Short stories, most with some element of the science fictional or fantastical or speculative. A very quick read. Protagonists are mostly Black women, in fact mostly queer Black women. A worker employed to do the nightly retrieval of scooters for a bike share-style company encounters scooters that have achieved sentience. A pregnant woman in the 22nd century realizes her cell phone is acting a bit too concerned with her wellbeing. To deal with her chronic insomnia, a woman’s sister orders her a sleep mask that promises miraculous results, but things do not go to plan. And so on. While these stories are an interesting mix of weird, amusing, and fun – sometimes with some matter-of-fact horror or harm thrown in – I was unfortunately pretty disappointed in the writing.
Originally posted by Scott on Goodreads.