Member Review
Review by
Jameela R, Reviewer
Out There
Into the Queer New Yonder
By Saundra Mitchell
A Review by Jamilla (LandsAwayBooks @Wordpress)
Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher, Inkyard Press for this eARC in exchange for a honest review!
I used to devour short stories, but it’s been a while! Having Out There be my reintroduction to the storytelling form was amazing! I’ve been craving sci-fi a lot recently and these captivating stories about places far, far away and the pervasive humanness of it all, was a delight to read. Seventeen queer sci-if stories, spanning from going down a wormhole, being trapped in a time loop, loving a beautiful alien you met on a SM site and Tchaikovsky’s Concerto in D Major.
Some of the standouts of this anthology are below!
Doublers by Alex London, with that poignant use of repetition was a stunning opener! And a short story that left you satisfied with just a bit of yearning for more.
Home by K Ancrum, to be honest, Ancrum is just a bloody good writer! And I find her work to be so delightfully experimental and unique! Her author’s voice is distinctive but also very fluid, and I love the way she builds a story! Home was no different! Brilliant and lost. A bit like horror? Very love at the end of the world....in this case moon.
Fractal Eyes by Ugochi M. Agoawike, so strange, so charming. I can not say that I understand what the heck this story was about, but I was captivated, from beginning to end, much like Chi is, of this bizarre and maybe a bit familiar Essence.
Concerto by Abdi Nazemian, a love that reaches out through time. This is ROMANCE, okay? Yearning and angst, and losing each other and meeting again and being entangled, like the roots of trees. Bittersweet.
The Rift by Claire Kann, this one stopped very abruptly I thought initially, but I really enjoyed the MC, she was super badass, and sometimes I feel the exact same way, let’s open a rift and travel to a world that can love us.
The Department of Homegoing Affairs by Kaylyn Barron, ghosts, a train ticket and a grandma not ready to let go. Really enjoyed this very emotional story about death and grief.
All in all, a fun, queer af, ‘out there’ anthology that was throughly enjoyable! It’s very cool that there are two more of these out already I can dive right into!
Into the Queer New Yonder
By Saundra Mitchell
A Review by Jamilla (LandsAwayBooks @Wordpress)
Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher, Inkyard Press for this eARC in exchange for a honest review!
I used to devour short stories, but it’s been a while! Having Out There be my reintroduction to the storytelling form was amazing! I’ve been craving sci-fi a lot recently and these captivating stories about places far, far away and the pervasive humanness of it all, was a delight to read. Seventeen queer sci-if stories, spanning from going down a wormhole, being trapped in a time loop, loving a beautiful alien you met on a SM site and Tchaikovsky’s Concerto in D Major.
Some of the standouts of this anthology are below!
Doublers by Alex London, with that poignant use of repetition was a stunning opener! And a short story that left you satisfied with just a bit of yearning for more.
Home by K Ancrum, to be honest, Ancrum is just a bloody good writer! And I find her work to be so delightfully experimental and unique! Her author’s voice is distinctive but also very fluid, and I love the way she builds a story! Home was no different! Brilliant and lost. A bit like horror? Very love at the end of the world....in this case moon.
Fractal Eyes by Ugochi M. Agoawike, so strange, so charming. I can not say that I understand what the heck this story was about, but I was captivated, from beginning to end, much like Chi is, of this bizarre and maybe a bit familiar Essence.
Concerto by Abdi Nazemian, a love that reaches out through time. This is ROMANCE, okay? Yearning and angst, and losing each other and meeting again and being entangled, like the roots of trees. Bittersweet.
The Rift by Claire Kann, this one stopped very abruptly I thought initially, but I really enjoyed the MC, she was super badass, and sometimes I feel the exact same way, let’s open a rift and travel to a world that can love us.
The Department of Homegoing Affairs by Kaylyn Barron, ghosts, a train ticket and a grandma not ready to let go. Really enjoyed this very emotional story about death and grief.
All in all, a fun, queer af, ‘out there’ anthology that was throughly enjoyable! It’s very cool that there are two more of these out already I can dive right into!
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