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Fly by Night by Tara O'Connor

mysterious sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

Haunting Melody by Chloe Spencer

mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

Our Shadows Have Claws: 15 Latin American Monster Stories by Amparo Ortiz, Yamile Saied Méndez

dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

Good Girls Don't Die by Christina Henry

dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Stalking, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Rape

On A Sunbeam by Tillie Walden

emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

Under the Surface by Diana Urban

challenging hopeful tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I would give this a million stars if I could. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Blood, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Gun violence, Blood, Vomit, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder

Northranger by Rey Terciero

emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

Out of Left Field by Jonah Newman

hopeful inspiring lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

The Palace of Eros by Caro De Robertis

challenging emotional hopeful medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

Other Ever Afters: New Queer Fairy Tales by Melanie Gillman

lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

3.5

A lovely set of short stories created during a 24 hour comic challenge. 

There was a wide range of characters and cute stories, and even though I know many were started from a challenge, there felt like something was missing in a few of the tales.

I genuinely enjoyed thr majority of the stories and thought they had a lot to offer! 


Below are four of the stories that I really enjoyed (in no particular order!)

The Fish Wife 
Hsthete
Sweet Rock
New Name