Review of Brian Hugenbruch, “So You Want to Eat an Omnalik Starfish,” Small Wonders no. 3 (September 2023): 12 — Read online. Reviewed by Sara L. Uckelman.
So I didn’t particularly want to eat any kind of starfish, omnalik or otherwise, because I’m not really into seafood. And yet, this short, compact story managed to convince me otherwise, with beautiful language and just the right touch to tug at my heart (“urgent grief”, indeed). Well done!
(First published in Syntax and Salt 2020).