REVIEW: “The Color of Things” by Eleanor Lennox

Review of Eleanor Lennox, “The Color of Things,” Flash Fiction Online 143 (August 2025): 26-29 — Purchase here. Reviewed by Sara L. Uckelman.

There isn’t anything particularly speculative about this story (as happens occasionally with FFO), but that’s okay, I still enjoyed it. I love it when a story has a certain line that just jumps out at you, when you know exactly what the author means with it. When I read “She only knew she couldn’t bear to hurt Craig. She was a Midwesterner…” (p. 27) I went, ohhhhhh, yeahhhhh, I know exactly what Laura is feeling.

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REVIEW: “The Fish in the Garden” by Eleanor Lennox

Review of Eleanor Lennox, “The Fish in the Garden,” Radon Journal 9 (2025): 13-19 — Read online. Reviewed by Sara L. Uckelman.

Content note: Death, and the aftermath of death.

I love stories that focus on the day-to-day, the mundane, the almost-humdrum; there’s enough high-stakes terror in the real world nowadays that I don’t need that in my fiction, too. This story was a perfect example of the former, a quiet meander through the details of life during the 11-year trip to Titan, full of exquisite little snapshots and so sad. What a beautifully put together story this was.

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