Rachael K. Jones

This book had been on my wishlist for an age, so I finally gave in and ordered a copy. I am so glad that I finally did, because there is truly an amazing amount of creative world building going on in this tiny novella. People who are part glacier, the ocean held in a jar, states showing up as people, an underworld beneath Athens, Georgia.

A tiny quibble with the format of the book -- it looks like they made and ebook, then crunched it through some algorithm to make it fit to print. But then, show more had they only made it an ebook, I never would have read it, so thanks? show less

I'm a bit picky about UF slipstream-type reads, so it's very considerate of this novella to be perfectly relevant to my interests so I can point it out to anyone who asks what I'm into.

Water! Ladies! Weird but cool internal mythology! Quest-y stuff! Characterisation! Glacier-based romance! Also, it's BEAUTIFULLY written - lush and poetic without ever compromising on readability. You'll want this one.

Avoid spoilers and tags!

Excellent piece of flash fiction. A "wife" finds out why she doesn't feel so well. We learn right along with her.

The sickness unmasks the androids, yes, but it also exposes their owners. It separates the users from the used.

Don't skip the author notes!

That story was amazing. I enjoyed every moment in the story. I can feel that growing urge to find everything she has written and see what I have been missing out on my whole life.

What can I say without spoiling any of it? A woman whose "base" is in our time keeps traveling back in time. Moments here, in this time, when she is "suffering a migraine" are lifetimes in another time. After awhile she starts reviewing history books looking for mentions of her or correcting mistakes in the show more writings. She visits museums which should have evidence of her... Why is she not there or someone else gets credit?

It has an abrupt ending which makes perfect sense but I want more, more, more!

I listened to the StarShipSofa #414 version, narrated by Stefan Rudnicki. I could listen to him read a shopping list and be pleased. This one: http://www.starshipsofa.com/blog/2015/12/09/starshipsofa-no-414-beth-cato-and-ra..... It has 2 stories in this podcast and I enjoyed the first one also. A LONESOME SPECK OF HOME by Beth Cato but Makeisha in Time starts at 57:45 show less