Image: Goodreads.com Unidentified Funny Objects 8 by Various authors (editor: Alex Shvartsman) Published: 2020 Genre: Humorous science fiction and fantasy anthology My rating: 3/5 stars Those of you who have been following my monthly short story recommendations probably won't be too surprised that I'm reviewing the UFO 8 anthology. I finished the book some weeks … Continue reading Book Review: Unidentified Funny Objects 8
Author: Tobias Backman
Story Recommendations – October 2021
Welcome to the October edition of the monthly short story recommendations. As promised a month ago, there will be a fair deal of stories from the Unidentified Funny Objects 8 (UFO 8) anthology in this post. Sadly, those aren't available for free, but I've linked to the author websites instead, so maybe you'll find something … Continue reading Story Recommendations – October 2021
Story Recommendations – September 2021
For once, I managed to collect the monthly recommendation well before the last minute. Hooray! As promised in the August recommendation post, there will be several stories from the Unidentified Funny Objects 8 (UFO 8) anthology coming up in the next couple of months. As those stories aren't free online, I will link to the … Continue reading Story Recommendations – September 2021
Book Review: Factfulness
Image from: Gapminder.org Factfulness by Hans Rosling, Anna Rosling Rönnelund, and Ola Rosling Published: 2018 Genre: Non-fiction My rating: 5/5 stars This is never going to be an all-out book reviewing site, but since I do read my fair share of books, I wanted to share my thoughts on some of them, especially the ones … Continue reading Book Review: Factfulness
Story Recommendations – August 2021
Summer is coming to an end which, for some reason beyond my understanding, means I'm finding more quality stories. Or maybe the two aren't related at all. Who knows? Either way, the monthly recommendations are back with a full roster of stories. I hope you will enjoy them as much as I did. Clouds Gleam … Continue reading Story Recommendations – August 2021
Story Recommendations – July 2021
So... July has been another slow month, both when it comes to the amount of short stories I managed to read and in regards to finding gems amongst those stories. I really should stop being surprised by this since it's the same issue every summer. Though, I still can't quite wrap my head around why … Continue reading Story Recommendations – July 2021
Story Recommendations – June 2021
June's short story recommendations are not only late, they also horrible short. And for that I'm sorry. I haven't had great luck with the stories I've read the last couple of weeks, but mostly, the short, late list is do my summer holiday. The holiday is coming to an end, though, so hopefully July's recommendations … Continue reading Story Recommendations – June 2021
Love and Monsters – Story Structure
Why story structure matters but isn't everything. In this essay, I’ll be looking at story structure and how it can work for or against a given story depending on how the author uses this tool. I’ll be using the Netflix movie Love and Monster as an example. I found it a fairly entertaining movie, but … Continue reading Love and Monsters – Story Structure
Story Recommendations – May 2021
Better late than never. Here are the story recommendations for May. Economic Principles of the Zombie Apocalypse by Wendy Nikel (DSF): I loved the concept of this story, where people are trying to just have a normal life and get by after the zombie apocalypse has hit. Which, of course, is exactly as difficult as … Continue reading Story Recommendations – May 2021
Story Recommendations April 2021
Most of my short story reading lately has focused on the value pack of Asimov's magazines I got for Christmas and my old favourite, Daily Science Fiction. So, not surprisingly, April's recommendations are all from those two magazines. I hope you'll enjoy the stories as much as I did. The End of the War by … Continue reading Story Recommendations April 2021
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