All in all, an excellent story.
Archive | Individual Stories
The Individual Stories category has two types of content : 1 – the stories I read in magazines and anthologies and review straight away, rather than waiting to complete the magazine or anthology and reviewing it all in one go. I started doing this in 2010; 2 – stories published as standalone ‘chapbooks’, or published online, or otherwise as a singleton. There are a couple of dozen stories of this nature, reviewing during the 2000s, which are available here.
Gregor Hartmann. Trustworthy, Loyal, Helpful. (Fantasy and Science Fiction, July/August 2016)
Transcript of a statement from an employee of a tech company.
Jennifer Campbell-Hicks. Aphrodite’s Blood, Decanted. (Clarkesworld Magazine #120, September 2016)
A nice enough short story from a young writer, but not a standout.
Jack Skillingstead. The Despoilers. (Clarkesworld Magazine #120 September 2016)
A neat little story focussing on a father-daughter relationship that is being tested…
Nina Allen. The Art of Space Travel. (Tor.com, July 2016)
Another strong, human story from Allen.
Sean Monaghan. Wakers. (Asimovs August 2016)
A story with a good blend of sfnal and character-driven elements.
Joseph Tomaras. Caribou: Documentary Fragments. (Fantasy and Science Fiction, May/June 2016)
A mind-wipe technology is used to explore issues that can be equally well explored without resort to SF
Allora & Calzadilla and Ted Chiang. (Fantasy and Science Fiction, May/June 2016)
Chiang was never a prolific writer back in the day, but his stories (at least as far as I can see) are now as rare as hen’s teeth.