Will McIntosh. A Clown Escapes From Circus Town. When Beaners the Clown escapes the hell that is Circus Town, he finds a world made of other theme towns, each populated by characters similarly constrained by their environment. Forming an unlikely alliance with The Green Arrow, Beaners finds a humanity buried beneath his carnival costume, and [...]
Jason Stoddard. Monetized. Worryingly believable take on a celebrity-obsessed, online, twittering, advertising-led, referral-payment funded, near future. The monetized society sees individuals desperate to become leading ‘vectors in the new propogation economy’, getting a cut from the take of those who purchase based on their recommendation. An interfering high-profile mom is one of several problems faced [...]
Jeff Spock. Everything that Matters. Diving on an alient planet, looking for even more alien treasure on the ocean floor, Russo believes that his number is up when an aquatic predator which has no right being in the same waters, attacks him. Equipped with some bio-nano tech, he is able to reach the surface, but [...]
British author Chris Beckett gets an issue dedicated to him – well, the first half of the issue, in that there are three stories and an interview with this full-time social work academic and part-time writer. A nod of appreciation to the top quality cover illustration by Warwick Fraser-Coombe. So what of this issue? Chris [...]
The much-trumpeted ‘mundane-SF’ issue edited by Geoff Ryman. I say much-trumpeted on the basis I spend little time on the SF discussions forums and SF websites that if I reckon that if even I pick up even a minimal amount of trumpeting, this must equate to a large amount of trumpeting. As its two months [...]
Jamie Barras. The Endling. Far future setting, with three different perspectives : Asha, some form of human exploring some form of watery setting; Wright, perhaps the last human, regrown by the Melzemi; and Called 83 In Honour Of Another Of That Name, a forest-dweller, about to repel invaders. The three strands are linked by one [...]
Jason Stoddard. Far Horizon. Stoddard continues his run of strong stories in Interzone, in this lengthy and ambitious story. It follows Alex Farrel’s determination to see beyond the few decades left to him. He is not content with having untold wealth and fame through his hi-tech nano invention – he wants to know what lies [...]
Chris Roberson. Metal Dragon. Another in Roberson’s ‘Celestial Empire’ series, in which China is a world power. Here we see a space race – not US/USSR as was the case here, but China/Mexico. We find out more about the power struggle between these two world powers, and with the Chinese attempt to be first to [...]
A last minute technical problem resulted in this issue having a completely b&w interior which, with a much less fussy layout of the stories, makes the issue look much more like Interzone of old. But what of the fiction I hear you say? Douglas Elliott Cohen. Feelings of the Flesh. Cohen is assistant editor of [...]
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