Portal fantasy. But the portal is the door on the front of a cuckoo clock.

Science fiction. But the science is phrenology.

Body horror. But the body is the student body.

Very much our pleasure 🙂

Ah, people throw that word around too easily these days 😉😂 but thanks!

Okay, needed a little time to fan away the vapours, but I've got myself under control again. Congrats to all involved in Motives Unknown, either between the covers or behind the scenes!

The closing story is "Skeletons" by @bethrdb.bsky.social (excuse the fannish gush here 😊) and I thought it was just beautiful in every way - the characterisation, the narrative, the prose, all of it. And, as a final sentence with which to end this story, and book, you could not really ask for more

I can't speak for the Motives Unknown editors, but I can speak for myself as one: when I put together a collection, I try to give it a structure (even if it passes beneath the notice of everyone who reads it!)

All I can say about Motives Unknown is: they must have decided to save the best for last.

I was already proud to be included in this anthology, even more so now I've read it. Lots of stories to enjoy here - particular favourites for me include "What Gets Forgotten" by Joey McGarvey, "Algorrhythmia" by David Lawrie, and "Table 4" by Abby Walker, but everything had something

I once observed to someone when we first met that her attitude to having kids was the same as my attitude to having drinks, specifically that seven was enough. Still friends.