A review by tiffani_reads
Out There: Into the Queer New Yonder by Saundra Mitchell

adventurous slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

Doublers by Alex London - 3 stars

 - interesting concept but would be more suited to a full novel. 

Aesthetically Hungry by Mato J. Steger - 2.5 stars

 - just okay

The Rift by Claire Kann - 4 stars

 - would love to see this as a full novel or novella

Renaissance by Emma K. Ohland - 2 stars

 - It felt like the queer element of this story was added as an afterthought to make it fit in this anthology. 

Like Sunshine, Like Concrete by Z. R. Ellor - 3 stars

 - Transgender super soldiers!?!?

Translating for the Machine by Nita Tyndall - 2 stars

 - I loved that the non-binary main character couldn’t be coded by the computer in this story but the addition of the queer relationship in this story felt like it was added in case people didn’t find it queer enough. 

Reshadow by Adam Sass - 4 stars

 - super interesting concept

The Department of Homegoing Affairs by Kalynn Bayron - 3 stars

 - cool concept but it could have been a bit more futuristic to be believable 

The Undeniable Price of Everything by Z. Brewer - 1 star

 - This story left me confused and feeling like I just wasted my time

Present: Tense by Jim McCarty - 4 stars

 - The rapture but only for straight people, I dig it. 

Nick and Bodhi by Naomi Kanakia - 1 star 

 - How did this story even get selected for this anthology!? This is a story about a trans person bullying the queer group at their school because they couldn’t guess that they were trans. Nope, hard pass. 

Crash Landing by Mason Deaver - 3 stars

 - An alien giving romance advice, well that’s something that I thought I’d never read

Beauty Sleep by Alechia Dow - 2 stars

 - Scene for scene retelling of Sleeping Beauty but with a Sci-fi twist 

Concerto by Abdi Nazemian - 3 stars

 - classic love transcends time and space story with literal time and space involved

H O M E by K. Ancrum - 5 stars

 - stuck in a time loop for 20+ years, simple but well done. 

Fractal Eyes by Ugochi M. Agoawike - 2 stars

 - I was bored the entire way through this story. 

Nobody Cares Who we Kiss at the End of the World by Leah Johnson - 3 stars

 - By the time I made it to this story I was just so ready for this anthology to be done. This was fine but it didn’t wow me.