Clarkesworld #167, August 2020 “The Lori” by Fiona Moore “Drawing Lines Between the Stars” by Frank Smith “The Plague” by Yan Leisheng (translated by Andy Dudak) “An Important Failure” by Rebecca Campbell “The Immolation of Kev Magee” by L. X. Beckett “Nameless He” by Robert Reed
Read More...Author Archives: Dave Truesdale
The Strange Dr. Weird — “The Dark Wings of Death”
The Strange Dr. Weird aired “The Dark Wings of Death” on February 6, 1945 as its 14th episode out of 28. We have run only four earlier episodes of this show, the last being this past February. The show ran from November of 1944 through May of 1945 in short 15-minute episodes (a few minutes …
Continue reading “The Strange Dr. Weird — “The Dark Wings of Death””
Read More...Fantasy & Science Fiction, September/October 2020
Fantasy & Science Fiction, September/October 2020 “The Shadows of Alexandrium” by David Gerrold “Weeper” by Marc Laidlaw “Do AIs Dream of Perfect Games? ” by Angie Peng “Of Them All” by Leah Cypess “The Martian Water War: Notes Found in an Airlock” by Peter Gleick “Little and Less” by Ashley Blooms “My Name Was Tom” …
Continue reading “Fantasy & Science Fiction, September/October 2020”
Read More...Fiction River #33: Doorways to Enchantment, ed. Dayle A. Dermatis
Fiction River #33: Doorways to Enchantment Edited by Dayle A. Dermatis (WMG Publishing, August 2020, pb, 252 pp) “Restoration” by Sabrina Chase “Father Otto” by Mary Jo Rabe “Common Cause” by David Stier “The Higher Duty” by Leah Cutter “The Realm That Didn’t Suck” by Robert Jeschonek “Honed Sharp and Ready” by Brigid Collins “Elf …
Continue reading “Fiction River #33: Doorways to Enchantment, ed. Dayle A. Dermatis”
Read More...Deep Magic #69, Summer 2020
Deep Magic #69, Summer 2020 “Shackles” by Michael Wisehart (reprint, not reviewed) “One Way” by Gerri Leen “A Tale of Two Thieves” by Sarah C. Roethe (reprint, not reviewed) “Blackheart” by David VonAllmen “Standing with Centaurs” by Jennifer L. Hilty “The Edge of Darkness” by D. K. Holmberg (excerpt, not reviewed) “The Bone Charmer” by …
Continue reading “Deep Magic #69, Summer 2020”
Read More...Strange Horizons, August 17, 2020
Strange Horizons, August 17, 2020 “Alone” by Emma Törzs
Read More...Escape — “Danger at Matecumbe”
Tired of the everyday grind? Ever dream of a life of … romantic adventure? Want to get away from it all? We offer you … ESCAPE! Escape (1947-1954) aired “Danger at Matecumbe” on March 24, 1950 as the show’s 103rd episode. Not surprisingly, we have aired many episodes of this top-shelf program over the past …
Continue reading “Escape — “Danger at Matecumbe””
Read More...DreamForge #6, July 2020
DreamForge #6, July 2020 “Kobold Domain Patch Notes” by Christopher Mark Rose “Pterrors of the Caribbean Part-2” by Deborah L. Davitt “Mothers Know Buttons” by Nyla Bright “Never the Twain” by Ronald D. Ferguson “Pangenesis” by Scot Noel “The Shepherdess, the Roc, and One Errant Sheep” by Alexandra Seidel “Silent Partnership, Part-1” by James Verran …
Continue reading “DreamForge #6, July 2020”
Read More...Strange Horizons, August 10, 2020
Strange Horizons, August 10, 2020 “A Voyage to Queensthroat” by Anya Johanna DeNiro
Read More...The Black Museum — “The Old Wooden Mallet”
“The Black Museum. A Repository of Death. Here in the grim stone structure on the Thames which houses Scotland Yard is a warehouse of homicide, where everyday objects . . . all are touched by murder.“ The Black Museum (1952) aired (in the United States and as near as historians can reasonably ascertain) “The Old …
Continue reading “The Black Museum — “The Old Wooden Mallet””
Read More...