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A review by carol26388
Apex Magazine September 2018 by Jason Sizemore
4.0
Read strictly for Field Biology of the Wee Fairies by Naomi Kritzer, a story for all those science-minded girls who didn't want PrettyInPink Barbie.
“I don’t want to catch a fairy,” Amelia said. “If I did catch a fairy, I’d keep her in a jar like my mice and study her.”
Everyone laughed when she said things like that, except for Betty, who rolled her eyes and said that Amelia would change her mind when she grew up a bit. “You don’t want to be an old maid like Miss Leonard,” she pointed out. Miss Leonard was their English teacher. No one had ever asked her about this directly, but everyone agreed that Miss Leonard had never caught a fairy.
Oh; clearly, I did not read the entire magazine. It's just that the librarians insist on putting short stories where they appear. The rest of the mag? No idea. But I'll be on the lookout for more from Kritzer, who not only knows how to turn a stereotype or two on its head, but does it well.
https://www.apex-magazine.com/field-biology-of-the-wee-fairies/
“I don’t want to catch a fairy,” Amelia said. “If I did catch a fairy, I’d keep her in a jar like my mice and study her.”
Everyone laughed when she said things like that, except for Betty, who rolled her eyes and said that Amelia would change her mind when she grew up a bit. “You don’t want to be an old maid like Miss Leonard,” she pointed out. Miss Leonard was their English teacher. No one had ever asked her about this directly, but everyone agreed that Miss Leonard had never caught a fairy.
Oh; clearly, I did not read the entire magazine. It's just that the librarians insist on putting short stories where they appear. The rest of the mag? No idea. But I'll be on the lookout for more from Kritzer, who not only knows how to turn a stereotype or two on its head, but does it well.
https://www.apex-magazine.com/field-biology-of-the-wee-fairies/