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Assorted Short Fiction II

Night of the Mannequins by Stephen Graham Jones

The AI Who Loved Me by Alyssa Cole

A Jury of Her Peers by Susan Glaspell

Yard Work by David Koepp

Anonymous by Uzodinma Iweala

There's a Giant Trapdoor Spider Under Your Bed by Edgar Cantero

The Remedy by Adam Haslett

Falls the Shadow by Skip Horack

Screwball by Simon Rich

The Beckoning Fair One by Dan Chaon

Q&A by Ben Winters

Driving Miss Daisy by Alfred Uhry

Decorum at the Deathbed by Josh Malerman

April 2, 2021 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

Night of the Mannequins – 3/5 Stars – Stephen Graham Jones This is a newish novella from Stephen Graham Jones that you’ll have to roll with the bad title and go with it because it does some very interesting things. It has a significant flaw by the end, and the way I will describe that is that it either doesn’t trust the audience or trust itself to make the more interesting choice. The plot involves a group of teenagers, friends and frenemies, who friend works […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: adam haslett, Alfred Uhry, Alyssa Cole, Ben Winters, Dan Chaon, David Koepp, Edgar Cantero, josh malerman, simon rich, Skip Horack, Stephen Graham Jones, Susan Glaspell, uzodinma iweala

vel veeter's CBR13 Review No:142 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: adam haslett, Alfred Uhry, Alyssa Cole, Ben Winters, Dan Chaon, David Koepp, Edgar Cantero, josh malerman, simon rich, Skip Horack, Stephen Graham Jones, Susan Glaspell, uzodinma iweala ·
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