Strange Horizons, January 19, 2015
“The Animal Women (Part 2)” by Alix E. Harrow
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Terraform, January 19, 2015
Terraform, January 19, 2015Clarkesworld #100, January 2015
Clarkesworld #100, January 2015
“Three Cups of Grief, by Starlight” by Aliette de Bodard
“A Universal Elegy” by Tang Fei (originally published in Chinese in New Science Fiction)
“Cat Pictures Please” by Naomi Kritzer
“The Apartment Dweller’s Bestiary” by Kij Johnson
“Ether” by Zhang Ran (first published in Chinese in Science Fiction World, 2012)
“The Long Goodnight of Violet Wild” by Catherynne M. Valente (not reviewed—part one of multipart story)
“An Exile of the Heart” by Jay Lake
“This Wind Blowing, and This Tide” by Damien Broderick (not reviewed—reprint, First published in Asimov’s Science Fiction, April 2009)
“Laika’s Ghost” by Karl Schroeder (not reviewed—reprint, first published in Engineering Infinity)
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Fantastic Stories #224, January 2015
Fantastic Stories #224, January 2015
“Heartless” by Krystal Claxton
“Underworld” by Katherine Mankiller
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Bulldog Drummond — “The Case of the Atomic Murders”
Bulldog Drummond (1941-49) aired “The Case of the Atomic Murders” on January 17, 1947, exactly 68 years ago today. If you like James Bond you’ll find a lot to like in Hugh “Bulldog” Drummond’s adventures. Bulldog Drummond was the character created by Englisman H. C. McNeile (1888-1937), who wrote under the pseudonym of “Sapper,” Sapper …
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Read More...The Origin of Galaxy’s Edge and Stellar Guild by Mike Resnick
Mike Resnick has won five Hugo awards (out of a record 36 nominations) and a Nebula for his short fiction, including numerous international awards, making him, according to Locus, the all-time leader among authors, living or dead, for short fiction. His most recent editorial excursions are as editor of the Stellar Guild series of books under the Phoenix Pick imprint, and editor of the bi-monthly online professional SF magazine Galaxy’s Edge. With the recent success, popularity, and recognition of stories from both Galaxy’s Edge and the Stellar Guild series, I asked Mike if he would recount the origins of both, how he hooked up with publisher Shahid Mahmud, and how the dual concepts — book series and magazine format — became reality. I thank Mike Resnick for taking time from his writing and editing schedule to pen the following piece, which among other virtues shows how he and other established (busy) professionals still take time to discover and nurture new talent within the field.
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The Origin of Galaxy’s Edge and Stellar Guild
by Mike Resnick
Shimmer #23, Jan./Feb. 2015
Shimmer #23, January/February 2015
“The Half Dark Promise” by Malon Edwards
“Of Blood and Brine” by Megan E. O’Keefe
“Be Not Unequally Yoked” by Alexis A. Hunter
“Monsters In Space” by Angela Ambroz
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Explaining Cthulhu to Grandma and Other Stories, by Alex Shvartsman
Explaining Cthulhu to Grandma by Alex Shvartsman
(UFO Publishing, February 2015)
“Explaining Cthulhu to Grandma”
“The Rumination on What Isn’t”
“Doubt”
“Spidersong”
“Things We Leave Behind”
“The Epistolary History”
“A Shard Grows in Brooklyn”
“Requiem For a Druid”
“Nuclear Family”
“Bedtime Story on Christmas Eve, 1,000,000 AD”
“Seven Conversations in Locked Rooms”
“High-Tech Fairies and the Pandora Perplexity”
“The Keepsake Box”
“The Field Trip”
“Superior Firepower”
“Life at the Lake’s Shore”
“The Take”
“The Dragon Ships of Tycho”
“A Brief Respite From Eternity”
“A Thousand Cuts”
“Ravages of Time”
“Price of Allegiance”
“The Tell-Tale Ear”
“The Miracle on Tau Prime”
“The Tinker Bell Problem”
“True Love”
“You Bet”
“The Far Side of the Wilderness”
“Worldbuilding”
“In the Wake of the Storm”
“Putting it all Together”
“Dominoes Falling”
“Notes on the Game in Progress, Played Almost to a Draw”
“Small Magics”
“Icarus Falls”
“Coffee in End Times”
“The Hourglass Brigade”
“A One-Sided Argument”
“How Earth Narrowly Escaped an Invasion from Space”
“Fate and Other Variables”
Through Dark Angles: Works Inspired by H. P. Lovecraft by Don Webb
Through Dark Angles: Works Inspired by H.P. Lovecraft
by Don Webb
(Hippocampus Press, August 2014)
“The Mythos and I”
“The Man Who Scared Lovecraft”
“The Megalith Plague”
“Lavinia’s Lament”
“The Gold of the Vulgar”
“The Doom That Came to Devil’s Reef”
“Wilbur’s Song”
“Pages from a Diary”
“Sanctuary”
“Wilbur Whatley’s Twin”
“Platinum Hearts”
“Plush Cthulu”
“Emily’s Rose Window”
“A Ship Afar”
“Looking Glass”
“To Mars and Providence”
“After Alhazred”
“Lovecraft’s Pillow”
“The Codex”
“Doc Corman’s Haunted Palace One Fourth of July”
“Slowness”
“Rats”
“A Game of Nine Pins”
“Powers of Air and Darkness”
“Casting Call”
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