Bill and Ted meets O Brother Where Art Thou? meets The Dukes of Hazzard as in a near-future dustbowl America, two young chancers turn up and try to run a con, but have the local sherrif and his daughter to factor into the equation.
Tag Archives | Michael Swanwick
Michael Swanwick. Passage of Earth. (Clarkesworld #91 April 2014)
An excellent story from Swanwick, and I’m putting it into the Pot of Contention for the Best SF Short Story Award 2014.
Michael Swanwick. Of Finest Scarlet Was Her Gown. (Asimovs April/May 2014)
A smoothly told story from Unca Mike, gliding along nicely, describing an underworld not that far different from some of the seamier parts of some of the seamier cities of the world.
Michael Swanwick. The Dala Horse. (The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Six)
Deceptively clever little story from Swanwick, suggestive of traditionally fantasy, but full-on SF.
Michael Swanwick. For I Have Lain Me Down on the Stone.. (Asimovs, August 2011).
Clever story of alien oppression and response to it, cunningly done by setting the story in Ireland.
Michael Swanwick. An Empty House with Many Doors. (Asimovs, April/May 2011)
A short but exquisite love story, as a man deals (or not) with heartbreaking loss, to find that there are other universes where things are quite different.
Michael Swanwick. Libertarian Russia. (Asimovs December 2010).
A young man with a neat motorcycle that can run on grass and water, and a gun that will only work in his hand, leaves Moscow behind. With the wind in his hair, he has the freedom of the road.
Michael Swanwick. Steadfast Castle. (F&SF Sept/Oct 2010).
The relationship between a house owner and the house AI is the crux of a missing person investigation…