Further Arguments in Support of Yudah Cohen’s Proposal to Bluma Zilberman

by Rebecca Fraimow

diabolicalplots dot com/fiction-15/ (Free online)

Exceptional situations call for exceptional husbands.

Genres: Short Stories, Jewish, LGBT, Fiction, Fantasy, Transgender, Science Fiction Fantasy

3 pages, Unknown Binding

First published May 2, 2016

Reviews

[Shira Glassman · Rating 5 out of 5]

SQUEALING with glee! There is snarky transmasculine Jewish SFF m/f romance in the world!

This tiny piece unfurls like a tea flower, starting with a tone/voice-style familiar from our traditional stories and then revealing trans representation and a speculative theme. I hope the suitor of the title is successful in his efforts--for his own sake, and his personality, and not just for all the practical reasons he points out. (I have to say, if she isn't into him, those practical reasons wind up becoming kind of creepy! So I'll just look at this one through rainbow-colored Magen David glasses and have my fun.)

[ancientreader · Rating 5 out of 5]

Mercy, but this is delicious!

There's one other tag that could apply, but to apply it would be a spoiler, so you'll just have to read.

[Cait · Rating 5 out of 5]

4. I am better-looking than Hershel Schmulewitz. This is not vanity; it is plain fact. Isn’t it much more pleasant to have a man who’s decorative around the house than one who isn’t?

here (I didn't listen to the audio, but it is available on podcastle!)

(I read them in reverse order 3-2-1 because why not, but this is #1 in a short story series: it goes yudah cohen > shaina rubin > gitl schneiderman & I look forward with eager anticipation to the installment about tante leah)

[X · Rating 4 out of 5]

The twists!! The turns!!

[Jasmine · Rating 5 out of 5]

Please excuse me while I take a flailing lap around the house from pure delight, this short-short story (a letter in which a young rabbi explains to his intended why he is a better option, as you don't have to worry about kids if you don't want them with a trans husband, he is better looking than the other guy, he is great at keeping secrets (like the one that your mother is a werewolf?), and the other guy is a blockhead. WHAT a good short story.

[Stephanie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Utterly adorable short-short story.

[wasteland baby · Rating 5 out of 5]

a perfect 5 minute read, put a huge smile on my face. Yudah Cohen my beloved I rlly hope Bluma said yes!!!

[Gil-or (readingbooksinisrael) · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read this a really long time ago so I don't remember what exactly I loved about this but I did love it.

[Simon · Rating 5 out of 5]

Oh, if only this was a full book!!

[Runa Winters · Rating 5 out of 5]

An excellent read. Were this the prologue to a full novel, I would pick it up in a heartbeat.

[Amy · Rating 5 out of 5]

A quick entertaining read!

[Bitterblue · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read this ages ago. I didn't look for it here because I didn't think it had a Goodreads page.

[Jocelyn H · Rating 4 out of 5]

What a delight! (part 1)

[Esther · Rating 5 out of 5]

surprisingly funny

[Sam · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5 Stars

A fun short story in the style of a letter, from Yudah Cohen to Bluma Zilberman. Some fun worldbuilding and characterizations in a short format.

Link: https://www.diabolicalplots.com/ficti...

[B. · Rating 5 out of 5]

Entertaining short, with a clear narrative voice.

[Ashlaya · Rating 5 out of 5]

It was funny and I didn't expect it to be or to have any paranormal aspects.

[Fortluna]

(CUTE)

[Eboni · Rating 5 out of 5]

short and sweet I love it

[V · Rating 5 out of 5]

Simply adorable! I wish this were the first chapter of a novel just so I could read more about them (and hopefully their marriage).