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A review by avalinahsbooks
Blood Engines by Tim Pratt, T.A. Pratt
4.0
Lately I've been reading more short stories - a thing I never do - and mainly because of some of my friends around here. But I think that's a welcome development.
This short story was unconvincing at first, okay by the middle, wonderful at the end. The ending was both interesting, exhilarating, puzzling and eventually calming. I loved it. I do recommend it to everyone because it's really short (over 600 words, if I'm not mistaken). It's got some symbolism jumbled up with some fantasy, I think you're mainly supposed to treat it as a metaphor, but you're free not to, if you choose to rather read it as fantasy. Funny that it's only the second short story I've read online - but it does resemble the only other one - Jemisin's [b:The City Born Great|31115639|The City Born Great|N.K. Jemisin|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1468437333s/31115639.jpg|51720170].
To those who want to read it, you'll find it here:
http://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/the-wilderness-within/
This short story was unconvincing at first, okay by the middle, wonderful at the end. The ending was both interesting, exhilarating, puzzling and eventually calming. I loved it. I do recommend it to everyone because it's really short (over 600 words, if I'm not mistaken). It's got some symbolism jumbled up with some fantasy, I think you're mainly supposed to treat it as a metaphor, but you're free not to, if you choose to rather read it as fantasy. Funny that it's only the second short story I've read online - but it does resemble the only other one - Jemisin's [b:The City Born Great|31115639|The City Born Great|N.K. Jemisin|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1468437333s/31115639.jpg|51720170].
To those who want to read it, you'll find it here:
http://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/the-wilderness-within/