The Adventures of Philip Marlowe (1948-51) aired “The Persian Slippers” on October 3, 1948 as the 2nd of its 114 episodes with Gerald Mohr as Marlowe. This is but the 5th episode of the show we have showcased here, the first two coming in May and December of 2020, the third coming in late 2022 …
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Read More...Nightmare #149, February 2025 “God of the Black Moon” by Dan Stintzi “The Sound a Rabbit Might Make” by Bruce McAllister “In Our Skin” by Kelsea Yu
Read More...Reactor, February 2025 “Not Alone” by Pat Murphy “Red Leaves” by S. E. Porter “Agate Way” by Laird Barron “The Witch and the Wyrm” by Elizabeth Bear
Read More...Cosmic Roots and Eldritch Shores, February 2025 “The Swamp Mama’s Taste in Books” by Kim Zarins Reviewed by Mina At the beginning of “The Swamp Mama’s Taste in Books” by Kim Zarins, I was irritated by the story’s attempts to be funny. It was when it stopped actively trying to be funny and settled into …
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Read More...Lightspeed #177, February 2025 “It Holds Her in the Palm of One Hand” by Lowry Poletti “An Omodest Proposal” by Andrew Dana Hudson “Standardized Test” by Seoung Kim “Books to Take at the End of the World” by Carolyn Ives Gilman “Some to Cradle, Some to Eat” by Eugenia Triantafyllou “My Girlfriend Is a Nebula” …
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Read More...Beneath Ceaseless Skies #426, February 20, 2025 “For Those Who Sink and Those Who Float” by Jonathan Louis Duckworth “The Village of the Sleeping Dead” by Blue Guldal
Read More...Mysterion, February 2025 “ANTU” by Derek Kho Reviewed by Eric Kimminau “ANTU” by Derek Kho tells the tale of Father Vincent and his mission to the island of Borneo, where he discovers the Antu Rimba, “The Ghost of the Jungle.” For me, this story was both engaging and thought-provoking, though at times a bit confusing. There are at …
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Read More...DUST AND LIGHT: On the Art of Fact in Fiction by Andrea Barrett (W. W. Norton, Feb. 25, 2025, hc $25.10, 208 pp.) Reviewed by Robert E Waters In Andrea Barrett’s Dust and Light: On the Art of Fact in Fiction, she explores historical fiction and draws upon various authors—Toni Morrison, Leo Tolstoy, Hilary Mantel, …
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Read More...David Harding, Counter-Spy (1942-57) aired “The Case of the Washington Woman Spy” on June 8, 1942 as the 4th of its estimated 850 broadcasts, of which only approximately 75 still exist. We showcased our first episode of this fine program in March of 2023, two years ago, and then another in September of that year. …
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Read More...[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, February 17, 2025 “Arachnomorphosis” by Beth …
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