A second consecutive story in Asimovs from Jablokov which didn’t do much for me. Actually, to be truthful, it did do something for me – it disappointed me.
Cowdrey eschews his usual deep south setting, reaching into Russian and Jewish folklore, to delve into the dark secrets of an unfrocked Russian holy man..
Stories by John Kessel, Ian Creasey, Steve Bein, Robert Reed, Neal Barrett Jr., An Owomoyela, Nancy Fulda, Nick Wolven. A strong issue, with a good range of inventive stories.
A strange story – a blinded, maimed young man is one of a select few humans who are rescued from death by a greater force.
A disorientating world, where a fleeting memory can be a potentially valuable thing, something worth chasing down. Or not.
An elderly woman reflects on her robotic companions.
The dwarf, the narrator of the story, is a complex character in a story which poses more questions than it answers.
A New York cabbie finds something left behind in his cab by a fare, something that gives him all the time in the world.
An interesting perspective, that of a young child, happy in her own mind, her own world view, her own timeframes. But she doesn’t fit into the norm, and so her parents are seeking medical advice for ‘treatment’.
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