For the November edition of my monthly short story recommendations, I've finally started to work through my backlog of Daily Science Fiction stories. I took a month or two away from DSF stories, for not apparent reason really. Getting back to them, though, I was reminded just why I love that particular magazine so much. … Continue reading Story Recommendations – November 2021
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Book Review: Unidentified Funny Objects 8
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
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
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
Story Recommendations – November 2020
Some of you might've noticed that my short story recommendations for October never went up, and for that I'm sorry. The good news are that I missed putting up the recommendations because my wife gave birth to our daughter. So, yeah, I've been more than busy trying to keep the little devil alive and happy, … Continue reading Story Recommendations – November 2020
Toby Backman 