Albert E. Cowdrey. The Farmboy. (Fantasy and Science Fiction, Nov/Dec 2016)
A rare thing from Cowdrey – an SF story, albeit it’s a story that could have been set in any time period, anywhere on Earth.
Read moreA rare thing from Cowdrey – an SF story, albeit it’s a story that could have been set in any time period, anywhere on Earth.
Read moreLengthy fantasy novella from Cowdrey, a dark, warts and all exploration of how a young boy of low birth became Sir Richard de Coudray..
Read moreAnother classy story from the pen (or presumably the keyboard) of Albert E. Cowdrey, whose stories engage you quickly and keep you engaged throughout, which is not as simple as it sounds!
Read moreStrange goings on in the Caribbean, with photographs which seem to capture the soul of the subject
Read moreA very black, cynical look at humanity
Read moreFurther adventures of Professor Threefoot, whose ‘lengthy ruminations’ in the previous story did not engage me.
Read moreAnother classy tale of ne’er-do-wells in the deep south, and some powerful magic.
Read moreA monstrance of monstrous provenance proves too hot to handle for a southern neo-Nazi, who gets more than his fingers burned.
Read moreA much darker story than you generally get with Cowdrey in F&SF. As times brutal, it’s a near-future story of politics, opposition to the ruling regime, and the decisions people have to make when it’s time to stand up and be counted.
Read moreIn which F&SF regulars Morrie and Jimmy carry out some spooky sleuthing in Texas.
Read moreIn which Jimmie and Morrie of Paranormal Services investigated, whilst in the midst of a lovers’ tiff, a poltergeist in a bedroom.
Read moreThe goddess Kali has a pivotal role to play in the lives of a group of people on a cotton plantation in the run up to the civil war. Frankly my dear, I did give a damn.
Read moreGhost story in which young Willy Pfeiffer inherits enough money to dedicate himself to ghost-hunting.
Read moreMore ne’er-do-wells from the deep south pop out from Cowdrey’s active/fetid imagination, the love of money once more being the root of all evil.
Read moreA darkly humourous espionage thriller, with an FBI agent helping a mind-reading Russian to hide from forces who wish him dead.
Read moreRelatively routine horror from a master of the genre, set in the woods against a backdrop of climate change and rebuffed love.
Read moreA dose of classic Cowdrey horror, albeit transplanted from the deep south to Europe.
Read moreAnother macabre tale from New Orleans from the seemingly Duracell Extra-powered Cowdrey
Read moreCowdrey eschews his usual deep south setting, reaching into Russian and Jewish folklore, to delve into the dark secrets of an unfrocked Russian holy man..
Read moreChilling domestic horror.
Read moreThe ghost of the public hangman finds that past misdemeanours come back to haunt him…
Read moreFive Star Protective Services are called in to protect a famous local writer when his ex-lover become an ex-person, in a story that has Cowdrey’s trademark wry humour and detailed observations.
Read moreSomething for everyone … pervs included. Duncan, Reaves and Bowes my favourites, giving the first half of the chunky, value for money, volume more grist to my reviewing mill.
Read moreWatery southern horrors in Cowdrey’s inimitable style.
Read moreElizabeth Hand. The Far Shore. A middle-aged man, ballet dancer initially, ballet teacher after an injury, loses his job but
Read moreSean McMullen. The Art of the Dragon. Dryly satirical tale in which a gigantic dragon appears and destroys the Eiffel
Read moreReed, Wightman and O’Driscoll are the cream of the crop, with Kessel’s new story, Bisson and Cowdrey not quite up to their (well-established) best.
Read moreCharles Coleman Finlay. The Minutemen’s Witch. Adventure set against the American Revolution, with added witchcraft. Part of a series that
Read moreWayne Wightman. A Foreign Country. Quentin A. Denmore is standing for President of the USA, an independent candidate, with a
Read moreAlbert E. Cowdrey. Inside Story. Retired Detective Sergeant Alphonse Fournet finds the lure of work, post-Katrina, too much to resist,
Read moreMatthew Hughes. Fullbrim’s Findings. Good news for fans of Hengis Hapthorne, of whom there are many as he is evidently
Read moreRobert Reed. Reunion. F&SF regular Reed hit top form with the previous issue’s ‘Five Thrillers’, but in contrast this is
Read moreAlexander Jablokov. The Boarder. Another in the ‘historical space race’ faction milieu, as a Russian boarder in the family home
Read moreRobert Silverberg. Against the Current. A car salesman leaves work early after a sudden but short-lived migraine. As he makes
Read moreDangnabbit, GvG has put the Ted Chiang story last of all. Can I resist a peek whilst I make my
Read moreEsther M. Friesner. At These Prices. Lightweight, very lightweight humour, involving a particularly unappealing hotel guest who takes much more
Read moreAlbert E. Cowdrey. Revelation. The bucolic pair, Dr. Dorshin, psychiatrist, and Professor (Dr.) Drea(d) both have the pleasure of knowing,
Read moreChris Willrich. Penultima Thule. Gaunt and Bone return for more cod-fantasy fun, the story being partly in tribute to the
Read moreAlbert E. Cowdrey. Animal Magnetism. Another of F&SF regular Cowdrey’s well observed, well drawn humorous tales. When Henry Greene’s partner
Read moreMatthew Hughes. A Herd of Opportunity. Another tale of Guth Bandar, this one evidently from his early days, which will
Read moreAlex Irvine. Shambhala. The story was inspired by the illustration by Mark Evans which graces the cover, and is, like
Read moreDavid Gerrold. A Quantum Bit Exists in Two States Simultaneously : On This issue is book-ended by two shorts from
Read moreAn issue which gets stronger the further you get in (unless you’re a fan of the Kedrigern stories). For me Utley and McCalliser where the pick of the bunch, with Cowdrey, Reed and Shultz entertaining.
Read moreAlbert E. Cowdrey. The Amulet. In which a young journalist (in New Orleans, natch) meets a lady with an amulet
Read moreHaving just read the Oct/Nov double issue of F&SF I ploughed straight in to this issue, and found halfway through
Read moreRobert Reed. The Condor’s Green-Eyed Child. Reed returns to the strange milieu of ‘Raven'(F&SF Dec 2001) and ‘Buffalo Wolf'(F&SF March
Read moreJames Stoddard. The Battle of York. Some 3000 years after the passing of America, the history of the early days
Read moreJames L. Cambia. Ocean of the Blind. A very Analog type of story. A team of scientists is studying alien
Read morePaolo Bacigalupi. The People of Sand and Slag. Bacigalupi’s ‘The Fluted Girl’ (F&SF June 2003) was one of my favourite
Read moreFor me the issue gets progressively stronger, with the earlier stories not quite doing it for me to any great extent.
Read moreI read this some weeks ago, but managed to mislay the copy before writing the review. The magazine finally resurfaced
Read moreBuy a copy from Amazon. M. Shayne Bell. Anomalous Structures of My Dreams. When the protagonist finds himself in a
Read moreRobert Reed. The Majesty of Angels. Occasionally, very occasionally, you come across an SF short story that stands out ‘head
Read moreAlbert E. Cowdrey. The Posthumous Man. Cowdrey takes us once again to New Orleans. Wentworth is an antiques dealer, specialising
Read moreRobert Reed. Coelacanths. In the Dec 2001 issue of F&SF, Reed’s ‘Raven Dream’ brought us a strange story told as
Read moreThe year’s bumper double-issue, with a nice cover (certainly leagues ahead of the dire cover of Analog’s November issue! Although
Read moreCounting the Shapes. Yoon Ha Lee. Fantasy with a mathematical bent – in fact, fantasy with magic with a mathematical
Read moreHave Not Have. Geoff Ryman. Classy stuff. The societal impact of technology is something that Ryman has written on before
Read moreFrom A to Z, in the Sarsaparilla Alphabet. Harlan Ellison. A feature novella, acquired some 10 years ago. Novella is
Read moreSunrise Blues. S.N. Dyer A not unknown storyline – linking rock’n’roll with vampires – is handled extremely well through a
Read moreStories by : Albert E Cowdrey, Benjamin Rosenbaum, Brendan Dubois, Caitlin R. Kiernan, Christopher Rowe, Colin P. Davies, Daniel Abraham, David Moles, Eleanor Arnason, James Patrick Kelly, James. L. Cambias, Kage Baker, M. John Harrison, Mary Rosenblum, Michael F. Flynn, Nancy Kress, Paolo Bacigalupi, Pat Murphy, Paul Di Filippo, Paul Melko, Peter F. Hamilton, Robert Reed, Stephen Baxter, Terry Bisson, Vandana Singh, Vernor Vinge, Walter Jon Williams, William Sanders.
Read moreStories by : Alastair Reynolds, Albert E Cowdrey, Brian Stableford, Charles Stross, Eliot Fintushel., Greg Egan, Ian McDonald, John Kessel, Lucius Shepard, M. Shayne Bell, Michael Swanwick, Nancy Kress, Paul J. McAuley, Peter F. Hamilton, Rick Cook and Ernest Hogan, Robert Charles Wilson, Severna Park, Stephen Baxter, Steven Utley, Susan Palwick, Tananarive Due, Ursula K. Le Guin.
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