Asimov’s — January/February 2019

Asimov’s, January/February 2019

“How Sere Looked for a Pair of Boots” by Alexander Jablokov

“The Esteemed” by Robert Reed
“Ventiforms” by Sean Monaghan
“Taking Icarus Home” by Suzanne Palmer
“Credit to my Nation” by Sandra McDonald
“Written in Mud” by William F. Wu
“All the Difference” by Leah Cypess
“The Gorgon” by Jay O’Connell
“Salting the Mine” by Peter Wood
“Neom” by Lavie Tidhar
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Galaxy’s Edge #36, January/February 2019

Galaxy’s Edge #36, January/February 2019

The Wordless Age” by Elly Bangs

True Love, False Memories” by Austin DeMarco
A Song for Persephone” by Dan Kobolt
I’ve Got the World on a String” by Edward M. Lerner
All Show, No Go” by Alvaro Zinos-Amaro
The Flavors of Sorrow” by Thomas K. Carpenter
Pieces” by Bill Pronzini and Barry N. Malzberg
Red Roses” by Todd McCaffrey
Why?” by Joy Kennedy-O’Neill
What You Won’t Remember” by Christopher Blake
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The Avenger — “The Cradle of Doom”

The Avenger (1941-42, 1945-46) aired “The Cradle of Doom” on October 26, 1945. I have run only two previous episodes of The Avenger, the last being in June of 2018. For those coming to this program for the first time, I reprise my introduction to the previous two episodes, both beginning with the fact that …

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Fiction River #30: Hard Choices, ed. Dean Wesley Smith

Fiction River #30: Hard Choices

 

Edited by

Dean Wesley Smith

 

(WMG Publishing, December 28, 2018, pb, 328 pp.)

 

“Equal Justice” by Annie Reed (non-genre, not reviewed)
“Payback” by Tonya D. Price (non-genre, not reviewed)
“Eric the Monkey” by Dan C. Duval (non-genre, not reviewed)
“Prospecting” by Ron Collins (non-genre, not reviewed)
“Toots” by Michael Kowal (non-genre, not reviewed)
“The Devil’s Muse” by Laura Ware
“Clean and Godly in Denmark” by Diana Deverell
“Killshot” by Annie Reed (non-genre, not reviewed)
“Four Hundred Yards” by Dale Hartley Emery (non-genre, not reviewed)
“A Life with Meaning” by David Stier (non-genre, not reviewed)
“Nightmare Scenario” by Chuck Heintzelman
“Echo” by Leslie Claire Walker
“Haunted” by Jamie Ferguson
“Skinwalker” by Valerie Brook
“Missiles of October” by Dan C. Duval (non-genre, not reviewed)
“Girl with a Mission” by Dayle A. Dermatis (non-genre, not reviewed)
“A New Day” by Kendall Heintzelman (non-genre, not reviewed)
“They Taught Us Wrong” by M. L. Buchman
“Tendrils” by Leigh Saunders
“Little Byte and Big Pieces” by Valerie Brook
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Cities of Dust, Planes of Light, ed. by Todd Sanders

Cities of Dust, Planes of Light

 

edited by

Todd Sanders

 

(Air and Nothingness Press, January 2019, pb, 108 pp.)

 

“Lot 814: A Series of Letters – Dated Before the Lunar Defection, Recently Discovered Amongst the Possessions of the Late Princess Alicia III” by Jamie Lackey
“This Is Not Mars” by Sarah Daly
“A Hand Extended” by Cat Rambo
“The Outposts” by Samantha L. Barrett
“The World’s More Full of Weeping” by Diane Morrison
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