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A review by derhindemith
Skin Deep Magic: Short Fiction by Craig Laurance Gidney
4.0
I don’t have enough superlatives for how much I enjoyed this book.
Psychometry , or Gone with the Dust-
Cute, if a bit heavy-handed with horrible white people are
Sapling-
OMG, so good.
Mauve’s Quilt-
Again, so beautiful. I’ve been sewing a lot lately, so I really loved this one
Lyes-
Kinda like Spike Lee's Bamboozled, but personal and centered on a woman. Oh, and reclaiming mammy.
Sugardaddy-
This guy wrote Candyman but better. I mean, it's a lot easier to write that story if you're not a white english guy.
Zora's Destiny-
Cute fantasy origin story for Zora Neale Hurston
Death and Two Maidens-
This was rough. There was a lot of (emotional) violence (and some physical too) in this one and the payoff wasn't as fulfilling as I wanted it to be.
The Inscribed Man-
An interesting take on generational trauma in the form of an idee fixe passed from father to son. Still don't understand what happens when Hermes is three times as big
Coalrose-
Rasputin as a woman. Sexy, enthralling, magical. To meet her is to be changed by her.
Psychometry , or Gone with the Dust-
Cute, if a bit heavy-handed with horrible white people are
Sapling-
OMG, so good.
Mauve’s Quilt-
Again, so beautiful. I’ve been sewing a lot lately, so I really loved this one
Lyes-
Kinda like Spike Lee's Bamboozled, but personal and centered on a woman. Oh, and reclaiming mammy.
Sugardaddy-
This guy wrote Candyman but better. I mean, it's a lot easier to write that story if you're not a white english guy.
Zora's Destiny-
Cute fantasy origin story for Zora Neale Hurston
Death and Two Maidens-
This was rough. There was a lot of (emotional) violence (and some physical too) in this one and the payoff wasn't as fulfilling as I wanted it to be.
The Inscribed Man-
An interesting take on generational trauma in the form of an idee fixe passed from father to son. Still don't understand what happens when Hermes is three times as big
Coalrose-
Rasputin as a woman. Sexy, enthralling, magical. To meet her is to be changed by her.