Carpe Glitter

3.5ish stars for this Nebula-nominated SF/fantasy novelette. Persephone Aim is sorting through her dead grandmother's memorabilia and possessions, which is worse than it sounds because Grandmother was a hoarder. There are a few valuables left behind from Grandmother's illustrious career as a stage m......more

Really enjoyed this family drama cum magic (mostly black) taking place in a late Not-So-Fairy-Grandmother's house. Trying to find some interesting (and probably sellable) stuff in her deceased granny's house, Persephone stumbles on stranger and more dangerous things than she had hoped for. A short,......more

Carpe Glitter in a finalist in the novelette Nebula Award category, and it's easy to see why. This 60-page story is engrossing from page 1 with its deep family drama with a supernatural spin. Persephone is a woman with a terrible task before her: cleaning through the hoard left behind from her late......more

A young woman sorts through her grandmother’s stuff after her death, and discovers there was a lot more to the former stage magician than sequin dresses and hoarded soap. It is amazing the amount of detail, character development, plot and emotional impact Rambo is able to achieve in so few words. A......more

This one totally intrigued me upfront - the cover, the blurb, Cat Rambo: what's not to love?? I requested a review copy and was delighted to receive it. I dug in eagerly - the opening grabbed me straightaway - it was full of mysterious intrigue, hints of dark family drama, secrets and hoarded treasu......more