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A review by incipientdreamer
Uncanny Magazine Issue 20: January/February 2018 by Arkady Martine, Sofia Samatar, Vandana Singh, Marissa Lingen, John Wiswell, Elizabeth Bear, Fran Wilde, S.B. Divya, Ana Hurtado, Rebecca Roanhorse, Caroline M. Yoachim, R.K. Kalaw, Nitoo Das, Del Samatar, Vivian Shaw, Sunny Moraine, Michael Damian Thomas, Sarah Monette, Iori Kusano, Lynne M. Thomas, Sonya Taaffe
3.5
Review for The Utmost Bound by Vivian Shaw
Vivian Shaw can write. And she can write really great horror. I feel like this story would have been more impactful emotionally if it had been longer. Sure, it serves its purpose but I feel like that ending didn't really affect me as much as it could have it was a full-blown space horror mystery. I find it cool that Shaw uses so many real-life examples and events to hide the spooky in. Similar to Transference, The Utmost Bound took the theory of the Lost Cosmonauts to spin a creepy short space story. I just wish there was more!
Short Story Month - 8/31
Vivian Shaw can write. And she can write really great horror. I feel like this story would have been more impactful emotionally if it had been longer. Sure, it serves its purpose but I feel like that ending didn't really affect me as much as it could have it was a full-blown space horror mystery. I find it cool that Shaw uses so many real-life examples and events to hide the spooky in. Similar to Transference, The Utmost Bound took the theory of the Lost Cosmonauts to spin a creepy short space story. I just wish there was more!
Short Story Month - 8/31