You Have Arrived at Your Destination
Review This was an interesting little think piece about technology and genetics, exploring the ethics of fertility clinics and the option for high-paying customers to influence the traits of their…
Mary Ventura and the Ninth Kingdom
Review Mary Ventura and the Ninth Kingdom is a short story written by Sylvia Plath while she was attending Smith College. It was initially rejected by Mademoiselle magazine and until…
Afterwards
Review Losing a loved one is hard, but the loss of a loved one to suicide is even harder. It's difficult because it's preventrable, and it's hard to explain the…
Emergency Skin
Review I was excited when I found out about the Forward Collection, and I wanted to start off the series strong with one of the highest-rated stories. With the climate…
A Touch of Jen
Review Well, this was certainly one of the more bizarre books that I've read in recent memory. A Touch of Jen is psychedelic millennial satire horror that reads like a…
Summer Frost
Review I slept on this novella and I am sorry for it because Summer Frost is the best story in the entire Forward Collection. I always really enjoy stories about…
A House at the Bottom of a Lake
Review A House at the Bottom of a Lake is a unique little novella, a teenage summer romance wrapped up in an eerie haunted house story. The setting of a…
These Deathless Bones
Review Straight to the point and packs a punch, These Deathless Bones is a strong short story that unravels the evil stepmother trope from fairytale fiction. The Witch Bride is…
Ark
Review If the world was ending, would you choose to stay on the dying planet Earth, or would you venture off into space with the last vestiges of humanity? This…
Near the Bone
Review Despite the menacing beast of the woods, able to rip and tear animals to shreds, the most terrifying thing in the woods is a man. Martha can't remember anything…