MARIA DEIRA » reviews http://www.mariadeira.com When he kissed her cheek, the skin was dry and he imagined a desert made of human flesh and human dust. Sat, 04 Feb 2012 22:59:31 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Recent Publications http://www.mariadeira.com/2011/09/recent-publications/ http://www.mariadeira.com/2011/09/recent-publications/#comments Tue, 06 Sep 2011 15:50:52 +0000 mdeira http://www.mariadeira.com/?p=581 Continue reading →
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My flash fiction piece “Laundry” was recently published in Every Day Fiction. A bit of surreal humor.

My short story “Somewhere the Desert Hides a Well” was published in GigaNotoSaurus. This is a great monthly ‘zine, edited by Ann Leckie, that has published stories by Cat Rambo, Silvia Moreno Garcia, Jeremiah Tolbert, Yoon Ha Lee, Ruth Nestvold, and other great authors. Quite an honor to be in their company!

“Somewhere the Desert Hides a Well” has also been reviewed by Lois Tilton at Locus Mag: Locus Online Reviews

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]]> Work, with Occasional Moleman by Lavie Tidhar in January’s issue of Giganotosaurus

Swallow by Rebecca Leece in MONKEYBICYCLE

Fortune Factory by Peter Kispert in the December issue of Word Riot

There’s a new and insightful review of my story This Is Me American Style at Short Story Reader. I hadn’t read this blog before, but will be going back for additional story recommendations and reviews. Thanks, Short Story Reader!

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]]> A cappella Zoo, Spring 2010, is available now and includes my flash fiction piece “Stain.” Order a copy!

“Stain” and four other works from the spring issue were recently reviewed in The Review Review by Vince Corvaia. I appreciate how Corvaia reviews the literature — explaining what works and what didn’t and why. Check it out!

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]]> Lois Tilton at The Internet Review of Science Fiction”

This is a story about a relationship. The fantasy element is secondary, although it is at the center of the relationship; still, the story would not have been all too different if the element were non-fantastic. The question “What will our relationship be without your power” is much the same as “What will our relationship be now that you are sick/old/poor.” It is a complex thing, a relationship between two people who love each other, and this is what the author shows us.

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Jason Sanford at the Fix Online

While the story was a little scattered for my tastes, it was still a good read, which is always a great thing to say about an author’s first professional publication.

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