Individual Stories
Greg Kurzawa. Dark Gardens. (Interzone #248, Sep-Oct 2013)
Chilling horror fiction – perhaps the biblical references moves it into the fantasy genre and justify its inclusion in an SFF magazine?
Martin McGrath. The First Dance. (Solaris Rising 2)
Salutary tale about the a potential future where copyright is king, and where, rather than issuing takedown notices for videos on YouTube, copyright owners are able to take our very memories..
Gregory Norman Bossert. Bloom. (Asimovs December 2013)
A long, dark night is spent on an alien planet, as three humans stumble onto a Yu Stigmergic Colony, a strange lifeform that, if it senses them, will react instantly and consume them.
Rus Wornom. In the Mountains of Frozen Fire…. (Fantasy & Science Fiction July/August 2013)
Wornom receives The First All-Best SF Annual Homage du Fromage Golden Trowel, for laying it on so very, very thick.
Tim Sullivan. The Nambu Egg. (Fantasy & Science Fiction, July/Aug 2013)
An SF story that failed to engage, on two counts your honour : firstly, it’s mostly dialogue, secondly the protagonist keeps way too much close to his chest.
Harry R. Campion. The Heartsmith’s Daughters. (Fantasy & Science Fiction July/Aug 2013)
Excellent dark fantasy tale of love. It’s a well-wrought, poetic story, with a feeling of an old English folk song.
William Preston. Vox Ex Machina. (Asimovs December 2013)
Much more than a story about a woman who finds an android head’….
Timons Esaias. The Fitter. (Asimovs December 2013)
A gently humorous story of an alien who finds a role for himself on Earth, in a lingerie shop.
James van Pelt. The Hareton K-12 County School and Adult Extension. (Interzone #248, Sep-Oct 2013)
van Pelt, a teacher himself, fondly relates the history of the Hareton school, from it’s early days as a small school on a hillside, through to a much larger building, extended and developed over many years.
Jay O’Connell. Dignity. (Asimovs December 2013).
When dad finds out that Melissa has befriended a child from very much the wrong side of the railway tracks, his instructions are clear..
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