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My friend

venta has a story published in Luna Station Quarterly Issue 38. It's an interesting, thoughtful sci-fi story and can be read on-line here. The whole set are short stories by women writers, the themes are mainly (but not all) dystopian and post-apocalyptic fiction.

I have bought a physical copy, not least because it can be signed (although it's now looking rather less pristine). This means I've been reading all the other stories on the train. This is what I thought of them:

Wired - I found this interesting and very readable, but sad.
The Zoo - Nicely written, but depressing with a sense of inevitability.
The Extent - Quirky, a specific style, and took me a while to get into it, but in the end excellent. Probably my favourite.
Looking for Sentience - Readable, interesting take on the idea and not depressing.
The Witch Road - Dull, over-long and I was so relieved to get to the end. I feel it should be interesting, but I didn't find it so. My least favourite.
Ambassador Berry - Some nice bits in here, but really a series of interesting text bits and not so much a story.
The Plover's Egg - I liked the story and I liked the egg, but I didn't feel the author really brought them together except in a forced way.
Blue Lips and Frozen Lashes - A nice, short piece. I like the concept, but not long enough to be a story.
Pocket Full of Souls - I think this was my second favourite. It's an interesting concept, although I felt the story end was unfinished and it would have been an interesting concept for a character in a much larger work.
Grork Dentist - Yuck. And not one for anyone who has had a bad dentist experience.
Vincent Coriolis, Father of the Nation - A good tale, well-told rather than with twists and turns.
Into Nothingness - I liked the idea and the different viewpoints. However, I did want to make the author write more and not leave them all unfinished or, worse, discover that was all there was.