Reviews and Comments

An enjoyable (for those who find body horror enjoyable) set of connected tales. Could have used another round of proofreading. Or maybe the merging of two different versions of some sentences is deliberate, form mirroring content? Nonetheless, I would recommend it.

There’s a list of content warnings at the end of the book, if you need them. It leaves out “landlords.”

Uneven, but the good stories are very good. CW for racism, sexism, antisemitism, animal cruelty, suicide, violence, religious fanaticism.

I had thought my Middle English was pretty good for someone who never studied it, but now I realize it’s only Chaucer’s Middle English I’m comfortable with, doubtless thru repeated exposure.

A delightful collection of poems from Trish Reeves. Of interest to speculative literature fans are the fantasy bars in the third section of the book: Chicken Tavern, Having Found You Said Too Much Tavern, Meerkat’s Elbow, and others. But the more down-to-earth poems are also intelligent and engrossing.

The author displays their usual inventiveness and heart.

The journal of the Tanka Society of America, but since it has an ISBN rather than an ISSN I’m counting it as a book. As a tanka anthology, it’s very good.