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Octavia E. Butler: Bloodchild (2005, Seven Stories Press)

Bloodchild and Other Stories is the only collection of science fiction stories and essays written …

Review of 'Bloodchild' on 'Storygraph'

Octavia: "I hate writing short stories." 

Proceeds to drop some of the best speculative short fiction ever written

Review of 'Defying Displacement' on 'Storygraph'

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Short, witty, scathing, and full of experience. Lee offers a deeply researched but easily digestible refutation of the displacement economy. With examples of struggles from cities around the world (San Jose, Havana, Berlin, Shenzhen, Philadelphia) we see how gentrification isn't just a biproduct of late capitalism but a cornerstone that the global economy depends on to function. 

Review of 'Motherthing' on 'Storygraph'

The prose in this was beautifully disgusting. Somehow the author was able to make nearly every sentence feel greasy and oozing off the page. Utterly horrific.