A lengthy novella that ultimately disappoints, the ending sweeping the sfnal elements under the carpet, rather than exploring them.
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Kate Wilhelm. Music Makers. (Fantasy & Science Fiction, May/June 2011)
A journalist in a dead-end job finds more from what would otherwise have been a routine obituary of an aged musician.
Kate Wilhelm. The Bird Cage. (Fantasy & Science Fiction, Jan/Feb 2011).
A science thriller, although perhaps as suspenseful as it might be.
Kate Wilhelm. Bloodletting. (The Mammoth Book of Apocalyptic SF)
Understated throughout, and classy.
Kate Wilhelm. Changing the World. (Asimovs Oct/Nov 2010).
Just how gullible are the conspiracy theorists?
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, January/February 2010.
Excellent issue, with Paul Park the standout, and others from Robert Reed, Charles Oberndorf, Dean Whitlock, John Langan, Robin Aurelian, Marc Laidlaw, Steven Popkes, Kate Wilhelm.
Kate Wilhelm. The Late Night Train. (F&SF Jan/Feb 2010).
Does the ghostly whistle of a late night train, with no railway nearby, offer an opportunity to escape?
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, October/November 2009
Elizabeth Hand. The Far Shore. A middle-aged man, ballet dancer initially, ballet teacher after an injury, loses his job but gets a timely invitation from friends to house-sit their remote property whilst they take a winter break. As the snow settles in (shades of The Shining, namechecked in the story) Philip, with recurrent nightmares of […]