Let George Do It — “One Against a City”

Personal Notice: Do you have a crime that needs solving? Do you have a dog that needs walking? Do you have a wife that needs spanking? Let George do it. Danger’s my stock-in-trade. If the job’s too tough for you to handle, you’ve got a job for me, George Valentine. Write FULL Details Let George …

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Fantasy & Science Fiction, March/April 2023

Fantasy & Science Fiction, March/April 2023 “The Sweet in the Empty” by Tade Thompson “The Station Master” by Lavie Tidhar “Spookman” by Jonathan Louis Duckworth “The Weremouse of Millicent Bradley Middle School” by Peter S. Beagle “Piggyback Girl” by M. H. Ayinde “Mnemonic Longings” by Marlon Ortiz “Moonlight, Wing-Wake in Fog” by Rick Hollon “The …

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Writers of the Future #39, ed. Jody Lynn Nye & Dean Wesley Smith

Writers of the Future #39 Edited by Jody Lynn Nye & Dean Wesley Smith (Galaxy Press, May 2023, pb, 544 pp.) “Kitsune” by Devon Bohm “Moonlight and Funk” by Marianne Xenos “Death and the Taxman” by David Hankins “Under My Cypresses” by Jason Palmatier “The Unwilling Hero” by L. Ron Hubbard (reprint, not reviewed) “White …

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Strange Horizons, March 20, 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, March 20, 2023 “Always and Forever, …

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DreamForge Anvil #11, Spring 2023

DreamForge Anvil #11, Spring 2023 “Three Postcards from Another Earth” by Shanna Yetman “Another Day on the Orbital Ranch” by David Hankins “A Bowl of Soup on the 87th Floor” by Kai Holmwood “Petrichor” by Richard A. Shury “Like Stars Daring to Shine” by Somto Ihezue (reprint, not reviewed) “Lost in Intuition” by Amara Mesnik …

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David Harding, Counter-Spy — “The Case of the Border Invaders”

David Harding, Counter-Spy (1942-57) aired “The Case of the Border Invaders” on June 22, 1942 as the 6th episode of its estimated 850 broadcasts, of which only approximately 75 still exist. The creative genius behind Counter-Spy (retitled in 1946 to David Harding, Counter-Spy at the insistence of a new sponsor) was Phillips H. Lord (1902-1975, …

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