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Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet No. 32 by A.B. Robinson, Gillian Daniels, Kodiak Julian, Joanna Ruocco, Alyc Helms, Henry Wessells, Nicole Kimberling, Gavin J. Grant, Henry Lien, Jade Sylvan, Kelly Link, J.M. McDermott, Dylan Horrocks

theliteratecondition's review

5.0

So, I'm currently reading this issue, and Wow! Great stuff. At the moment, "Everything Is Haunted" by J. M. McDermott is my favorite--it's just amazing. Emotionally gripping, wonderfully written (non-linear, multiple view points, clear writing), engaging, and the environmental - human ramifications are spot on. It is a haunted story, and not in the oooh a spooky ghosty kind of way. For real haunted. A haunted people, a haunted past. I actually read J. M. McDermott's story three times before going on to read others.

I love that not all the stories are tied up with a bow and "plot-heavy"--or at least they didn't feel that way. So if they are, then my hats off, because I tend to dread that kind of writing a little--I get bored with it. I was in no way bored reading these tales and poems. I was there, in it, and didn't want to put the issue down.