Animythical Tales by Sarah Totton
“A Fish Story”
“The Man with the Seahorse Head”
“Flatrock Sunners”
“Pelly Medley”
“Bluecoat Jack”
“A Sip from the Cup of Enlightenment”
“Choke Point”|
“The Bone Fisher’s Apprentice”
“A Little Tea and Personal Magnetism”
“The Teasewater Five”
Clarkesworld #51, December 2010 “The Taxidermist’s Other Wife” by Kelly Barnhill“The Children of Main Street” by A.C. Wise Reviewed by Indrapramit Das Kelly Barnhill’s “The Taxidermist’s Other Wife” is a beautifully written story that stands in that no-man’s-land between genre and literary fiction, where writers can experiment with both without sticking too closely to the …
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Subterranean, Fall 2010
“The Unorthodox Dr. Draper” by William Browning Spencer
“The Lifecycle of Software Objects” by Ted Chiang
“Weekdays: A Lucifer Jones story” by Mike Resnick
“Fossils” by Al Sarrantonio
Reviewed by Joseph Giddings
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Tor.com, November 2010
“The Perdido Street Project” by Eileen Gunn
“Dreadnought’ by Cherie Priest
“Out of the Dark” by David Weber
“Internal Devices” by Eileen Gunn
“Sacrifice of the First Sheason” by Peter Orullian
Fantasy Magazine, November 2010
“Mademoiselle and the Chevalier” by Mari Ness
“Liminal” by E. Catherine Tobler
“Mortis Persona” by Barbara A. Barnett
“From The Countries Of Her Dreams” by Jay Lake and Shannon Page
Reviewed by Richard E.D. Jones
Read More...We always get the urge to type this around the middle of this month. Blame Shakespeare. Or if you’re tired of blaming old Will, take a cue from South Park. This year, the Ides of March bring us the fourth installment of Robert Weinberg’s Collecting Fantasy Art series; this one is titled “Art Mania!” We’re …
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Read More...Clarkesworld #50 November 2010 “On the Banks of the River Lex” by N.K. Jemisin“Seeing” by Genevieve Valentine Reviewed by Bob Blough Clarkesworld is an excellent SF e-zine. The stories that its various editors – Sean Wallace, Nick Mamatas and now Neil Clarke – have published over the years are wonderful pieces of subterfuge and daring. …
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Read More...Edited by Mark Lord
(October 2010)
“The Silent Judge” by David W. Landrum
“Easter Parade, 1930” by Rob McClure Smith
“HolyWater” by Andrew Knighton
“Lament for Lost Atlanta” by Arlan Andrews
“The Bitterness of Apples” by Priya Sharma
“Travelling by Air” by Ian Sales
Reviewed by Robert Leishman
Read More...Stephen Vincent Benet (1898-1943) saw his first short story, “Elementals,” published in 1922. It aired on Escape (1947-1954), one of Old Time Radio’s classiest shows, on October 11, 1953. Usually more long-winded in these prefatory remarks, this time I have only to say that “Elementals” is a dark study in human nature. It involves an …
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Triangulation: End of the Rainbow
Edited by Bill Moran
(July 2010)
“The Rainbow Vendor” by David Sklar
“Making Friends” by Kylie Bullivant
“Tourist Trap” by Mark Onspaugh
“A Test of Spirit” by Brenta Blevins
“David is Six” by Amanda C. Davis
“The Stickball Witch” by Peter S. Beagle (reprint)
“Messiah: The Promised One” by M. Z. Hoosen
“The House at the End of the Rainbow” by Amy Treadwell
“A Womb of My Own” by Tinatsu Wallace
“The Meaning of Yellow” by Cate Gardner
“Talking Blues” by Matthew Johnson
“Spirit House” by Ron Sering
“A Patch of Jewels in the Sky” by Eugie Foster (reprint)
“Haole” by D. K. Thompson
“The World in Rubber, Soft and Malleable” by Aaron Polson (reprint)
“The New Elementals” by Marshall Payne
“Commander Perry’s Mystic Wonders Show” by Jamie Lee Moyer
“In Lixus, Close to Walking” by Erin Hoffman (reprint)
“In Order to Conserve” by Cat Rambo (reprint)
