Category Archives: Reviews

Kaleidotrope Winter 2014

Posted on March 24, 2014 by Kristin

I mentioned in my last post that I have a story in the Winter 2014 issue of Kaleidotrope.  Definitely check out the other stories in that issue if you have the chance!  My favorite was Josh Storey’s “Phantasy Punk”, although … Continue reading →

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Imaginarium 2012

Posted on December 28, 2012 by Kristin

I finally had a chance to read the other stories in the Imaginarium 2012 anthology, the one that reprinted my story “The Kiss of the Blood-Red Pomegranate” from Aoife’s Kiss.  There are a lot of great stories in here!  I … Continue reading →

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As the Romans cooked

Posted on October 12, 2012 by Kristin

Donald got two Roman cookbooks for his last birthday, to add to our collection.  The Classical Cookbook, by Andrew Dalby and Sally Grainger, includes both ancient Greek and ancient Roman recipes; Cooking Apicius, by Grainger, is a selection of modernized recipes from … Continue reading →

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Nine

Posted on May 28, 2012 by Kristin

It’s been over a month since my story “Clear Skies in Pixieland” came out in new e-journal Nine, and I’ve finally (a) finished reading the entire issue, and (b) found time to blog about it.  One of these days, maybe I’ll … Continue reading →

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Courtney Schafer’s “The Whitefire Crossing”

Posted on April 4, 2012 by Kristin

I recently finished reading the first novel by new author Courtney Schafer:  The Whitefire Crossing.  It was one of the free books I got at last year’s World Fantasy convention in San Diego.  I definitely recommend it, if you enjoy … Continue reading →

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On Spec

Posted on March 2, 2012 by Kristin

My story “The Observation Deck” came out not too long ago in On Spec, “the Canadian magazine of the fantastic”, and I recently finished reading the issue that has my story in it (Fall 2011, though I didn’t receive it … Continue reading →

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Aoife’s Kiss

Posted on February 17, 2012 by Kristin

I recently finished reading my contributor’s copy of Aoife’s Kiss, which features my story “The Kiss of the Blood-Red Pomegranate”.  My favorite story was Rachel Zakuta’s “Memory of Snow”, an urban fantasy retelling of Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tale “The Snow … Continue reading →

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The Empty Family, by Colm Toibin

Posted on July 29, 2011 by Kristin

I just finished reading The Empty Family, the new short story collection by Irish literary author Colm Toibin (apologies for the lack of accents; I’m not a sophisticated enough blogger to know if WordPress has a way of including accents in … Continue reading →

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Mystic Signals Magazine

Posted on July 27, 2011 by Kristin

Continuing in the vein of finally getting around to reading magazines that have my stories in them, I recently finished Issue 10 of Mystic Signals.  At least I finished this one before the new issue was out!  Mystic Signals is … Continue reading →

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Strange, Weird, & Wonderful Magazine

Posted on July 26, 2011 by Kristin

I finally finished reading the Spring 2011 issue of Strange, Weird, & Wonderful Magazine (in which my story “Sons of God, Daughters of Men” appears).  Of course, now the summer issue is out.*  Oh well.  What with getting laid off … Continue reading →

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