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A review by cheye13
Future Tense Fiction: Stories of Tomorrow by Madeline Ashby, Kirsten Berg, Charlie Jane Anders
dark
reflective
fast-paced
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
3.0
A collection of short stories that either hit a little too close for comfort or fell a bit short of satsifying. Favorite was definitely Nnedi Okorafor's "Mother of Invention," but I also quite liked Madeline Ashby's "Domestic Violence" and Charle Jane Anders's "The Minnesota Diet." Most were middling, but the ones I enjoyed least were those that left me scrambling for purchase in an alien world while the story zipped along.
Graphic: Death of parent and Pregnancy
Moderate: Infidelity and Murder
Minor: Torture, Vomit, Medical content, Car accident, Abandonment, and Sexual harassment