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Fred Chappell. Maze of Shadows. (Fantasy & Science Fiction, May/June 2012)

May 26, 2012May 26, 2012 Mark Watson 0 Comments Fred Chappell

More fantasy derring-doings from Falco the apprentice shadow master.

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Fred Chappell. Uncle Moon and Raintree Hills. (F&SF Sept/Oct 2010).

December 4, 2010December 4, 2010 Mark Watson 0 Comments Fred Chappell

Suburban Halloween shivers, as two young children have to face up to the death of their grandma, with an evil (or at least emotionally cold) step-mother and her strange brother to content with.

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Fred Chappell. Thief of Shadows. (F&SF May/June 2010)

September 14, 2010 Mark Watson 0 Comments Fred Chappell

By way, I believe, of a prequel to previous ‘Shadow’ stories by Chappell featuring light-fingered Falco.

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The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, October/November 2007

February 15, 2010August 19, 2013 Mark Watson 0 Comments Albert E Cowdrey, Daryl Gregory, Fred Chappell, James Stoddard, Judith Moffet, M. Ramsey Chapman, Michael Swanwick, Paul Park, Robert Silverberg

Robert Silverberg. Against the Current. A car salesman leaves work early after a sudden but short-lived migraine. As he makes

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The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, March 2007

February 15, 2010November 24, 2013 Mark Watson 0 Comments Fred Chappell, M Rickert, matthew hughes, Robert Reed, Ron Goulart

Not having bothered with the lengthy Hughes story, as is my wont, there wasn’t a huge amount to get to grips with, with Reed, Rickert and Goulart all providing stories of the ilk that they regularly provide for F&SF ie well written and OK for what they are, but none of them a humdinger.

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The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, October/November 2003

February 15, 2010December 14, 2012 Mark Watson 0 Comments Dale Bailey, Fred Chappell, Gene Wolfe, Jerry Oltion, Joe Haldeman, John Morressy, Judith Moffett, Robert Reed, Terry Bisson

Judith Moffett. The Bear’s Baby. Moffett has written a couple of novels featuring the Hefn, an alien race who are

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