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In the Shadow of the Fall by Tobi Ogundiran

By John Folk-Williams

In the Shadow of the Fall

Tobi Ogundiran, the award winning short fiction author, has produced his debut epic fantasy, the first part of which is the novella, In the Shadow of the Fall. It is a beautifully rendered story about a young acolyte of the orisha whose attempt to commune with the gods triggers a sequence of events that almost […]

Filed Under: Epic Fantasy Tagged With: family, gods, memory, orisha, religion, shapeshifter, song, Tobi Ogundiran

Rakesfall by Vajra Chandrasekera

By John Folk-Williams

Rakesfall by Vajra Chandrasekera

Brace yourself for a wild ride through cascading realities, where the dead and living intermingle in daily life, and exploding time scales from Sri Lanka’s present and recent past to the far, far future of an earth boiling under an expanded red sun. This is the world and universe of Vajra Chandrasekera’s Rakesfall. It offers […]

Filed Under: International Speculative Fiction, Post-Apocalytic Tagged With: gods, identity, memory, reality, ruined earth, South Asian fiction, transhuman, Vajra Chandrasekera

Daughter of the Merciful Deep by Leslye Penelope

By John Folk-Williams

Daughter of the Merciful Deep

After yet more downtime caused by, first, the misery of a post-covid illness, something like a cold from hell, and then happy times during a special family birthday gathering, I managed to start reading again with Daughter of the Merciful Deep by Leslye Penelope. I was so impressed with her earlier The Monsters We Defy […]

Filed Under: Historical Fantasy Tagged With: family, freedom, gods, Leslye Penelope, memory, oppression, power, religion

Makeover World – Part 3

By John Folk-Williams

Makeover World Part 2

Here is the third installment in Makeover World, one of the Stories of Elektra series. Like Time Islands, this is a longer story so I’m publishing it in three parts on three successive days. Makeover World is a standalone but is related by setting, character and theme to the others in this series. Here is […]

Filed Under: Stories of Elektra Tagged With: altered minds, city, Elektra, identity, memory, transformation

Makeover World – Part 2

By John Folk-Williams

Makeover World Part 2

Here is another installment in the Stories of Elektra series. Like Time Islands, this is a longer story so I’m publishing it in three parts on three successive days. Makeover World is a standalone but is related by setting, character and theme to the others in this series. Here is Makeover World – Part 2. […]

Filed Under: Stories of Elektra Tagged With: altered minds, city, Elektra, identity, memory, transformation

Makeover World – Part 1

By John Folk-Williams

Makeover World Part 2

Here is another installment in the Stories of Elektra series. Like Time Islands, this is a longer story so I’m publishing it in three parts on three successive days. Makeover World is a standalone but is related by setting, character and theme to the others in this series. 1.The searchlight glare flashed in his eyes […]

Filed Under: Stories of Elektra Tagged With: altered minds, city, Elektra, identity, memory, transformation

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