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
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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
Short Story Recommendations – 2019.10.27
I fell into old habbits with this months short story recommendations. So this one is going to be an all-out flash fiction list. Though, I hope you'll find something you like even if you're normally reading longer stories Waiting in the Weeds by Andrew Kaye (Daily Science Fiction): An epic tale (in flash fiction format) … Continue reading Short Story Recommendations – 2019.10.27
The Hundred Year Old Man Who Climbed out the Window and Disappeared – Breaking the Rules with Comedy
First thing first, I absolutly loved The Hundred Year Old Man Who Climbed out the Window and Disappeared (despite it's ridiculosely long title; let's just call it The Book from now on). And before the comments section turns into a fist fight, no, I don't really think there are any rules to creative writing, but … Continue reading The Hundred Year Old Man Who Climbed out the Window and Disappeared – Breaking the Rules with Comedy
Short Story Recommendations – 2018.07.19
Another week have passed (and a little more than that), and it's time for another round of reading recommendations. This week brings stories from Daily Science Fiction (because I'm a regular reader of their stories) and Escape Pod (because I'm going through a bit of an audiobook/podcast period at the moment). Homegrown Tomatoes by Lara … Continue reading Short Story Recommendations – 2018.07.19
New Series of Blog Posts – Short Story Reviews
Those of you who have dropped by recently may have noticed my absence. Some of this is due to me being busy at work and having been on holiday where I didn't have internet. More importantly, though, it's because I simply didn't know what to write about. It's no secret that I run this blog … Continue reading New Series of Blog Posts – Short Story Reviews
Toby Backman 