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Tag Archives: novelette
First Monday Free Fiction: A Bullet for Father Christmas
Welcome to the December 2022 edition of First Monday Free Fiction. To recap, inspired by Kristine Kathryn Rusch who posts a free short story every week on her blog, I’ll post a free story on the first Monday of every … Continue reading
First Monday Free Fiction: The Wolf of Rajala
Welcome to the first edition of First Monday Free Fiction for 2022. To recap, inspired by Kristine Kathryn Rusch who posts a free short story every week on her blog, I’ll post a free story on the first Monday of … Continue reading
Posted in Books, First Monday Free Fiction
Tagged fantasy, free fiction, Kurval, monsters, my books, novelette, our books, sword and sorcery, The Wolf of Rajala, werewolves
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Two Podcast Appearances about Old and New SFF
In addition to the Fancast Spotlights, I also have two podcast appearances of my own to announce. First of all, I was a guest on the Hugos There podcast, where I discussed the 2021 Hugo finalists for Best Novelette with … Continue reading
First Monday Free Fiction: A Grave Case
Welcome to the November 2021 edition of First Monday Free Fiction, which goes out on a Tuesday, because I was really busy yesterday and just forgot to post this. To recap, inspired by Kristine Kathryn Rusch who posts a free … Continue reading
First Monday Free Fiction: Countdown to Death
Welcome to the June 2021 edition of First Monday Free Fiction. To recap, inspired by Kristine Kathryn Rusch who posts a free short story every week on her blog, I’ll post a free story on the first Monday of every … Continue reading
Retro Review: “Transparent Stuff” by Dorothy Quick
I’m continuing my reviews of Dorothy Quick’s Patchwork Quilt stories with “Transparent Stuff”, the second story in the series, which appeared in the June 1940 issue of Unknown. The story may be read online here. You can also read Steve … Continue reading
Retro Review: “Black God’s Shadow” by C.L. Moore or Overcoming Trauma as a Core Theme of Sword and Sorcery
My last post was a review of “Black God’s Kiss” by C.L. Moore, the story that introduced the swordswoman Jirel of Joiry to the world. So it’s only fitting that I review the direct sequel, “Black God’s Shadow”, too. The … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Retro Reviews
Tagged 1934, Black God's Kiss, Black God's Shadow, C.L. Moore, Conan, depression, Fafhrd and Grey Mouser, Fritz Leiber, golden age fantasy, Jirel of Joiry, novelette, retro fantasy, Retro Reviews, Robert E. Howard, sexual violence, sword and sorcery, trauma, vintage fantasy, weird fiction, Weird Tales
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Retro Review: “Black God’s Kiss” by C.L. Moore or How to Suppress Women’s Sword and Sorcery Writing
As I said a few posts ago, I will be reviewing vintage SFF stories beyond the confines of the Retro Hugos as well, beginning with “Black God’s Kiss”, a sword and sorcery novelette by C.L. Moore that was the cover … Continue reading
Retro Review: “The Children’s Hour” by Lawrence O’Donnell a.k.a. Henry Kuttner and C.L. Moore
“The Children’s Hour” is a novelette by Lawrence O’Donnell, one of the many pen names of Henry Kuttner and C.L. Moore. It was first published in the March 1944 issue of Astounding Science Fiction and is finalist for the 1945 … Continue reading
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Tagged amnesia, Astounding Science Fiction, C.L. Moore, golden age fantasy, golden age science fiction, Henry Kuttner, hypnosis, Lawrence O'Donnell, novelette, psychology, Retro Hugos, retro science fiction, science fiction romance, vintage fantasy, vintage science fiction, WWII
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