Grimdark #32, October 2022

Grimdark #32, October 2022 “Snow White, Green Mantle” by Jude Reid “Sticks and Stones” by Daniel Polansky “Baby Teeth” by Lina Rather “Pop Squad” by Paolo Bacigalupi (reprint, not reviewed) “A Place Where Stars Should Not Be” by David Dalglish

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Analog, November/December 2022

Analog, November/December 2022 “Sacred Cow” by Larry Niven & Steven Barnes “In All Good Conscience” by Meghan Hyland “Cryptonic” by Aurelien Gayet “The Actor” by Kedrick Brown “Auto-Assist” by Marc Laidlaw “Maximum Efficiency” by Holly Schofield “The Engineer’s Gamble” by Robert E. Harpold “Control of Humans” by M. T. Reiten “Stress Response” by Leonard Richardson …

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The Witch’s Tale — “The Priest of Sekhet”

The Witch’s Tale (1931-38) aired “The Priest of Sekhet” on May 8, 1936, though there is doubt about the precise date, many of the episodes being destroyed by the show’s creator Alonzo Deen Cole (1897-1971) who believed them to be of no commercial value. A scant 54 episodes are known to still exist of the …

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Lightspeed #149, October 2022

Lightspeed #149, October 2022 “Primordial Soup and Salad” by Gene Doucette “The Tragic Fate of the City of O-Rashad” by P H Lee “The Conflagration at the Museum of You” by Adam-Troy Castro “The Daydreamer by Proxy” by Dexter Palmer (reprint, not reviewed) “The Three Books and What They Tell” by Alexandra Manglis “Apolépisi: A …

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Strange Horizons, October 24, 2022

[On May 10, 2021 Strange Horizons officially expressed its political support for Palestinian solidarity. The views of Tangent Online reviewers are not necessarily those of Strange Horizons. Fiction critiqued at Tangent Online is, as much as is humanly possible, without prejudice and based solely on artistic merit.] Strange Horizons, October 24, 2022 “Warm Beds” by …

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DreamForge Anvil #9, Fall 2022

DreamForge Anvil #9, Fall 2022 “No Real Evidence” by Jean Martin “No Place in Space” by Mike Jack Stoumbos “The Art of Unpicking Stitches” by Jennifer Hudak (Reprint) “Demonology Book Club” by George Lockett “Conference of the Birds” by Benjamin C. Kinney (Reprint) “Vern Fronk Returns to Our Neighborhood” by Margaret Balch-Gonzalez “Pour One Out” …

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Clarkesworld #193, October 2022

Clarkesworld #193, October 2022 “Junk Hounds” by Lavie Tidhar “Coding Van Gogh” by Elaine Gao “Sweetbaby” by Thomas Ha “Lost and Found” by M. L. Clark “Fly Free” by Alan Kubatiev (translated by Alex Shvartsman) “Giant Fish” by Chu Shifan (translated by Stella Jiayue Zhu) “The Secret Strength of Things” by Gregory Feeley “Rondo for …

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After the Gold Rush, edited by Juliana Rew

After the Gold Rush Edited by Juliana Rew   (Third Flatiron Pub., Summer/Fall 2022, pb, 126 pp.) “Past the Projectons” by James Tager “Down on the Klondike” by David Cleden “Sunrunner” by Robert Bagnall “Moving On” by Andrew Wright “To Vanquish Other Blooms” by Tim Borella “Showdown at Sueño Hueco” by Wulf Moon “Reassessed Value” …

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