Beneath Ceaseless Skies #383, June 1, 2023 “Eleanora of the Bones” by Kat Howard “Fruit of the Memory Tree” by J.A. Prentice
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Box 13 — “Design for Danger”
Box 13 (1948-1949) aired “Design for Danger” on June 5, 1949 as the 42nd of its 52 episodes. This is but the 9th episode of Box 13 we have showcased, and only the second since November of 2020 (the last episode being in August of 2021). It has proved a popular program so we happily …
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Read More...Tor.com, May 2023
Tor.com, May 2023 “The Puppetmaster” by Kemi Ashing-Giwa “Pretty Good Neighbor” by Jeffrey Ford
Read More...Strange Horizons, May 29, 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, May 29, 2023 “The Ocean Remembers …
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Read More...Lightspeed #156, May 2023
Lightspeed #156, May 2023 “Moons We Can Circumnavigate in One Day, or the Space Probe Love Story” by Natalia Theodoridou “One Heart, Lost and Found” by Kat Howard “She Blooms and the World is Changed” by Izzy Wasserstein “The Sword, the Butterfly, and the Pearl” by Deborah L. Davitt “When Shiva Shattered the Time-Stream” by …
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Read More...Wondrous Portals: Speculative Style in Science Fiction by Robert McGill & David F. Shultz
Wondrous Portals: Speculative Style in Science Fiction by Robert McGill & David F. Shultz ∞ ∞ ∞ Teleporters, stargates, time machines: science fiction is full of devices that transport its characters and readers alike to new, breathtaking places while standing as marvelous parts of the realities that the …
Read More...Cosmic Roots & Eldritch Shores, May 2023
Cosmic Roots & Eldritch Shores, May 2023 “Wish Upon a Star” by Rob Nisbet Reviewed by David Wesley Hill I really wanted to like “Wish Upon a Star” by Rob Nisbet, the May offering of Cosmic Roots and Eldritch Shores, and also the “short short” category winner of the annual Kepler Award for Science Fiction …
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Read More...Suspense — “The Earth is Made of Glass”
Suspense is compounded of mystery and suspicion and dangerous adventure. In this series are tales calculated to intrigue you, to stir your nerves, to offer you a precarious situation and then withhold the solution… until the last possible moment when we again hope to keep you in…Suspense! Suspense (1942-1962) aired “The Earth is Made of …
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Read More...Fantasy #91, May 2023
Fantasy #91, May 2023 “Some Assembly Required” by Anne E. G. Nydam “God of the River” by Anya Ow “It’s What’s Inside That Counts” by Warren Benedetto “The Body Fate” by Avi Burton
Read More...Mysterion, May 2023
Mysterion, May 2023 “No Stranger to Desert Places” by Karen Eisenbrey
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