Stories

Links to stories

that I like, or that I wrote, and to book reviews and sources of free stories, and sources of stories that you really ought to pay for (the stories, not the sources).

Oh, you might like to check out the link to blogs and websites, where there is more good stuff.

True stories

Poetry

Science fiction

Fantasy

Other Fiction, like detective, realistic, funny, etc.

Super short stories  - In which I write super-short stories

The latest book reviews from ABookUnopened (see below)

And there is the opinion page, About stories.

The latest book reviews from ABookUnopened

How this blog started: July 2011, listing books I read and what happened then

The post. The innocuous start of the review journey.

Fantasy/Steampunk | The Daemon of Cormagan (book 1 in a 3-book series) | Maarten Hofman

Review. Worth the money. Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Thriller, Horror, Westerns | Some reviews from 10 years ago

Reviews, reviews, reviews, reviews. All before the decision to give ratings and book covers.

Science fiction | Three 5-star stories

Review Strongly recommended stories, and free! Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Science fiction | Six 2-star stories

Review and review Rating: ⭐⭐

Space opera | Starshine (Series: Aurora Rising #1; Amaranthe #1) | G.S. Jennsen

Review Romance and space opera, with spies and aliens. Rating: ⭐⭐⭐

Military Science Fiction | Scorpion’s Fury (Series: Metal Legion, #1) | C.H. Gideon  

Review Pew-pew-pew fun from one end to the other. Rating:⭐⭐⭐ and a large planet

Military science fiction | Earth Alone (Series: Earthrise, #1) | Daniel Arenson

Review Futuristic boot camp to fight alien monsters. Rating: ⭐⭐⭐

Young Adult Dystopia | Fated | Teri Terry

Review Government cracks down on Teens. Really?? Rating:⭐⭐

Western | The Revenant | Michael Punke

Review A Western written in the 21st century. Rating: ⭐⭐

Detective | Magpie Murders | Anthony Horowitz

Review A Detective Story about a Detective Story. Rating:⭐⭐⭐

Thriller | The Kill Switch (Series: Tucker Wayne, #1) | James Rollins

Review James Bond Guy with Dog takes on terrorists with mutated germs. Rating:⭐⭐⭐

Science Fiction | Shoot the Humans First | Becky Black

Review Shoot the humans first, and why. Rating:⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Science Fiction | The Gollancz Book of South Asian Science Fiction | Tarun K Saint

Review (Story-by-story review in 5 parts; the next part is linked inside the review). Indian science fiction that is not rehashed mythology. Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Detective/Thriller | The Hollow Man | Oliver Harris

Review Bastards do not beguile. Rating: ⭐⭐and a pile of poop

Fantasy | Coldmaker | Daniel A. Cohen

Review Insufficient genius Rating: ⭐⭐

Fantasy | Steelheart | Brandon Sanderson

Review No superheroes, only supervillains. What's an ordinary human to do? Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Science Fiction | The Space Merchants | Frederik Pohl and C Kornbluth

Review Advertising will make consumerist zombies out of us all. Halp! Yawn. Rating: ⭐⭐

Fantasy | Ghosts of Winter | H.B. Lyne

Review Urban fantasy of the type 'super strength people hidden amongst us' Rating: ⭐⭐

Fantasy | The Philosopher’s Flight | Tom Miller

Review Flying wizards and wishy-washy inverted sexism. Rating: ⭐⭐⭐

Science fiction | Ball Lightning | Cixin Liu

Review Hard sci fi that bends reality very convincingly. Rating: ⭐⭐⭐

Fantasy | The City of Brass | SA Chakraborty 

Review Featuring djinns, con artists, magic, intrigue, palaces. Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐