Stepping into Stories, One Word at a Time
"I felt it before I saw it. My nerves twitched, and my flesh tingled as if at an enroaching storm. I was looking at myself. A far better version of me, of course: all changelings are more beautiful than the human beings they substitute, and in my case that wasn't hard. The prisoner was well-grown... Continue Reading →
“Stories had to have beginnings, which meant someone had to be where they were beginning, or there was no purpose to them. She was just at the beginning of a story, that was all, and this was perfectly possible.”-Adrift in Currents Clean and Clear by Seanan McGuire It feels impossible that I’ve just read the... Continue Reading →
"We must discuss, then, the relationship between women and water. When men fall into the sea, they drown. When women meet the water, they transform. It becomes vital to ask: is this a metamorphosis, or a homecoming?"-A Study in Drowning by Ava Reid A Study in Drowning by Ava Reid was one of my last... Continue Reading →
“When you are too close to the center of a mystery there is no way to pull back and see the shape of it entire.”-Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer The Southern Reach Trilogy has been on my list of books to read for quite some time. When the tenth anniversary editions came out, with these gorgeous... Continue Reading →
“As unfortunately as her own visit had begun, Clara was obviously having a grand time pretending to be an earl’s daughter. Meg only wished she could witness more of her performance. In fact, Clara’s flamboyance had almost begun to make her think that she, an actual earl’s daughter, might have made better use of the... Continue Reading →
“As usual, after one of her mother’s visits, Emma found herself feeling antagonistic, not merely toward her mother but also toward her husband and herself. Flap should have been there to defend himself, or her, or them. Her mother hadn’t really been on the attack; she had just been exercising her peculiar subtle genius for... Continue Reading →
Of Worlds Forgotten 