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The complete serialized novella from Hugo Award-winning author Sarah Gailey, in which a fractured group …
A story featuring recipes, but not much context to me
3 stars
A story set at a time where civilization has partially collapsed, and a group of people living together are surviving the best they can. Then, one of their members vanish, only to make contact some time later, leading to members of the group to go out to try to find her.
Unfortunately, I feel I am missing the context and background of the characters in the story, giving me the feeling that I've wandered into the middle of the story, not the beginning. Apart from the inclusion of recipes in the story, I did not get much out of it.
The demon Vitrine—immortal, powerful, and capricious—loves the dazzling city …
A story about a city blessed (or cursed) to have a demon and, later, an angel.
4 stars
A fascinating story about a city that is cursed (or blessed) by a demon that loves the city and the people who live in it, in a world where demons, angels (and other beings) can affect the lives of people and animals in subtle, and sometimes, devastating ways.
The demon drops hints and alters the destinies of people, keeping the city a lively place, which she then notes down in her book, which she keeps in her heart. But it comes to an abrupt end when angels appear and devastate the city. In her rage, the demon curses one of the angels.
The demon goes through the remains of her city, remembering the people that once lived there and the places they occupied, and starts to clean up. She occasionally meets the cursed angel, now bound to remain on earth as long as her curse remains in him. She rages …
A fascinating story about a city that is cursed (or blessed) by a demon that loves the city and the people who live in it, in a world where demons, angels (and other beings) can affect the lives of people and animals in subtle, and sometimes, devastating ways.
The demon drops hints and alters the destinies of people, keeping the city a lively place, which she then notes down in her book, which she keeps in her heart. But it comes to an abrupt end when angels appear and devastate the city. In her rage, the demon curses one of the angels.
The demon goes through the remains of her city, remembering the people that once lived there and the places they occupied, and starts to clean up. She occasionally meets the cursed angel, now bound to remain on earth as long as her curse remains in him. She rages at him for the destruction caused and for the lives lost. And yet, they still find a way to live in the remains of the city. As the years past and the destruction is gradually cleaned up, the angel leads survivors of another war to the city. Slowly, the city becomes alive again as the population grows and others arrive. Once again, the demon interacts with the inhabitants, altering their lives, but now in concert with the angel who has now lost some of the aloofness of angels (as well as other aspects) as the price for staying in the city.
Then, once again, devastation threatens the city. Only, this time, the city has a demon and an angel claiming it, and who knows what they will now do to the city.
When their rental truck breaks down, two friends moving cross-country kill time by telling stories …
Making up stories may have consequences
3 stars
While waiting for their truck to be repaired, two friends make up a story about the unusual sculpture they see. They would later discover that such stories may have consequences.
When schools make war on their own students, something has to give. . .
A …
On how to help a student cope with exam anxiety the right way.
3 stars
A story about a hacker who tries to help a student who suffers from anxiety at school, causing him to take his exams from home. Only, this is worse, as the anti-cheating software installed on his computer to scrutinize him as he takes the exam makes him even more anxious. The hacker tries to help him by circumventing the anti-cheating software, only to finally realize that he should really listen to what the student wants and that, sometimes, technology isn't the help that is needed.
