Jack Skillingstead. The Despoilers. (Clarkesworld Magazine #120 September 2016)
A neat little story focussing on a father-daughter relationship that is being tested…
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Jack Skillingstead
Jack Skillingstead. Arlington. (Asimovs August 2013)
Great story from Skillingstead. Revealing the story through a very sick man reflecting on an incident much earlier in his life,
Read moreJack Skillingstead. Free Dog. (Asimovs, Oct/Nov 2011)
A dog is a man’s best friend, but in this short story a virtual poodle becomes the focus of divorce-settlement unpleasantness, as the dog goes viral.
Read moreJack Skillingstead. Steel Lake. (Solaris Rising).
A father with his own substance abuse history finds his son’s experimentation with drugs has put him at grave risk.
Read moreJack Skillingstead. The Flow and Dream. (Asimovs, April/May 2011)
A short but strong, tense psychological piece.
Read moreThe Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, April/May 2009
The first of the now double-size but bi-monthly F&SF. The disappointment of now to be hearing a copy of F&SF
Read moreAsimovs, April/May 2009
An excellent issue, as you might expect with authors of the standing of Stableford, Reed, Wilhelm, Swanwick, Kress and Rusch. Those without that standing (yet) similarly provide top quality. Well, you only have a 400th issue once.
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