Robert Reed. The Empress in Her Glory. (Clarkesworld Magazine #103 April 2015)
Reed starts off, as often he does, with a big picture, then focusses in on the individual.
Alastair Reynolds. A Murmuration. (Interzone #257, Mar/Apr)
Reynolds’ short stories are rarer than hen’s teeth these days, so I looked forward to reading this story once I spotted his name on the cover (which has an illustration of a spacesuited figure with a seagull tied to his lap….)
Interzone #256 Jan-Feb 2015
Stories by Bonnie Jo Stufflbeam, T.R. Napper, Neil Williamson, Pandora Hope, Christien Gholson. Cover by Martin Hanford. Napper and Williamson the pick of the bunch for me.
Neil Williamson. Fish on Fridays. (Interzone #256, Jan-Feb 2015)
Blackly comic four-pager from Williamson which is a treat (but not a high calorie fatty treat, upon which ASDaTESCo would frown).
Joe and Mary’s Kid
Who needs a big Hollywood budget, Big Name scriptwriters and actors, and CGI to make a film?
Best SF : 15 years old today!
Well, 16th April 2015 marks 15 years exactly since I set up Best SF. The
Gregor Hartmann. The Man from Planet X. (Fantasy and Science Fiction Jan/Feb 2015)
Gentle look a the risks of bluffing your way through immigration citing your creativity as your reason for entry. Especially when that creativity belongs to someone else.
Alan Baxter. The Chart of the Vagrant Mariner. (Fantasy and Science Fiction Jan/Feb 2015)
A piratical yarn for those of you for whom Pirates of the Caribbean #3 left you wanting more…
Nik Houser. History’s Best Places to Kiss. (Fantasy and Science Fiction, Jan/Feb 2015)
Gentle romp through some time travelling tropes as a married couple decided to revisit their wedding day, and do much more than simply observe their younger selves.
Christien Gholson. Tribute. (Interzone #256, Jan/Feb 2015)
A very alien opening, then less so in parts.
Kit Reed. Military Secrets. (Asimovs March 2015)
I’m quite happy to ‘fess up to perhaps missing something in the story!
Ken Liu. Cassandra. (Clarkesworld Magazine #102, March 2015)
Cassandra being a Greek mythological prophet. BTW the story is online here. A young woman
Naim Kabir. Slowly Builds and Empire. (Clarkesworld #102 March 2015)
An interesting story with a couple of dimensions and element to it, that just didn’t quite fit together closely for me for it to work.
Eric Schwitzgabel. Out of the Jar. (Fantasy and Science Fiction, Jan/Feb 2015)
A neat story from an author new to me.
Naomi Kritzer. Jubilee : a Seastead Story. (Fantasy and Science Fiction, Jan/Feb 2015)
A story series I disengaged from a while back.
Eleanor Arnason. Telling Stories to the Sky. (Fantasy and Science Fiction, January/February 2015)
A young girl living in poverty in a walled city in the mountains finds that telling her stories to the wind leads her to a life beyond her dreams.
Dale Bailey. Lightning Jack’s Last Ride. (Fantasy & Science Fiction, Jan/Feb 2015)
A near-future in which the USA has gone to hell, with the states anything but united, as civil insurgency, triggered by an NRA terrorist attach, and climate change has put the lid on Lightning Jack’s career as a top NASCAR driver.