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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Read More...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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Read More...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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Read More...Diabolical Plots #116, October 2024
Diabolical Plots #116, October 2024 “The Gaunt Strikes Again” by Rich Larson “Bone Talker, Bone Eater” by D. S. Ravenhurst
Read More...Aurealis #175, October 2024
Aurealis #175, October 2024 “Sui Generis” by Joe Ford “The Black Rain of Cerebor” by Rodney J Smith “The Rescue” by Nigel Brown
Read More...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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Read More...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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Read More...On Spec #129, Fall 2024
On Spec #129, Fall 2024 “Saving Week” by Julie E. Czerneda “Giant of the Stars” by Alex Langer “Rubberized” by Kristal Stittle “The Butterfly Effect” by Catherine MacLeod “Freezer Burn” by Cat Isidore “You Ain’t Supposed to Die on a Saturday Night” by Jonathan Gensler “The Blood Webs” by Fiona Moore “Bargains” by Rachel Unger …
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Read More...Beneath Ceaseless Skies #417, October 3, 2024
Beneath Ceaseless Skies #417, October 3, 2024 “Nine Tenths of the Law” by K. J. Parker “To Hunt the Grey Lady” by Chris Willrich “Black Wine From the Slopes of Dawn” by Rajiv Moté “The Mausoleum” by Inderjeet Mani
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