WMB Saltworks

One short story, every week, on a five-star scale. Occasionally, and elsewhen, a novel.

An important characteristic of the library is that every story is freely available. If a review or even just a rating gets you interested in a story, then you don’t have to go hunting for it, you can start reading right away. Because sites can die at a moment’s notice, I’ve also included archival links to the Wayback Machine.

Another characteristic that’s important to me is the library’s eclecticism: over the next year, I’m going to review everything from modern fantasy and Golden Age science fiction to creepypasta, fanfiction, and the forum post of an eccentric Something Awful user. Most of the stories will be at least three stars (i.e. it’s a recommendation with reservations or to a very specific kind of reader), but I’m going to take a few chances and not all of those are going to pay off. I’ve already had to write a one-star review.

Reviews are organized first by author, then by year of publication, and lastly by name. I will admit that this is more than a little idiosyncratic. Following this is a link, the word count, a rating out of five stars, a sentence-length premise, and, finally an archival link to the story via the Wayback Machine.

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Science Fiction Mohs Scale: The “hardness” of a sci-fi scale, on a 5-point scale. Read more here.