I had a
good time reading short stories last weekend so I decided to do the same again
this week. I was hoping for some better stories. One of these confused me and I’m
still not sure what to think of it. The other certainly delivered the goods.
“Queen” by Gene Wolfe
Read in Year’s Best Fantasy 2 (2002), edited by David
G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer (uncredited)
Originally
published in Realms of Fantasy (December
2001), edited by Shawna McCarthy
I
haven’t read much by Wolfe, but what I have read has blown me away. The Fifth Head of Cerberus and Peace are worth your time and will
certainly stay with you for weeks after finishing them. That’s the effect they
had on me. I’ve read a handful of his short stories and all of them read like
they’ important and worth reading, even if they often leave me questioning what
actually happened. That’s standard fare for a Wolfe story.
