Strange Horizons, May 5th & 12th, 2025

[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, May 5th & 12th, 2025 “Everything …

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Dangerous Assignment — “A Tray Full of Dirty Dishes (Middle East)”

“Yeah, danger is my assignment– I get sent to a lot of places I can’t even pronounce.  They all spell the same thing, though—trouble!” Dangerous Assignment (1949-53) aired “A Tray Full of Dirty Dishes” on April 14, 1951. Since this is only the 7th episode of Dangerous Assignment we’ve offered since the first in February …

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Flash Fiction Online #140, May 2025

Flash Fiction Online #140, May 2025 “Robot, Changeling, Ghost” by Avra Margariti “Entropy in a Fruit Bowl” by Nicole Lynn (reprint, not reviewed) “Eight Legs of the Mother Hunted” by Brandon Case “To Be a Woman Is to Be Without a Name” by Chidera Solomon Anikpe (nongenre, not reviewed) “Transubstantiation” by Sam W. Pisciotta “Yes, …

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Eric Flint’s 1632 & Beyond #11, May/June 2025

Eric Flint’s 1632 & Beyond #11, May/June 2025 “Waving Goodbye” by George McClennan Grant “The Play’s The Thing” by Virginia DeMarce “Clan MacDonald” by Terry Howard “Cittadino in Villa or the Economy of the Citizen in the Country” by Lancelot Schaubert “A Troubled Journey” by Mark Roth-Whitworth “Johan and the Purple Pencil” by Bethanne Kim

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Clarkesworld #224, May 2025

Clarkesworld #224, May 2025 “Brainstem Disco, 2191” by Angela Liu “We, the Fleet” by Alex T. Singer “Oh Time Thy Pyramids” by Ann LeBlanc “Yarn Theory” by Marie Vibbert “The Library of the Apocalypse” by Rati Mehrotra “Descent” by Wole Talabi “Proxima One” by Caryanna Reuven

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