Category Archives: Recommended Reading

Five Favorite Books

Posted on November 26, 2018 by Mandolin

It’s always hard to pick a few favorite books. For one thing, I think it’s easy to slip into listing only favorites from childhood, because those formative years are so vividly imprinted on us. For another, I know a lot … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Weekend read! Firebirds, ed. Sharyn November

Posted on September 16, 2016 by Mandolin

Firebirds

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Firebirds Rising

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Firebirds Soaring

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Weekend Read! Accessing the Future, eds Kathryn Allan & Djibril Al-Ayad

Posted on September 9, 2016 by Mandolin

Accessing the Future, eds Kathryn Allan & Djibril Al-Ayad

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Weekend read! DARK MATTER, ed. Sheree Thomas

Posted on September 2, 2016 by Mandolin

DARK MATTER: A century of speculative fiction from the African Diaspora
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DARK MATTER: Reading the bones
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Friday Read! “Shard of Glass” by Alaya Dawn Johnson

Posted on August 12, 2016 by Mandolin

“Shard of Glass” by Alaya Dawn Johnson: That day, my mother picked me up from school, wearing the yellow sundress and shawl I remembered from our trip with Father the year before. She looked just like she did most days … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Friday Read! “Remembrance Is Something Like a House” by Will Ludwigsen

Posted on July 22, 2016 by Mandolin

“Remembrance Is Something Like a House” by Will Ludwigsen: Every day for three decades, the abandoned house strains against its galling anchors, hoping to pull free. It has waited thirty years for its pipes and pilings to finally decay so … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Friday Read! “Useless Things” by Maureen McHugh

Posted on July 15, 2016 by Mandolin

“Useless Things” by Maureen McHugh: I wake at night sometimes now, thinking someone is in my house. Abby sleeps on the other side of the bed, and Hudson sleeps on the floor. Where I live it is brutally dark at … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Friday Read! Eugie Foster’s “Sinner, Baker, Fabulist, Priest; Red Mask, Black Mask, Gentleman, Beast”

Posted on July 1, 2016 by Mandolin

Before Eugie Foster was taken from us last year, she gave the world hundreds of short stories. We are lucky that she was so prolific, and it’s our loss she died so young when she could have written so many … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Friday Read! “The Lifecycle of Software Objects” by Ted Chiang

Posted on June 17, 2016 by Mandolin

Ted Chiang, as they say, needs no introduction — if you follow the contemporary science fiction and fantasy short story scene. In case you don’t, Chiang is a powerhouse, not only one of the masters of the short form, but … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Friday read! “This Is a Ghost Story” by Keffy Kehrli

Posted on June 10, 2016 by Mandolin

Keffy Kehrli is a too-often-overlooked writer. This is my favorite of his short stories. My parents raised me on a diet of jazz, big bands, musicals, and classical music. I’ve never spent much time listening to more recent popular music. … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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