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The Stray – Picture Book Review

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Story and Illustrations By: Molly Ruttan
Published On: May 19, 2020

In The Stray, a family is out for a walk when a spaceship crashes nearby. There amongst the rubble is ‘the stray’. He’s a cross between a slug, a dog, a frog and maybe a few other things. One thing is for certain: he is a cutie! They decide to take him home and give him the name Grub. They give him lots of love and make him part of the family. They even try to teach him a few tricks, but soon they realize that perhaps he has a home somewhere else that he misses.

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Fortunately, The Milk – Audio Book Review

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By Neil Gaiman
Illustrated by: Skottie Young
Narrated by Neil Gaiman
Published on: September 30, 2014

What a completely unexpected treat. Well, it’s Neil Gaiman so it is not completely unexpected. But – oh my goodness – this book is crazy fun with one long oddball story about what took a father so long to get the milk for that morning’s cereal.

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The Sound of Blue – Short Story Review

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Four Science Fiction Stories By Michael Duda
Published on: August 16, 2019

Nice collection of 4 science fiction short stories that while each are unique in their theme, all together they are a cohesive collection. The first one in the book, The Sound of Blue, was awarded Silver Honorable Mention by Writers of the Future, Q2 2019.

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Fractals: (Not An) Aurora Rhapsody Short Story – Review

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Amaranthe Short Stories Book 6 by G.S. Jennsen
Published by: February 20, 2019

My first thought after finishing this sci fi story was “What did I just read?” “What just happened?” I kept repeating it to myself to see if it could help sort things out. It did in a way. It told me to go back and re-read a certain section to see if it would help put a few of the missing pieces together again.

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Watch for the Lights – Short Story Review

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by KBrillWriting on WattPad

I can’t think of any genre better suited for short stories than science fiction.   The endless possibilities of where a story can go are only limited by what the author can think up.  However, I think my personal favorite type of science fiction short story is when there is something eerie and unexplained going on. Watch for the Lights is just one example of this genre and I absolutely loved it.

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