Category: review

review, Writing

“Cold Currents” gets a Review

M.E. Garber

Locus Magazine short fiction reviewer Karen Burnham took a look at the January edition of Abyss & Apex Magazine, wherein my flash fiction story, “Cold Currents,” is published. I’m really pleased to say it was one of three stories that stood out enough for her to review. (It’s in the print edition on pg 40)

The highlight of the review states my story is “an intense piece of flash fiction” and that “The rapidly evolving sensations from [the narrator’s] POV make good use of the short format.”

As you can guess, this delights me. I’m also pleased to pass along kudos to this edition’s other two authors and stories favorably reviewed here: “Exactly What You Need” by Brandon Crilly, and “Adrift” by Wayne Martin. Go give them a read!

publication, review

Another review for “After the Story Ends”

M.E. Garber

(Note: Yes, this is rather late. Sorry about that–life, yada yada)

Back in the spring, SFRevu did a column on Galaxy’s Edge Magazine #30, which includes my story, After the Story Ends. And it seems they liked it! Hurray! Here’s the relevant bit:

“After the Story Ends” by M.E. Garber -+- Melanie Smead has rescued her daughter, Aurora, from Fairy and returned home with her. Happy ending? Well, the problem is that she misses the beautiful land of Fairy and can’t stand the humdrum real world. What can she do? An imaginative tale with a good resolution.

Needless to say, I’m very pleased that the reader/reviewer enjoyed this one, and I hope you do as well. You can find it in the archives of Galaxy’s Edge Magazine’s website.

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Tangent Online Review

M.E. Garber

I’m very pleased to note that Galaxy’s Edge #30 has been reviewed by Tangent Online, and it seems the reviewer appreciated my story. Click the link for the full issue review, if you’d like. Otherwise, here’s the pertinent bit referring to my story:

In “After the Story Ends” by M. E. Garber, our narrator struggles against the call of the Fairy realm after rescuing her baby from that very place. Her vivid experience in Fairy leaves the human world pale and tasteless by comparison, but leaving would betray her family. Another survivor of Fairy gives our protagonist perspective on her options in a compelling way that many stories inspired by the Celtic mythology of Tir na Nog do not. A story about what makes us human and how trials shape a human soul.

Let me just say…Yay!