This story was all over my feed this afternoon and since it's only a 3 page freebie I couldn't resist (you can find it here if you're curious- http://uncannymagazine.com/article/ta...)It's a great example of how to get revenge!

Very short, very strong, very vengeful. If I was still working I'd probably read this about once a week. Good stuff.Free at: Our Talons Can Crush Galaxies

Their talons can crush 3 page short stories as well. This was definitely a compelling way to tell this story. Well done. I'm impressed.

Review for Seasons of Glass and Iron by Amal El–Mohtar3.5★An interesting mix of fairy tales and feminism, packed in a beautiful narration.You can read the short story HERE.

Another one of the Hugo finalist short stories, and now I wonder, why haven’t I been reading more short stories until now? ”Our talons can crush galaxies. Our songs give black holes nightmares. The edges of our feathers fracture moonlight into silver spiderwebs and universes into parallels.” A triumphant, feel-good tale of “victims,” who refused to be victimized and fight back.

“Our Talons Can Crush Galaxies” by Brooke Bollander:Oh wow.How much punch can you pack into a 3-page story? A lot, if you're Brooke Bolander. A whole bloody shrimping lot.Oh wow.Murder, rape, ass-kicking rrrrrevenge. Homicidal chauvinistic pigs beware, for sometimes the hunter gets spoiler spoiler spoiler captured by the mythological game.Oh wow.This is short. This is FREE. This is here.

A very short story. I quote a part that i like:Our talons can crush galaxies. Our songs give black holes nightmares. The edges of our feathers fracture moonlight into silver spiderwebs and universes into parallels. Did we take him apart? C’mon. Don’t ask stupid questions.

Wow. A super short story about revenge both macro and micro. Nominated for the Hugo, you can read it here: http://uncannymagazine.com/article/ta...If the other nominees are this good, they will totally make up for the mayhem from the Hugo awards drama of recent memory!

Merged review, solely for "Our Talons Can Crush Galaxies" by Brooke Bolander. Excellent story, 4+ stars. Hugo nominee for best short story, 2017. Recommended read. Short and sweet. Don't miss!The review to read is Bradley's, https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...Also see her "And You Shall Know Her by the Trail of Dead", Hugo + Nebula nominee in 2016:http://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fic...

This is an extremely satisfying short story of revenge on a cosmological and a very very tiny scale (us). :)If only all such tales of murder and rape could ever be so delightfully wrapped up, right? Spread those wings, my goddess, spread those wings. :)http://uncannymagazine.com/article/ta...Nom for Hugo '17Read it! It's quick and delicious!

4.5 stars rounded down to 4 starsHonestly, this is pretty freaking fantastic! The only thing I didn't care for was the brevity. I really wanted more. I wanted more of the narrator and her sisters. Are there any more stories about these ladies? Cause they seem to be my type(s) of chick.The best part for me? The antagonist was never given a name. Hell, yeah! Fuck your fridging.

Review for the short story Our Talons Can Crush Galaxies.This is a short story by an author I don't know much about. I did read her contribution to this year's International Women's Day and liked it a lot. Besides, this is nominated for a HUGO so I had to read it.The story is deeply imaginative, part scifi and part mythological (much like the other short story of hers that I've read). It's about some righteous wrath but also about what being a victim can mean, how victims are presented in societ...

AAAAARRRRGGGHHHH!!! WHY GOODREADS LIBRARIANS WHY?!?!? FOR THE LOVE OF ALLTHAT IS GOOD, when you merge reviews PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE at LEAST add the title of the story to the review so the poor reviewer, when coming across the review TWO YEARS LATER WITHOUT NOTIFICATION FROM THE GRL, they KNOW what story the review is for!!!! You are either clueless about what the people who use GR actually WANT or you are evil and laugh your @sses off as the users flail their arms like Kermit the Frog and cry be...

No, of course this review isn't for the whole magazine. Eyeroll. It's for two works that I read all by themselves, available for free on the internet.'Seasons of Glass and Iron' by Amal El-Mohtarhttp://uncannymagazine.com/article/se...Two classic fairytales, reinterpreted in a lovely way.'Our Talons Can Crush Galaxies' by Brooke Bolanderhttp://uncannymagazine.com/article/ta...Revenge fantasy, modern interpretation. Narrative structure seems a little weak, but I sure did love the rage of the stor...

A revenge fantasy that makes Ms. 45 look like a wuss. It's super-short (3 pages, maybe?) but is an empowering read. You know how the Bible says that you should be kind to strangers, because they just might be an angel taken human form? Well, in this case, you should definitely not be a misogynist serial killer, because you really never know who you might be messing with.Bad-ass. Merged review:**** Our Talons Can Crush Galaxies - Brooke BolanderA revenge fantasy that makes Ms. 45 look like a wuss...

“Our Talons Can Crush Galaxies” by Brooke Bollander:Three pages of revenge and profanity and a Hugo nomination. Nice, too short.Appreciated this story more during my re-read, I think. Yes, profanity, but also fabulous use of words. And applause for taking revenge for all those unnamed victims.http://uncannymagazine.com/article/ta...

4ish starsFor being like 3 pages or whatever it is, this story packs a punch and is pretty awesome.

Reading it was like drinking something spicy and very high in alcohol content. Something that makes you go "WOO-HOO" after you've drunk it.A great use of first person. I think there have been a couple of stories written in a similar vein to this one (reacting to the preponderance of victimised women as source of stories), some of them quite recently, but it didn't feel repetitive or surplus at all. It felt joyous and ANGRY, and that can be its own brand of fun.

I think this is my favorite issue of Uncanny Magazine as a whole. All the pieces have strong social justice themes or center around voices that rarely have a chance to speak in fiction. That's what makes this magazine so special. I had to read "A Trump Christmas Carol" and "I Want to Write a History of Inequality" on Uncanny's website, as they were not in the issue (I think they were special additions after publication).On a minor note, my kindle edition was a little frustrating as I could never...