Asimov’s, September 2011
“The Observation Post” by Allen M. Steele
“Shadow Angel” by Erick Melton
“Burning Bibles” by Alan Wall
“D.O.C.S.” by Neal Barrett, Jr.
“Danilo” by Carol Emshwiller
“The Odor of Sanctity” by Ian Creasey
“Grandma Said” by R. Neube
“Stalker” by Robert Reed
Orson Scott Card’s InterGalactic Medicine Show #24, Aug./Sept. 2011
“Under the Shield” by Stephen Kotowych
“What Happened At Blessing Creek” by Naomi Kritzer
“Second Chances Made of Glass and Wood” by Michael T. Banker
“Old Flat Foot” by Ross Willard
“The Floating Statue” by David Lubar
“Under the Shield” by Stephen Kotowych
“Whiteface” by Jared Adams (Part I)
“What evil lurks in the hearts of men? The Shadow knows!” The Shadow‘s reign on radio lasted over 17 years, from September of 1937 until December of 1954. From September of 1937 through October of 1938 the Shadow was played by the incomparable Orson Welles. “Tomb of Terror” aired on August 28, 1938, near the …
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Fantasy Magazine #52, July 2011
“Union Falls’ by J. S. Breukelaar
“The Machine” by M. Rickert (Reprint)
“The Wolves of Brooklyn” by Catherynne M. Valente
“Swans” by Kelly Link (Reprint)
Redstone SF #14, July 2011
“The Memory Gatherers” by Morgan Dempsey
“ownzored” by Cory Doctorow (reprint, not reviewed)
Fantasy and Science Fiction, September/October 2011
“Rutger and Baby Do Jotenheim” by Esther M. Friesner
“A Borrowed Heart” by Deborah J. Ross
“Anise” by Chris DeVito
“Where Have All the Young Men Gone?” by Albert E. Cowdrey
“What We Found” by Geoff Ryman
“The Man Inside Black Betty” by Sarah Langan
“Bright Moment” by Daniel Marcus
“The Corpse Painter’s Masterpiece” by M. Rickert
“Aisle 1047” by Jon Armstrong
“Spider Hill” by Donald Mead
“Overtaken” by Karl Bunker
“Time and Tide” by Alan Peter Ryan
The Mysterious Traveler ran from 1943-1952 when, for controversial political reasons and while still highly popular, it was pulled from the air. The creative geniuses behind the show were Robert Arthur and David P. Kogan who wrote, directed, and produced the shows. Maurice Tarplin (pictured at right) was the show’s narrator; the gentle menace in …
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Beneath Ceaseless Skies #72 and #73, June 30th and July 14th, 2011
“Sightwolf” by Erin Hoffman (#72)
“The Moral Education of a Mad Bastard” by Joe L. Murr (#72)
“And Her Eyes Sewn Shut with Unicorn Hair” by Rosamund Hodge (#73)
“Walls of Paper, Soft as Skin” by Adam Callaway (#73)
Lightspeed #13, June 2011
“Snapshots I Brought Back from the Black Hole” by K.C. Ball
“Transcript of Interaction Between Astronaut Mike Scudderman and the OnStar Hands-Free A.I. Crash Advisor” by Grady Hendrix
Analog, October 2011
“Energized” (Part 4 of 4) by Edward M. Lerner (not reviewed)
“Of Night” by Janet Catherine Johnston
“The Last of Lust” by Jerry Oltion
“The Bullfrog Radio Astronomy Project” by Brad R. Torgersen
“The Lycanthropic Principle” by Carl Frederick
“The Sock Problem” by Alastair Mayer