Short story published in Apex Magazine Issue 41 Eva is a witch, and a researcher into the Fae. As Weaving dreams begins she is helping Giancarlo with his research. He is an historian, interested in meeting a Fae as a … Continue reading
short stories
6 October 2012
Call no: 800
Genre: sff, short stories
Setting: alternate world, England
8 Stars
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England under the White Witch by Theodora Goss
Read online : Clarksworld Magazine issue 73 After the War came the Empress in the North. England was preoccupied with recovery. With dealing with rebellion throughout its empire. And the discontented in England were prepared for a change. But the … Continue reading
17 September 2012
Call no: 800
Genre: sff, short stories
Setting: 2000s, alien, Mars
7 Stars
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The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury
First published in serial form in the 1950s The Martian Chronicles is a collection of short stories that together tell the story of humanity colonising Mars. Almost all the stories are entirely set on Mars, and deal with the effects … Continue reading
2 September 2012
Call no: 800
Genre: sff, short stories
Setting: Andes, South America
8 Stars
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The country of the blind by H.G. Wells
Read online Long long ago, in a valley in the Andes, a group of settles were cut off from the rest of the world. They didn’t mind too much, they lived good lives and their land produced good crops. But … Continue reading
31 August 2012
Call no: 800
Genre: sff, short stories
Setting: Italy
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Rappacini’s daughter [essay] by Nathaniel Hawthorne
This week’s essay for my Coursera Course got a 5. W00t :) Beatrice, Beatrice, let down your hair. Giovanni is not a pregnant woman, but his longing looks[1] into the enclosed garden next door echo the desires that resulted in … Continue reading
25 August 2012
Call no: 800
Genre: sff, short stories
Setting: Italy
6 Stars
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Rappaccini’s Daughter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Giovanni moves to a new city, and finds that his apartment overlooks an enclosed garden where beautiful flowers grow. And a beautiful woman tends to them. She is Beatrice, the daughter of Rappaccini. But a friend of his father, Baglioni, … Continue reading
24 August 2012
Call no: 800
Genre: sff, short stories
4 Stars
3 Comments
The Birthmark by Nathaniel Hawthorne
This is the story of a scientist who falls in love and marries. But his wife, although beautiful, has a flaw. A birthmark in the shape of a small red hand upon her cheek. Unluckily for her she is very … Continue reading
15 August 2012
Call no: 800
Genre: sff, short stories
Setting: 1980s, Australia
8 Stars
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Significant Dust by Margo Lanagan
Vanessa works in a roadhouse in an isolated part of Australia. When we first meet her we don’t know why exactly she’s out there, she says she just wants to save some money and then maybe travel. That isn’t all … Continue reading
8 July 2012
Call no: 800
Genre: sff, short stories
Setting: Australia
8 Stars
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Bajazzle by Margo Lanagan
Okay, do you remember when I “reviewed” The Isles of the sun and I said that I’d love to hear other people’s thoughts on it? Well that goes double for this story. I really liked it. Was a bit squicked … Continue reading
2 July 2012
Call no: 800
Genre: short stories
Setting: Australia
8 Stars
1 Comment
The isles of the sun by Margo Lanagan
one of the stories in Cracklescape One evening when all the other children have gone home for their dinners Elric sees something. Someones. He calls them pharaohs, for lack of a better word, and because they are tall and thin. … Continue reading