Spriggana

Rounded up from 1 and half stars. No plot to speak of, and one of the greatest gathering of unlikable people I can remember. Not that any of them is very particulary bad, but I got the feeling that the only reason not all of them are selfish or cruel is that we do not know enough about them...

I liked the story, but have no idea why would anyone treat it as a sf-f...

Waitaminute, this is what Brandon S. calls “standalone”? I think someone should dig out a dictionary...

An extra star for the excellent Saint Nick trap. Read and learn, Bob Howard! ;-)