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Kai Ashante Wilson

Author of The Sorcerer of the Wildeeps

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Some of the Best from Tor.com: 2014 Edition (2015) — Contributor — 153 copies
Worlds Seen in Passing: Ten Years of Tor.com Short Fiction (2018) — Contributor — 124 copies
Some of the Best from Tor.com: 2013 Edition (2013) — Contributor — 113 copies
Rocket Fuel: Some of the Best From Tor.com Non-Fiction (2018) — Contributor — 78 copies
Nebula Awards Showcase 2016 (2016) — Contributor — 63 copies
Stories for Chip: A Tribute to Samuel R. Delany (2015) — Contributor — 60 copies
The Stories: Five Years of Original Fiction on tor.com (2013) — Contributor — 38 copies
Bloodchildren: Stories by the Octavia E. Butler Scholars (2013) — Contributor — 24 copies
The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror 2018 Edition (2018) — Contributor — 20 copies
The Tor.com Sampler (2016) — Contributor — 11 copies
Tor.com Publishing Fall 2015 Sampler (2015) — Contributor — 11 copies
Some of the Best from Tor.com: 15th Anniversary Edition (2023) — Contributor — 10 copies
Lightspeed Magazine, Issue 113 • October 2019 (2019) — Contributor — 7 copies
Lightspeed Magazine, Issue 111 • August 2019 (2019) — Contributor — 4 copies
Tor.com Publishing's 2017 Hugo Finalist Bundle (2017) — Contributor — 4 copies
Apex Magazine 98 (July 2017) (2017) — Contributor — 3 copies

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Birthdate
19??
Gender
male
Nationality
USA
Birthplace
Toledo, Ohio, USA
Places of residence
New York, New York, USA
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An excellent collection of novellas. Seanan McGuire's Every Heart a Doorway and Lina Rather's Sisters of the Vast Black were exceptional, and Katharine Duckett's Miranda in Milan lagged not far behind. The story concepts of all three were intriguing and the characters nuanced. Very pleased with this anthology overall despite the last tale being one I DNFed.

INDIVIDUAL NOVELLA COMMENTS AND RATINGS

Miranda in Milan
Katharine Duckett
4 stars
This historical fantasy is a sequel to Shakespeare's The Tempest that centers the experience of Miranda. She has come "home" only to find that her past is not what she thinks. Despite a romantic subplot strong enough to qualify the story as a romance, the protagonist is so well-developed and the story spiraling around the affair so intriguing that I was well caught up regardless.

Every Heart a Doorway
Seanan McGuire
5 stars
What happens to children after they return from their trip through a portal into a magical land? Can life ever return to normal? Do they want it to? Nancy has been sent to a special boarding school by her parents who believe that she is delusional. But the school is not quite what it seems, and when a body turns up, everyone's life may be in peril. Clever and magical, this novella speaks to the longings within us all.

Sisters of the Vast Black
Lina Rather
5 stars
In a space-faring Catholic convent, the sisters dedicate their lives to providing aid and services to far-scattered colonies, but there are more secrets among these women than one might suppose. Soon the biological turmoil of their living ship and the fate of one group of settlers will bring everything out into the open. A compelling story full of complex characters deciding how to best live their truth.

The Sorcerer of the Wilds
Kalashante Wilson
2 stars
DNF 20%
Around 1/5 of the way through this, I simply couldn’t tell, or bring myself to care, where this story was going. The lengthy descriptions of GI life in a fantasy setting were of no interest to me at all.
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Zoes_Human | 2 other reviews | Sep 23, 2023 |
"There go the Sorcerer." Teef shook his head, grinning that wrecked-tooth grin. "Always up in some damn water tryna warsh. Man, one day you gonna turn around, catch cold, and wake up dead behind all that water!"
 
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Jon_Hansen | 29 other reviews | Jul 15, 2022 |
It's... not working out well for me.
The writing style is tying my mind in knots for some reason.
Also, it somehow feels disjointed?

REVIEW
I hereby officially give up on this read.
The aforementioned still applies. I just could not get into it. And there is only headache to show for my efforts.

FINAL VERDICT : READ AT YOUR OWN PERIL
 
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QuirkyCat_13 | 29 other reviews | Jun 20, 2022 |
DNF at about 50%. I just couldn't get into it and was a little confused and bored by the plot. I'm not sure if I'll give it another go.
 
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MillieHennessy | 18 other reviews | Apr 21, 2022 |

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