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Gary K. Wolfe Reviews The Planetbreaker’s Son by Nick Mamatas in Locus
By Gary K. Wolfe Locus Magazine June 2021 With all the venues featuring original short fiction these days, one that…
The Primal Screamer: A Pensive Quill Review
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The Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow in True Review
By Andy Andrews True Review September 2020 In THE GREAT BIG BEAUTIFUL TOMORROW Plus, author Cory Doctorow is almost obsessed…
Nisi Shawl’s Talk Like a Man in True Review
By Andy Andrews True Review September 2020 I find Nisi Shawl’s writing intriguing and satisfying on many levels. And all…
Surreal Fiction, Social Commentary— Paul Park on Against the Grain
Against the Grain You might not expect weighty topics like class privilege and critical theory to be addressed in stories…
Nisi Shawl’s Talk Like a Man in The Fifth Estate
Nisi Shawl shows that Science Fiction can still challenge conventions By Rich Dana Fifth Estate Magazine 406, Spring, 2020 “My…
Nisi Shawl’s Talk Like a Man in Library Journal
By Kristi Chadwick Library Journal February 2020 Award-winning author Shawl (Everfair) transports readers into stories filled with politics, feminism, and Afrofuturism. This…
The Beatrix Gates— finalist for a “Lammy” in the Transgender Fiction category
These Are The Finalists for the 2020 Lambda Literary Awards Every year, the “Lammys” celebrate the best in LGBTQ literature…
Nisi Shawl’s Talk Like a Man in Locus
By Gary K. Wolfe Locus Magazine February 2020 It’s been more than a decade since Nisi Shawl’s only previous collection,…