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A review by heniaakbar
Uncanny Magazine Issue 39: March/April 2021 by Chimedum Ohaegbu, Elsa Sjunneson, Michael Damian Thomas, Lynne M. Thomas
adventurous
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
4.0
1. The Sin of America by Catherynne M. Valente: It's boring and pointless. 1 ⭐
2. Colors of the Immortal Palette by Caroline M. Yoachim: I love the writing and the vampiric, immortal artist thing. Mari's struggle of being Japanese-French, her dilemma about that identity and later her immortality, so emotionally beautiful. 5 ⭐
3. Where Oaken Hearts Do Gather by Sarah Pinsker: The style is unique (website citing), the theme, and the eerie feeling when we read it. The ending is so horrifying and I love it so much. It revolves around Where the Oaken Hearts Do Gather old folk song lyric and that's it. I just hyperventilating at how amazing this story is! 6 ⭐
4. Eighteen Days of Barbareek by Rati Mehrotra: If you're familiar with Kurukshetra war like I do, you will love this story. 5 ⭐
5. The Perils of a Hologram Heart by Dominica Phetteplace: It's about someone revived to be an augmented human, and later to be full fledged robot. 3 ⭐
Skip the other two short fiction
2. Colors of the Immortal Palette by Caroline M. Yoachim: I love the writing and the vampiric, immortal artist thing. Mari's struggle of being Japanese-French, her dilemma about that identity and later her immortality, so emotionally beautiful. 5 ⭐
3. Where Oaken Hearts Do Gather by Sarah Pinsker: The style is unique (website citing), the theme, and the eerie feeling when we read it. The ending is so horrifying and I love it so much. It revolves around Where the Oaken Hearts Do Gather old folk song lyric and that's it. I just hyperventilating at how amazing this story is! 6 ⭐
4. Eighteen Days of Barbareek by Rati Mehrotra: If you're familiar with Kurukshetra war like I do, you will love this story. 5 ⭐
5. The Perils of a Hologram Heart by Dominica Phetteplace: It's about someone revived to be an augmented human, and later to be full fledged robot. 3 ⭐
Skip the other two short fiction