Must-Read Speculative Short Fiction: December 2020
and two from the November/December issue of Uncanny in a row? It’s a Jólabókaflóð miracle! “The Bottomless Martyr” tells of Rang, a young woman who keeps dying and being brought back to life by her stepmother, Death. With each resurrection she delivers a boon to those around her and a punishment to everyone else. Raiders die in a random whirlpool. A typhoon destroying her village ceases. Weapons for defense appear out of nowhere. But is her situation a gift or a curse? Or both? Uncanny (November/December 2020, Issue 37) Kastra chafes under her father’s narrowmindedness and opp...
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