Author Archives: Dave Truesdale

Infinite Lives: Short Tales of Longevity, ed. Juliana Rew

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Infinite Lives: Short Tales of Longevity

 

Edited

by

 

Juliana Rew

 

(Third Flatiron Publishing, Fall/Winter 2019, pb, 276 pp.)

 

“Tunnels” by Brian Trent
“A Billion Bodies More” by Sloane Leong
“Del Boy Falling Through the Bar, Forever” by Matt Thompson
“Left of Eden” by J.B. Toner
“A Last Word” by Larry C. Kay
“Dry Bones” by David F. Shultz
“Only the Poor Die Young” by D.A. Campisi
“Long Stretches” by Russell Dorn
“Professional Envy” by Samson Stormcrow Hayes
“At the Precipice of Eternity” by Ingrid Garcia
“Frost on the Fields” by Maureen Bowden
“Secrets from the Land Without Fear” by Brandon Butler
“When They Damned the Name of Oma Rekkai from Memory, I Danced” by Caias Ward
“Thoughts of a Divergent Ephemeron” by Leah Miller
“The Scarecrow’s Question” by Megan Branning
“Abe in Yosemite” by Robert Walton
“Wishbone” by K.G. Anderson
“The Reinvention of Death” by Louis Evans
“President Redux” by John Paul Davies
“Sweet Release” by David Cleden
“Chosen” by Tom Pappalardo
“Like a Seagull, Hurling Itself into the Mist” by Philip John Schweitzer
“Found Wanting” by Martin M Clark
“Cold Iron” by Wolf Moon
“The Last Son of Geppetto” by Mack Moyer
“Find Her” by Konstantine Paradias
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Richard Diamond, Private Detective — “Butcher Killed”

Posted byDave Truesdale

Richard Diamond, Private Detective (1949-52) aired “Butcher Killed” on July 16, 1949 as its 13th episode of some 141. The show originally aired over NBC stations, then ABC, and then finally in 1953 by CBS, but all of the CBS shows were repeats from the 1950-51 season, thus some old time radio sites list the …

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Escape — “The Man With the Steel Teeth” by John Dehner

Posted byDave Truesdale

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 “The Man With the Steel Teeth” on March 15, 1953 as its 174th episode. A spinoff and sister show of the highly popular radio program Suspense …

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Muses & Musings by Edward M. Lerner

Posted byVictoria Silverwolf

Muses & Musings

A Science Fiction Collection

 

by

 

Edward M. Lerner

 

(Phoenix Pick, September 2019, pb, 268 pp.)

 

“My Fifth and Most Exotic Voyage”
“Copywrong”
“Judy Garland Saves the World (And I Don’t Mean Oz)”
“Soap Opera”
“Tour de Force”
“Turing de Force”
“Unplanned Obsolescence”
“There’s an App for That”
“The Pilgrimage”
“I Clink, Therefore I Am”
“Anti Claus”
“Nothing to Lose?”
“Too Deep Thought”
“I’ve Got the World on a String”
“A Case of Identity”
“The Torchman’s Tale”
“Harry and the Lewises”
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Unreal, Volume 2, October 2019

Posted byVictoria Silverwolf

Unreal, Volume 2, October 2019

“State Change” by Ken Liu (reprint, not reviewed)

“Flying Lessons” by Liam Hogan
“The Graphology of Hemorrhage” by Yoon Ha Lee (reprint, not reviewed)
“There Goes the Neighborhood” by Jerry Oltion (reprint, not reviewed)
“Fallen Angel” by Robert J. Sawyer (reprint, not reviewed)
“Damsel in Distress” by Rebecca Linam
“What Is Sewn Daintily, Is Sewn” by Joe Taylor
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