Analog, November/December 2024

Analog, November/December 2024 “That Far, Uncharted Ocean” by Auston Habershaw “Lady Ballistic: Fast and Accurate Cleaning” by Alexander Jablokov “Mirrorstar” by Sean McMullen “Hell Five” by Arlan Andrews, Sr. “Emergency Calls Only” by Kelsey Hutton “Galilean Crossing” by Pauline Barmby “Death of an Intelligence” by Mjke Wood “If This Flesh Were Thought” by Matt McHugh …

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Strange Horizons, October 21, 2024

[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, October 21, 2024 “Faith is a …

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DreamForge Anvil #17, Fall 2024

DreamForge Anvil #17, Fall 2024 “Guidelines For Leading Tours of Supernatural Grottoes, Shrines and Assorted Holy Places” by Teresa Milbrodt “We Play In Meadows, We Hop Over Dreams” by Melissa Ren “The Neighborly Thing To Do” by Scott Edelman “What the Dormouse Said” by Bruce McAllister “Little Things Nobody Remembers” by Matt McHugh

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Asimov’s, November/December 2024

Asimov’s, November/December 2024 “Death Benefits” by Kristine Kathryn Rusch “Wápato” by Molly Gloss “So Long in Miami” by Garrett Ashley “Dreamliker” by Dominica Phetteplace “Mere Flesh” by James Maxey “The Start of Something Beautiful” by Zack Be “Murder on the Orion Express” by Peter Wood “The Ledgers” by Jack Skillingstead “Deep Space Has the Beat” …

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Inner Sanctum — “Terrible Vengeance”

Inner Sanctum (1941-52) aired “Terrible Vengeance” on Sunday,  June 14, 1942 as the 76th of its approximately 527 episodes. Unfortunately, most of the shows are lost, with best guesstimates ranging from 140 to “less than 200” still in circulation. However, among these still existing shows, some are only partial episodes, with the majority of the …

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Beneath Ceaseless Skies #418, October 17, 2024

Beneath Ceaseless Skies #418, October 17, 2024 “Three Drops in the River” by Marissa Lingen “Street Theater” by Jon Hansen Reviewed by Victoria Silverwolf This issue offers two brief stories. An unlikely trio of characters appears in “Three Drops in the River” by Marissa Lingen. A scholar, a teenage girl, and a lion try to …

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Democracy in America — “The Chief Instrument of Freedom”

Democracy in America (Jan.-Apr. 1962) aired “The Chief Instrument of Freedom” on March 28, 1962 as the 11th of its 14 episodes. Alexis de Tocqueville (1805-1859) was sent to America in 1831 by the French government to study the American prison system. While in America Tocqueville used this official pretext to study American society in …

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Grimdark #40, October 2024

Grimdark #40, October 2024 “Little Mermaid, In Passing” by Angela Slatter (reprint, not reviewed) “Lock and Key” by Wendy Nikel “Unholy Ghost” by Mark Lawrence “All the Riches of Suffering” by Ben Galley “The Absolute” by Aaron Dries “Under Furious Skies” by Christopher Buehlman “The Dreams of Wan Li” by Andrea Stewart (reprint, not reviewed) …

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