Nick Carter, Master Detective — “The Case of the Bearded Queen”

Nick Carter, Master Detective (1943-1955) aired “The Case of the Bearded Queen” on September 7, 1947. This is the 14th Nick Carter episode we’ve run since 2009, the last being February of this year. Carter’s history is long, covers numerous media, and is one of the more fascinating we’ve come upon. To crib from one …

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Fantasy & Science Fiction, September/October 2019

Fantasy & Science Fiction, September/ October 2019

The White Cat’s Divorce” by Kelly Link (reprint, not reviewed)

American Gold Mine” by Paolo Bacigalupi
Kabul” by Michael Moorcock
Erase, Erase, Erase” by Elizabeth Bear
Little Inn on the Jianghu” by Y.M. Pang
Under the Hill” by Maureen McHugh
Madness Afoot” by Amanda Hollander
The Light on Eldoreth” by Nick Wolven
Booksavr” by Ken Liu
The Wrong Badger” by Esther Friesner
Ghost Ships” by Michael Swanwick
Homecoming” by Gardner Dozois
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Infinity Wars, edited by Jonathan Strahan

Infinity Wars

 

 

edited by

Jonathan Strahan

 

 

(Solaris, September 2017, pb, 364 pp.)

 
 
 
“The Evening of Their Span of Days” by Carrie Vaughn
“The Last Broadcasts” by An Owomoyela
“Faceless Soldiers, Patchwork Ship” by Caroline M. Yoachim
“Dear Sarah” by Nancy Kress
“The Moon is Not a Battlefield” by Indrapramit Das
“Perfect Gun” by Elizabeth Bear
“Oracle” by Dominica Phetteplace
“In Everlasting Wisdom” by Aliette de Bodard
“Command and Control” by David D. Levine
“Conversations with an Armory” by Garth Nix
“Heavies” by Rich Larson
“Overburden” by Genevieve Valentine
“Weather Girl” by E. J. Swift
“Mines” by Eleanor Arnason
“ZeroS” by Peter Watts
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Fantasy & Science Fiction, September/October 2015

Fantasy & Science Fiction, Sept./Oct. 2015

The Lord of Ragnarök” by Albert E. Cowdrey
We’re So Very Sorry for Your Recent Tragic Loss” by Nick Wolven
Monsieur” by David Gerrold
The Adventure of the Clockwork Men” by Ron Goulart                     
Rascal Saturday” by Richard Bowes 
Ten Stamps Viewed Under Water” by Marissa Lingen                                 
A Hot Day’s Night” by Paolo Bacigalupi
A House of Her Own” by Bo Balder
Don’t Move” by Dennis Etchison
The Bone War” by Elizabeth Bear
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The End Has Come, ed. by John Joseph Adams & Hugh Howey

The End Has Come:

The Apocalypse Triptych

Edited by

John Joseph Adams and Hugh Howey

(Broad Reach Publishing, May 2015)

 
Bannerless” by Carrie Vaughn
Dancing with a Stranger in the Land of Nod” by Will McIntosh
Like All Beautiful Places” by Megan Arkenberg
The Seventh Day of Deer Camp” by Scott Sigler
Prototype” by Sarah Langan
Act of Creation” by Chris Avellone
Resistance” by Seanan McGuire
Wandering Star” by Leife Shallcross
Heaven Come Down” by Ben H. Winters
Agent Neutralized” by David Wellington
Goodnight Earth” by Annie Bellet
Carriers” by Tananarive Due
In the Valley of the Shadow of the Promised Land” by Robin Wasserman
The Uncertainty Machine” by Jamie Ford
Margin of Survival” by Elizabeth Bear
The Last Movie Ever Made” by Charlie Jane Anders
The Gray Sunrise” by Jake Kerr
The Gods Have Not Died in Vain” by Ken Liu
The Happiest Place” by Mira Grant
In the Woods” by Hugh Howey
Blessings” by Nancy Kress
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