A review by jokoloyo
Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 117 by Zhang Ran, Nancy Kress, Michael Flynn, Neil Clarke, Alethea Kontis, E. Catherine Tobler, Sam J. Miller, Matthew Simmons, Chris Urie, Margaret Ronald

3.0

Rating for "Things With Beards". I read this at the right moment, or else, I would give this story as 2 star-rating. I am not a fan of a horror story, even SF horror story. I avoid SF movie titles that turns out to be a horror movie (for example, Sunshine (2007)).

This story is not about plot, but about character development. A monster character development.

I agree with the last sentence on the story. Recently, I read a philosophy article from a Tibetan Rinpoche that has similar virtue. The sentence convince me to gave it a 3 star.