Flash Fiction Online #118, July 2023 “Dave the Terrible” by Brent Baldwin (nongenre, not reviewed) “When the Forest Comes to You” by E. M. Linden “Patrice” by Meredith Gordon (nongenre, not reviewed) “Café Negro” by Julian Riccobon (reprint, not reviewed)
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Strange Horizons, July 3, 2023
[On May 10, 2021 Strange Horizons officially expressed its political support for Palestinian solidarity. The views of Tangent Online reviewers are not necessarily those of Strange Horizons. Fiction critiqued at Tangent Online is, as much as is humanly possible, without prejudice and based solely on artistic merit.] Strange Horizons, July 3, 2023 “The Greatest Home …
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Read More...Nightmare #129, June 2023
Nightmare #129, June 2023 “The Seconds Between Light and Sound” by Ozzie M. Gartrell “and its place remembers it no more” by Neal Auch “They Say” by Matt Dovey
Read More...We Dare: Old Age and Treachery, edited by Jamie Ibson
We Dare: Old Age and Treachery edited by Jamie Ibson (Theogony Books, May 2023, pb, 548 pp.) “No Respect For Their Elders” by P. A. Piatt “Reckless and Relentless” by Melissa Olthoff “Chrysalis” by Mike Jack Stoumbos “Phase Three” by Kevin Steverson “Get Off My Grass” by William S. Frisbee, Jr. “Disability Claim” by …
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Read More...Richard Diamond, Private Detective — “The Man with the Scar”
Richard Diamond, Private Detective (1949-52) aired “The Man with the Scar” on January 19, 1951 as its 79th of some 141 original episodes. This is only the sixth Richard Diamond episode we’ve presented, the first being from early November of 2019 and the last just over a year ago in June of 2022. Due to …
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Read More...Apex #139, July/August 2023
Apex #139, July/August 2023 “The Monster Fucker Club” by A.V. Greene “Dolly Girl” by Christopher Rowe “Island Circus” by Amal Singh “But I Loved You” by Sachiko Ragosta “The Discarded Ones” by Linda Niehoff “The Magazine of Horror” by Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki “Gim of P” by Benjamin DeHaan “You Me and the End” by Mona …
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Read More...Asimov’s, July/August 2023
Asimov’s, July/August 2023 “The Death Hole Bunker” by Kristine Kathryn Rusch “What>We>Will>Never>Be” by Robert Reed “Daughters of the Lattice” by Stephen Case “Showdown on Planetoid Pencrux” by Garth Nix “Bridges” by Sean Monaghan “Hope Is the Thing with Feathers” by Karawynn Long “Dark Horses” by David Ebenbach “The Greeter” by Rick Wilber & Lisa Lanser …
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Read More...Beneath Ceaseless Skies #385, June 29, 2023
Beneath Ceaseless Skies #385, June 29, 2023 “Disassembling Light” by Kel Coleman “By the Far Salt Lake” by Portia Elan
Read More...The Adventures of Sam Spade — “The Indian Caper”
The Adventures of Sam Spade (1946-1951) aired “The Indian Caper” on September 25, 1949 as its 157th episode of approximately 243, only 74 of which are estimated to be still in circulation (this includes 12 AFRS repeats and 2 rehearsal shows). We have previously aired only five episodes of this show, the first in 2014, …
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Read More...Lightspeed #157, June 2023
Lightspeed #157, June 2023 “The Bone-Gatherer’s Lament” by Wendy Nikel “Spaceship Joyride” by Dominique Dickey “Jaywalk the Stars” by Elad Haber “And All the Fields Below” by Sarah Grey “Queen of the Andes” by Ruth Joffre “Bestiary viventem” by Kyle E. Miller “Always Personal” by Rich Larson “Philoctetes in Kabul” by Deborah L. Davitt
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