The Scarlet Circus focuses on romance fantasy stories. While a bunch do, there are also stories where I found a distinct lack of romance, that didnt seem to fit with the theme. Instead I felt that a lot of these stories shared the whimsical and fairytale like quality.
Top Ten Tuesday (as always hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl) is holding a a thankful freebie this week and Sci-Fi Month asks us to talk about short stories. So that works out because I am always super thankful for short stories. So let us jump in. The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells “And in … Continue reading Six Sci-Fi Short Stories | One Small Step | #TopTenTuesday 362 | #SciFiMonth
An anthology about dragons with gorgeous illustrations
Thank you to Tachyon Publications and Netgalley for the review copy in exchange for an honest review. This does not change my opinion in anyway. Book: The Tangleroot Palace by Marjorie LiuRelease Date: JUne 15th 2021Tags: Fantasy | Adult | Short Stories | Short Story Collection | Fairytales Trigger/Content Warnings: Rape | Miscarriage | Mentions … Continue reading The Tangleroot Palace | ARC Review
Thank you to Strange Books for the review copy in exchange for an honest review. This does not change my opinion in anyway. Book: Nothing is Strange by Mike Russel Release Date: November 31st 2014 Tags: Adult | Short Stories | Collection | Fabulism | Bizar Trigger/Content Warnings: Cutting in half of Hermaphrodite | Ableism … Continue reading Nothing Is Strange | Book Review
Now that we hit March I am going to put this out there so it wraps up 2019. These short stacks won't be as frequent as they were in 2019 because I don't read enough novella's to keep it up monthly. Even so I hope you do enjoy these posts. Book: The Barrow Will Send … Continue reading Short Stacks #8 / A Few More I Read in 2019
This months short stacks focuses on A.M. Dellamonica. If you didn't know, A.M. Dellamonica is the author of Indigo Springs, a novel I picked up on whim a few years ago and really ended up loving. They are married to fellow Aurora winner Kelly Robson in Canada in 2003. They have written over 40 short … Continue reading Short Stacks #4 // A.M. Dellamonica Edition
Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for the review copy in exchange for an honest review. Book: How to Fracture a Fairytale by Jane Yolen Release Date: November 5th 2018 Tags: Fantasy / Collection / Short Stories / Poetry / Retellings / Fairytale / Mythology / Jewish Characters Trigger Warnings:Concentration Camps / Rape / … Continue reading Book Review – How to Fracture a Fairytale
When it comes down to our favorites we tend to talk a lot about full length books. Of course the world revolves a lot around full length novels if you only glance at the books on the shelves. But sometimes we can forget all about short stories and novella's. Because to write a good short … Continue reading TTT #148 – Favorite Novella’s and Short Stories
After finishing Bones and Bourbon I immediately went to see what else NineStar Press had because my curiosity was certainly piqued. I found this anthology that focuses on lesbian/bisexual paranormal short stories. This of course interested me as I don’t often get the chance to read fantasy and paranormal with lesbian or bisexual characters. We … Continue reading Five Reasons to Read Anthology Into The Mystic (Volume 3)
A Dance With Books 