Grimdark #33, January 2023 “Bargaining” by Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan “The Last Radio God” by Yaroslav Barsukov “Crimson Shows the Way of Joy” by Eric LaRocca “Lan Thena – Tales from the Bronze Age” by Christian Cameron (reprint, not reviewed) “Save, Salve, Shelter” by Essa Hansen (reprint, not reviewed) “The Cavalry” by João F. Silva (reprint, not …
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Read More...Diabolical Plots #95, January 2023 “Dog Song” by Avi Naftali “Tell Me the Meaning of Bees” by Amal Singh
Read More...Frontier Gentleman (February 2, 1958–November 16, 1958) aired “Belle Siddons’ Encore” on August 24, 1958 as the 29th of the short-lived series’ 41 episodes. The length of this quality western had more to do with the fact that by 1958 television had become the dominant entertainment venue in America, and this new medium was already …
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Read More...High Noon on Proxima B edited by David Boop (Baen Books, February 2023, pb, 256 pp.) “Justice and Prosperity” by Milton J. Davis “Five Mules for Madame Calypso” by Thea Hutcheson “Past Sins” by Dayton Ward & Kevin Dilmore “The Last Round” by Susan Matthews “High Noon on Proxima Centauri b” by Cliff Winnig “Black …
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Read More...Strange Horizons, January 2, 9, & 16, 2023 “The Tongue Remembers What the City Forgets” by R. K. Duncan (1-2/23) “Missed Connections – Central Square Today Around 930” by Jess Cameron (1-9-/23) “Has Anyone Actually Had Any Success Saging Their Home?” by T. Takeda Wise (1-16/23)
Read More...The Saint (1945, 1947-51) aired “A Schizophrenic Psychiatrist” on October 22, 1947. We have run only seven previous episodes of this fine show, this episode being only the third since November of 2019. For new listeners I borrow freely from past episodes’ opening remarks as they deal with the creator and partial history of The …
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Read More...Beneath Ceaseless Skies #373, January 12, 2023 “Constant Ivan and Clever Natalya” by M.A. Carrick “Notes on The Seventh Battle of the Queen of the Ruby Mists” by Mari Ness
Read More...Clarkesworld #196, January 2023 “Symbiosis” by D.A. Xiaolin Spires “Anais Gets a Turn” by R.T. Ester “Sharp Undoing” by Natasha King “The Fortunate Isles” by Gregory Feeley “Zhuangzi’s Dream” by Cao Baiyu “Pearl” by Felix Rose Kawitzky
Read More...Gunsmoke (April 26, 1952–June 18, 1961) aired “The Ride Back” on June 28, 1952 as the 10th of its 480+ original episodes. This is the fifth episode of Gunsmoke we’ve showcased here, the first coming in early January of 2020, the second in June of 2020, the third in late January of 2021, with the …
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Read More...Galaxy’s Edge #60, January/February 2023 “The Lament Configuration” by Alicia Cay “Mother’s Love, Father’s Place” by Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki (reprint, not reviewed) “The Last Man” by Eric Leif Davin “Touring” by Gardner Dozois, Jack Dann, and Michael Swanwick (reprint, not reviewed) “Cain and Abel” by Yefim Zozulya “The Gardener of Ceres” by Marc A. Criley …
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