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Uncle's Dream by Fyodor Dostoevsky
4.0
This is the only story Dostoyesvky ever wrote with a (solely) female protagonist, and it is telling that he made her a villainous girlboss Mother. HOWEVER she is also extremely funny and I had a great time, so I'm giving it a pass!
Best Gay Poetry 2008 by Lawrence Schimel
4.0
my friend gave this to me to read, and (with the exception of the very first poem which I hated) many of these made me want to self immolate <3
Poor Folk by Fyodor Dostoevsky
2.5
Hm. I was hoping I'd like this one more than I did. It's one of his few departures from "putting a guy who is absolutely deranged into a situation". Which I love, btw, but occasionally he'll do something more personal, like House of the Dead, and I like those little windows.
I'm sure this is drawn upon his time in poverty, but I found that the love story was so meandering that it...distracted from the tragedy of poverty itself? This is an early work of his though I suppose
I'm sure this is drawn upon his time in poverty, but I found that the love story was so meandering that it...distracted from the tragedy of poverty itself? This is an early work of his though I suppose
Hell's Paradise: Jigokuraku Complete Vol. 1-13 Collection 13 Book Bundle Set by Yuji Kaku Plus 5 Kokuyo Campus Notebooks of Spy x Family Limited Edition by Yuji Kaku
Did not finish book. Stopped at 20%.
Did not finish book. Stopped at 20%.
might come back to this! having trouble finding it all online
New Suns: Original Speculative Fiction by People of Color by Nisi Shawl
4.0
Here are my faves from this:
The Galactic Tourist Industrial Complex by Tobias S. Buckell (4.5)
This was such an interesting take on the colonial nature of tourism!
The Fine Print by Chinelo Onwualu (4)
I love a trickster Djinn tale
Burn the Ships by Alberto Yáñez (5)
Genuinely needed this to be an entire book Alberto PLEASE!!!!
The Freedom of the Shifting Sea by Jaymee Goh (5)
Monsterfucker Yuri, must I say more?
The Shadow We Cast Through Time by Indra Das (5)
Indra you are everything to me thank you for mixing space and folktale in such a cool way
One Easy Trick by Hiromi Goto (4)
This was was so weird but in the best way like I really loved how weird it was
Harvest by Rebecca Roanhorse (4.25)
More monsterfucker yuri but with indigenous revenge
Kelsey and the Burdened Breath by Darcie Little Badger (4)
I loved this concept!! Last breaths as ghost like entities, wow this lore was so cool
The Galactic Tourist Industrial Complex by Tobias S. Buckell (4.5)
This was such an interesting take on the colonial nature of tourism!
The Fine Print by Chinelo Onwualu (4)
I love a trickster Djinn tale
Burn the Ships by Alberto Yáñez (5)
Genuinely needed this to be an entire book Alberto PLEASE!!!!
The Freedom of the Shifting Sea by Jaymee Goh (5)
Monsterfucker Yuri, must I say more?
The Shadow We Cast Through Time by Indra Das (5)
Indra you are everything to me thank you for mixing space and folktale in such a cool way
One Easy Trick by Hiromi Goto (4)
This was was so weird but in the best way like I really loved how weird it was
Harvest by Rebecca Roanhorse (4.25)
More monsterfucker yuri but with indigenous revenge
Kelsey and the Burdened Breath by Darcie Little Badger (4)
I loved this concept!! Last breaths as ghost like entities, wow this lore was so cool
Weak Heart by Ban Gilmartin
4.0
ISLA GET BEHIND ME! I'LL PROTECT YOU FROM THE HATERS! THEY'VE NEVER MET A LESBIAN WHO VEHEMENTLY HATES ONE GAY MAN IN PARTICULAR AND IT SHOWS
This was really cute and fun, I loved learning more about Scottish mythology. Murray is sooo babygirl.
This is self published, so I caught a few typos, be kind!
This was really cute and fun, I loved learning more about Scottish mythology. Murray is sooo babygirl.
This is self published, so I caught a few typos, be kind!
Hawaii's Story by Hawaii's Queen by Lili'uokalani
slow-paced
5.0
And yet this great and powerful nation must go across two thousand miles of sea, and take from the poor Hawaiians their little spots in the broad Pacific, must covet our islands of Hawaii Nei, and extinguish the nationality of my poor people, many of whom have now not a foot of land which can be called their own. And for what?
In order that another race-problem shall be injected into the social and political perplexities with which the United States in the great experiment of popular government is already struggling? in order that a novel and inconsistent foreign and colonial policy shall be grafted upon its hitherto impregnable diplomacy?
Or in order that a friendly and generous, yet proud-spirited and sensitive race, a race admittedly capable and worthy of receiving the best opportunities for material and moral progress, shall be crushed under the weight of a social order and prejudice with which even another century of preparation would hardly fit it to cope?
In order that another race-problem shall be injected into the social and political perplexities with which the United States in the great experiment of popular government is already struggling? in order that a novel and inconsistent foreign and colonial policy shall be grafted upon its hitherto impregnable diplomacy?
Or in order that a friendly and generous, yet proud-spirited and sensitive race, a race admittedly capable and worthy of receiving the best opportunities for material and moral progress, shall be crushed under the weight of a social order and prejudice with which even another century of preparation would hardly fit it to cope?
Flash Frame: A Short Story by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
5.0
Reading Flash Frame while rereading Silver Nitrate is fun, as it's the foundation on which the latter is built. I love seeing where author ideas sprout from.
As with Silver Nitrate, it's as if she knows EXACTLY what I love about horror and feeds it to me. It's almost creepy!!
As with Silver Nitrate, it's as if she knows EXACTLY what I love about horror and feeds it to me. It's almost creepy!!
The Lamentation of Their Women by Kai Ashante Wilson
3.0
Hmmm I love Wilson's writing as always but this story did not hit for me? It's an interesting premise but the way it's executed feels young, which is strange as this is a relatively newer work compared to the other pieces I've read by them. Idk!!
Content Warnings
Moderate: Racism
Minor: Homophobia