Author Archives: Dave Truesdale

Nova Scotia, edited by Neil Williamson and Andrew J. Wilson

Posted byLois Tilton

"The Cost of Pearls" by Edwin Morgan
"A Case of Consilience" by Ken MacLeod
"Deus ex Homine" by Hannu Rajaniemi
"Not Wisely But Too Well" by A.J. McIntosh
Image "Third-Degree Burns" by Andrew J. Wilson
"Lest We Forget" by Marion Arnott
"The Intrigue of the Battered Box" by Michael Cobley
"Five Fantastic Fictions" by Ron Butlin
"Running on at Adventures" by Angus McAllister
"A Knot of Toads" by Jane Yolen
"Sophie and the Sacred Fluid" by Andrew C. Ferguson
"Vanilla for the Lady" by Deborah J. Miller
"Pisces Ya Bas" by Gavin Inglis
"The Vulture, 4 – 17 March" by Harvey Welles and Phiilip Raines
"The Bogle’s Bargain" by Stefan Pearson
"Criggie" by Marrhew Fitt
"Snowball’s Chance" by Charles Stross
"Total Mental Quality, by the Way" by William Meikle
"The Bennie and the Bonobo" by Neil Williamson
"The Hard Stuff" by John Grant
"Dusk" by Jack Deighton

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Fantasy & Science Fiction, Oct/Nov 2005

Posted byEugie Foster, E. Sedia, Sherwood Smith, and Lois Tilton
NOVELLAS:
"The Calorie Man" by Paolo Bacigalupi

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cover art by Cory and Catska Ench

"Help Wonted" by Matthew Hughes
"Two Hearts" by Peter S. Beagle

SHORT STORIES:
"Helen Remembers The Stork Club" by Esther M. Friesner
"Foreclosure" by Joe Haldeman
"Spells for Halloween: An Acrostic" by Dale Bailey
"Billy and the Ants" by Terry Bisson
"The Gunner’s Mate" by Gene Wolfe
"Fallen Idols" by Jaye Lawrence
"Silv’ry Moon" by Steven Utley
"Echo" by Elizabeth Hand
"Boatman’s Holiday" by Jeffrey Ford

(Reviewed by Eugie Foster, E. Sedia, Sherwood Smith, and Lois Tilton)

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Asimov’s, Oct/Nov 2005

Posted byJohn C. Bunnell, Rich Horton, Dave Smeds, and Sherwood Smith
Image"Back to Moab" by Phillip C. Jennings
"Bank Run" by Tom Purdom
"Betting On Eureka" by Geoffrey A. Landis
"Cruel Sistah" by Nisi Shawl
"Dark Flowers, Inverse Moon" by Jay Lake
"The God Engine" by Ted Kosmatka
"Memory Work" by L. Timmel Duchamp
"Nightmare" by M. Bennardo
"Out of the Box" by Steve Martinez
"Overlay" by Jack Skillingstead
"Pericles the Tyrant" by Lois Tilton

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Will Placing “SFWA Member” on Your Cover Letter Help Sell Your Story?

Posted byJames Van Pelt
Top SF Editors Reveal Their Views About This Misunderstood Belief

This article was originally published in Tangent #17, Winter 1996. It was subsequently moved to our website (with permission) in 1998. In our ongoing efforts to move material from our old website to this new one, we now bring it to a whole new generation of up and coming writers.

Why should I care that Paul Riddell said in his Fall Tangent column, "I’m willing to bet that other editors feel the same way I do: with very few exceptions, seeing the letterhead that lists SFWA and HWA is a screaming neon sign saying ‘crappy story enclosed; please flush at first opportunity.’"? After all, as several editors and writers I talked to pointed out, the statement is clearly hyperbole and shouldn’t be taken at face value.
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NFG, #6 Winter 2004/Spring 2005

Posted bySuzanne Church

"The B9ers" by Neil Smith
Image"Never in the House" by Bruce Holland Rogers
"Strange Love, Doctor" by Mike Coombes
"Gangsta Massive" by Mark Turley
"Perdido" by Judith Beck
"Second Coming" by PJ Woodside
"Flies in the Morning or The Modern Man" by Jan Pace
"This Global Business" by John Leary
"A Fond Memory of Lovingkindness" by Antonios Maltezos
"The Great 69er Contest" 16 shorts by various authors

"Red Coat" by Terri Brown-Davidson
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