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{4.5/5} “I am the apex predator.” Andrew’s mother is ill, his father is a drunk, and he’s not particularly well liked at school. While at a party he explores a cave with Matt, his cousin, and Steve, another classmate. There’s something otherworldly in the cave, which fills in after they leave so they can’t go […]
{4/5} “Why don’t you just tell her there’s no Santa?” Polly breaks up with her husband and shows up unannounced at her parents’ doorstep with her daughter. Her mom and stepdad are happy to have them until they can get back on their feet. Her mom speaks her mind at all times, and her stepdad […]
{4.5/5} “The kind of ship Rocannon had come here on took years and years to ride the night between the worlds, those years to the men in the ship seemed only a few hours. In the City Kerguelen on the star Forrosul this man Rocannon had spoken to Semley of Hallan and given her the […]
{4/5} “That was where it began — the Library Beast, he thought of it, threatening to consume him — the knowledge that had every day taken a bit of his humanity and rubbed it thin, pushing him closer to some sort of personal crisis. There was no way — yet — to deal with what […]
{4.5/5} “You know what I like to do sometimes when I’m feeling stale, you know, and I need to come at the work fresh? British. I do everything with a British accent.” An actor who hasn’t been getting many roles lately is considering accepting a role in an independent movie. He would be playing a grocery […]
{4.5/5} “The final mission to save mankind has failed. The 70-mile-wide asteroid known commonly as ‘Matilda’ is set to collide with Earth in exactly three weeks’ time, and we’ll be bringing you up-to-the-minute coverage of our countdown to the end of days along with all your classic rock favorites.” An asteroid is going to hit the […]
{5/5} “When he was with her, describing the place from which he came and telling her its legends and history, the proposed journey seemed as natural as taking the train to Madison or Chicago. But alone on the streets of Bayfield with the ordinary bustle and clatter of life around her punctuated by the church […]
{4.5/5} “It took maybe 30 seconds for word of Mary Clear and my impending union to cover the school ground like a suffocating fog. If only our fire drills were that organized.” Andy is in grade 8 in the 1960s — his favourite teacher is Mr. Simon. But then Mr. Simon pairs Andy with “Big […]
{4.5/5} “I specialized in jewellery — diamonds. You want the most value by the ounce when you’re rappelling down a 50-story casino in the middle of a hurricane.” Frank is getting a bit senile, so one day his son brings him a present — a robot, to help him around the house. At first he […]
{2.5/5} “Your eyes hurt.” Chris owes money that he can’t pay, to someone who will kill him. He learns that his mother, whom everyone hates, has a life insurance policy whose beneficiary is his sister Dottie. Chris hires Joe to kill his mother. Chris’s father Ansel, Ansel’s wife Sharla, and Dottie are all in on […]