Carrie Vaughn. Origin Story. (Lightspeed Magazine #71, April 2016)
Short, but sweet, superhero yarn.
Reviewing short SF since 2000
Short, but sweet, superhero yarn.
Whilst a number of the stories in this series of three books have an installment in each volume, there are some solo stories, and this is one, although it has a feel for one story in a sequence.
A neat update on Rendezvous With Rama.
Nice story from Vaughn, revolving round a decision about her future that a career military type has to make whilst staying with her homesteader family.
I recommend you follow the link supplied and read the story if you haven’t already – it’s effective and affecting.
Pulp alternate history steampunk, in a Victorian world that has been influenced by previous alien visitation.
Harry Turtledove. News From the Front. Alternate History relating the role played by FD Roosevelt