to …

Short Stories 366:38 — “Like Daughter,” by Tananarive Due

The audio performances of Women Destroy Science Fiction have been pretty on point, but the performer for "Like Daughter" was freaking incredible. Since I'm listening to this collection, it seemed worthwhile to point that out for anyone else looking for incredibly well performed audiobooks. The character voices and the pacing and the emotionality here were …

Short Stories 366:31 — “A Burglary, Addressed By a Young Lady,” by Elizabeth Porter Birdsall

This short story, performed incredibly well by the narrator for the audiobook version of Women Destroy Science Fiction, was outright amusing and borderline adorable. It was a nice reminder, to me at least, of how science fiction doesn't exist outside the realm of humour, and how often—unintentionally, I hope—there's a bias against science fiction that …

Short Stories 366:24 — “The Lonely Sea in the Sky,” by Amal El-Mohtar

One of the really enjoyable things about listening to audiobook anthologies like Women Destroy Science Fiction is how neatly they fold into walking the doggo. I end up glancing down, seeing how long the story will be, and adjusting the walk accordingly. Sometimes, though, I end up outpacing a story and starting a new one …

Short Stories 366:17 — “The Unfathomable Sisterhood of Ick” by Charlie Jane Anders

I walked the dog a little bit extra while I listened to this story (Max says thank you, Charlie Jane Anders) to give you an idea of how quickly I fell into this narrative and how much I wanted to see where it was going. Set in a future that's still quite recognizable, the main …