Reactor, December 2024 “Vulcanization” by Nisi Shawl “Songs of the Snow Whale” by K.A. Teryna, (translated by Alex Shvartsman)
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Analog, January/February 2025
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Read More...Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar — “The Big Scoop Matter”
Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar (1949-1962) aired “The Big Scoop Matter” on November 11, 1956. We’ve showcased but six earlier episodes of this highly regarded show, the first back in 2019 and the last in November of 2023. Guest host Pete Wood wrote the introduction to the May 2020 episode, from which I have taken the …
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Read More...Flash Fiction Online #136, January 2025
Flash Fiction Online #136, January 2025 “A Promise of Persimmons” by Allison Pang “The Heartbreaker’s Apprentice” by Catherine George “The Northerner’s Tale” by Jason P. Burnham “Spoon, Fork, Knife” by Daniel Roop “The Hag of Beinn Nibheis” by M. R. Robinson “Moist Breath of a Cold Stranger” by KT Wagner “The Ice Cutter’s Daughter and …
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Read More...Diabolical Plots #118, December 2024
Diabolical Plots #118, December 2024 “Margery Lung Is Unstoppable” by Lisa Cai “St. Thomas Aquinas Administers the Turing Test” by Mary Berman
Read More...On Spec #130, Winter 2024
On Spec #130, Winter 2024 “Stone Tablets” by Kevin Cockle “We Invited the Harbingers to Dinner” by Sarah Totton “Raofin’s Daughter” by J. A. Legg “Taking Root” by Jeanna Cammarano “La Fiera di Mezzanote” by Hava Steinmetz-Cumbo “Shambolic Manor” by Cat Girczyc “Push Hands” by Jack Powers “Toll of the Tides” by Tom Brennan “Muddy …
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Read More...Tangent Online 2024 Recommended Reading List
Tangent Online 2024 Recommended Reading List Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association: Social Justice or Writers Organization A Modest Proposal Last year I used this space as preface to our Recommended Reading List to comment on several issues pertaining to SF at large, and SFWA in particular. This year I would like to continue my …
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Read More...Cosmic Roots & Eldritch Shores, December 2024
Cosmic Roots & Eldritch Shores, December 2024 “Collaborators” by Michael H. Payne
Read More...Beneath Ceaseless Skies #422, December 26, 2024
Beneath Ceaseless Skies #422, December 26, 2024 “Furious Communion” by R.K. Duncan “The Beloved Sisters of the Sun-Bleached Hills” by Shoshana Groom
Read More...Mysterion, December 2024
Mysterion, December 2024 “Changeling Child” by Miranda Miller Reviewed by Mina This month’s story, “Changeling Child” by Miranda Miller, was simply lovely: sweet without being cloying. An enterprising child, Marta, is curious about the fairy who attends her church but nobody talks to, out of fear and mistrust. She even puts together a history …
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