Rocky Jordan — Desert Betrayal

Rocky Jordan ran from 1948-1951 and featured Jordan as a hard-boiled detective run out of St. Louis, Missouri by his enemies. He landed in Cairo, Egypt and now owns and operates the Cafe Tambourine (think Rick’s Cafe, from Casablanca). The Cairo Chief of Police is Egyptian Muslim Sam Sabaaya who, while following the letter of …

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Asimov’s — August 2011

Asimov’s, August 2011

“The End of the Line” by Robert Silverberg
“Corn Teeth” by Melanie Tem
“Paradise is a Walled Garden” by Lisa Goldstein
“Watch Bees” by Philip Brewer
“For I Have Lain Me Down on the Stone of Loneliness And I’ll Not be Back Again” by Michael Swanwick
“We Were the Wonder Scouts” by Will Ludwigsen
“Pairs” by Zachary Jernigan

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Fantasy & Science Fiction — July/August 2011

Fantasy & Science Fiction, July/August 2011

“Bronsky’s Dates with Death” by Peter David
“The Way It Works Out and All” by Peter S. Beagle
“Less Stately Mansions” by Rob Chilson
“The Ants of Flanders, A Tale of Five Adventures” by Robert Reed
“Hair” by Joan Aiken
“The Witch of Corinth” By Steven Saylor
“Sir Morgravain Speaks of Night Dragons and Other Things” by Richard Bowes
“Someone Like You” By Michael Alexander
“The Ramshead Algorithm” by KJ Kabza

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Eclipse 4, edited by Jonathan Strahan

Eclipse 4: New Science Fiction and Fantasy, edited by Jonathan Strahan
(Night Shade Books, May 2011)

“Slow as a Bullet” by Andy Duncan
“Tidal Forces” by Caitlan R. Kiernan
“The Beancounter’s Cat” by Damien Broderick
“Story Kit” by Kij Johnson
“The Man in Grey” Michael Swanwick
“Old Habits” by Nalo Hopkinson
“The Vicar of Mars” by Gwyneth Jones
“Fields of Gold” by Rachel Swirsky
“Thought Experiment” by Eileen Gunn
“The Double of My Double is Not My Double” by Jeffrey Ford
“Nine Oracles” by Emma Bull
“Dying Young” by Peter M. Ball
“The Panda Coin” by Jo Walton
“Tourists” by James Patrick Kelly

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Gray Flannel Armor — Robert Sheckley

Robert Sheckley (1928-2005) is regarded as one of the finest short story writers in SF history, his voluminous short work being lauded by J.G. Ballard, Harlan Ellison, Alan Dean Foster, and many others. Hugo and Nebula nominated for his sparkling, clever, sometimes absurdist visions, he was named SFWA Author Emeritus at the 2001 Nebula Awards …

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