I’ve decided that instead of doing a short story roundup at the end of the month, I’ll just post about the ones I like as I read them.
I really liked “The Guadalupe Witch” in the latest issue of Beneath Ceaseless Skies. It had a very intriguing beginning, with an old witch woman on a quest to resurrect her murdered son, even though it seems that she doesn’t have much of a desire to live. As the story unfolds, her son’s best friend (now an adult) enters the picture, with clear intent to harm her. But then we learn the details behind her son’s murder, and the story takes a different direction. The ending was the best part—one of the best short story endings that I’ve read in recent memory. Excellent story.