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A review by foomple
Fireside Magazine Issue 80, June 2020 by AJ Fitzwater, Ashley Deng, Tamara Jerée, Elly Bangs, Ace Tilton Ratcliff
5.0
This review is just for Dog Years by Ace Tilton Ratcliff. 4 1/2 stars, rounded up. Maria Haskins recommended this in her Quarterly Fiction Roundup post on Strange Horizons. This story made me cry in a good way. Haskins notes that even if you don't like reading about dogs in peril, the story is still worth checking out, and I agree.
Update: Nope, I couldn't help going back and reading the rest of the stories. Here they are:
Sun, Moon, and Wretched Star by Ashley Deng is a quiet, softly touching story about being a child of immigrants. CW:racist anti-Chinese stereotypes
Tamara Jerée's On Lore is short, surreal, unsettling piece about a very strange diner serving unusual fare.
The Liberation of Ghost City by Elly Bangs was brilliant and spooky and nicely thought-provoking.
AJ Fitzwater's How to Build a Unicorn was a few shades too dark for me.
Update: Nope, I couldn't help going back and reading the rest of the stories. Here they are:
Sun, Moon, and Wretched Star by Ashley Deng is a quiet, softly touching story about being a child of immigrants. CW:
Tamara Jerée's On Lore is short, surreal, unsettling piece about a very strange diner serving unusual fare.
The Liberation of Ghost City by Elly Bangs was brilliant and spooky and nicely thought-provoking.
AJ Fitzwater's How to Build a Unicorn was a few shades too dark for me.