This weeks Torque Control Short Story Club story is Thieves Of Silence by Holly Phillips, published in Beneath Ceaseless Skies. Beneath Ceaseless Skies is an online magazine dedicated to publishing the best in literary adventure fantasy, so not at all the sort of story I would usually read.
The story is about a thief who stumbles upon some witches. The writing is nice with some evocative description, but I just don't get on with this style of Fantasy story. It does nothing for me. I'm reminded of one-off bespoke RPGs that I played many (many) years ago, with thieves and masters and servants. Nothing ever seems to surprise me in this style of story, nothing ever keeps me hooked. I miss the ideas and invention and provocation that a great SF story can deliver.
Yes, I know someone out there will be saying that Fantasy can deliver that, in which case please point me at a story to do that and I'll be happy to change my mind.
Leave a comment