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Archive for October, 2010

Martin Sketchley. Songbirds. (Conflicts).

A story of alien invasion as seen through the eyes of a teenage girl

Jim Mortimore. Last Orders. (Conflicts).

..complete with dialogue from broke-nosed combatants along the lines of “-dod do dat agaib!”

David L. Clements. In the Long Run. (Conflicts)

Evil virtually baddy goes from bwahahaha to noooooooooooooooo as his cunning planning is foiled.

Peter M. Ball. On the Destruction of Copenhagen by the War-Machines of the Merfolk. (Year’s Best SF 15)

in this world of instant communication, and a world wide web of all things being possible, a distance between people, and between people and events is apparent.

Gene Wolfe. Donovan Sent Us. (Year’s Best SF 15)

I had been looking forward to reading a Gene Wolfe story in this volume, but in the end was rather let-down.

Gwyneth Jones. Collision. (Year’s Best SF 15)

..plenty to boggle your mind.

Eric Brown. Dissimulation Procedure. (Conflicts).

The story skips along at a fair pace without really offering any real depth, or colour, or description (save for the opening restaurant centre) beyond the routine

Una McCormack. War Without End. (Conflicts).

The ghosts of battles long past come back to haunt an ex-soldier.

Martin McGrath. Proper Little Soldier. (Conflicts).

Sometimes a story has simply too strong a resonance with another story, or, in this case, a film, to really be comfortable with.

Gareth L. Powell. Fallout. (Conflicts).

An intriguing setting for a short story, and one that you could see being worth the investment of more time from the author.

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