by leerozelle | Nov 19, 2023 | science fiction, speculative fiction
J.G. Ballard’s “The Object of the Attack” is among the rarest of stories out there that can be said to possess genius. A misinterpreted assassination plot, an astro-messiah, espionage, incarceration, and an Ames Room escape. This is a masterpiece of...
by leerozelle | Aug 16, 2023 | horror short stories, science fiction, speculative fiction
Octavia E. Butler’s novelette “Bloodchild” twists the mind and keeps twisting. Space colonizers get colonized in this gory tale about parasites, male rape, talking egg-infesting centipede-scorpion creatures, and sacrifice. Incomparable! A...
by leerozelle | Jul 26, 2023 | horror short stories, speculative fiction, weird fiction
Stephanie Ellis’s “Skin to Skin” is posthuman speculative horror at its most unsettling. It delves into our need for human touch, the tissues that hold together family, and the horrors of our holographic selves. Really gets under...
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