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These are excellent, strange, and creative stories about sapphic villains. All of these writers are so talented. While I think all of the stories are perfection, some of the stories that stood out to me are Gladys Glows at Night by Hatteras Mange, The Lady of the House on Legs by Ariel Marken Jack, Teratoma, Cacodaemon, Erinya by Avra Margariti,  Modern Art Curse, Mixed Media by Hailey Piper, Gingerbread Red by Chloe Spencer, and Our Lady of Devouring Violence by Cheyanne Brabo. The bonus story by Eric Raglin, The Call of the Sea, was more funny than scary in my opinion but I still really enjoyed it. I had a lot of fun reading this anthology and looking forwards to reading more from Brigids Gate Press.
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adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful lighthearted reflective relaxing medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
hopeful lighthearted fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This is a compelling queer fantasy romance, in which music is magical. It has a poly relationship, and two of the protagonists are trans. Resenfeld's treatment of Jameson was upsetting and at times cruel, but he learns to be kinder and lets himself be vulnerable with Jameson and Bravura.
dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
dark emotional funny sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

The homicidal reindeer were the best thing in this book. I was rooting for them and felt happy when they took out the people, especially Miss Scarlet and Reverend Green. The references to Cluedo went over my head though. Still had a fun time with this novella.
challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

These stories are so weird, creative and very critical of capitalism and billionaires. My favorites are The Motorist, My Dad Bought a Space Shuttle, The Apology, and Apartémon. The novelette Ready Player (n+1) was both sad and hilarious. I'm excited to read whatever else M. Shaw puts out in the future.

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