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This review and rating issues only for the “Laughter Among the Trees” by Suzan Palumbo. Also the winner of 2021 Nebula Award for Short Story. What a dark and chill ending! Great writing, however the whole theme was a bit too macabre for me. But in fairness, the story was published in The Dark magazine, so duh!“Mama pushed me to leave. Said, “ ‘dis go haunt you here.’ You can’t outrun the past, Ana, even if it’s dead and drowned in another country.” She fell silent.”3 Stars⭐️⭐️⭐️
This issue didn't really have very memorable stories for me. 2.5 stars“Laughter Among the Trees” by Suzan Palumbo - This one I liked! I don't know why I like camping/someone disappears into the forest stuff. In some ways that's quite a traditional horror story, which I do enjoy, but this one also adds its own thing to it. We follow the protagonist through the immediate events as well as the long years after her sister's disappearance, and how she reacts to it.“The Yoke of the Aspens” by Kay Chro...
Another issue with three of four stories to read. Those three fit the billing of dark fantasy, and were notably good, with one particularly sticking with me to lead off the issue:“Laughter Among the Trees” by Suzan Palumbo — An immigrant to Canada with her parents from the West Indies, Anarika has mixed feelings about the birth of her sister Sabrina, an immediate citizen of this new land, her only home in contrast to the rest of the family. But, when Sab goes missing on a family camping trip, An...
Especially liked the ending in “Laughter Among the Trees” and visceral writing style in “One Last Broken Thing”.
Rating for ‘Laughter Among the Trees’ by Suzan Palumbo.
