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klibri's review against another edition
3.0
“Paid in Full” by Sarah A. Macklin ★★★½
“Ambrosia” by Margaret Saunders ★★★½
“Ambrosia” by Margaret Saunders ★★★½
laura_thereflectivebookshelf's review against another edition
4.0
The theme of the issue was Joy and it was fantastic! I particularly enjoyed the speculative fiction, which is not usually my favorite genre. My favorite was “Paid in Full” by Sarah A. Macklin and I also really loved “Silver Door Diner” by Bishop Garrison. I am so glad that I found this gem!
astropova's review
adventurous
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fast-paced
4.5
My favorite story in this issue was "That Which Smells Bad" by Aline-Mwezi Niyonsenga. It was amazing, and I'd love to read more about Gladys and Jean-Claude and their grandmother's ghost-busting business! I could really relate to Gladys's issues with feeling like you have to prove that you belong and fit into your own culture. The storyline and the feel of the story also kind of reminded me of "A Dead Djinn in Cairo" by P. Djèlí Clark, another one of my favorite stories!
ksbrennan's review
4.0
"It's a beautiful cacophony of nonsense and contradiction. It was utterly hopeless before the bombs fell, but somehow it still felt as though you would figure things out and make it all work."
This issue was all about Joy, but the thing that really struck me when reading was how the joy shown in these stories was never simple or exclusive: all the stories feature joy in the face of something harder, in the face of challenges and heartache. Joy perseveres here despite all attempts to crush it.
Silver Door Diner, by Bishop Garrison (quoted above) was the stand out story for me this issue; but I also really enjoyed Ambrosia by Margaret Saunders, and Billimarie Lubiano Robinson's poem In Retrograde.
This issue was all about Joy, but the thing that really struck me when reading was how the joy shown in these stories was never simple or exclusive: all the stories feature joy in the face of something harder, in the face of challenges and heartache. Joy perseveres here despite all attempts to crush it.
Silver Door Diner, by Bishop Garrison (quoted above) was the stand out story for me this issue; but I also really enjoyed Ambrosia by Margaret Saunders, and Billimarie Lubiano Robinson's poem In Retrograde.
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