Naomi Kritzer. Waiting Out the End of the World in Patty’s Place Cafe. (Clarkesworld Magazine #126, March 2017)
Whilst not SF, altogether a good story about grownups and grownup issues.
Reviewing short SF since 2000
Whilst not SF, altogether a good story about grownups and grownup issues.
A subtle and effective/affecting story, featuring three sisters, who come to an understanding about the origins of their emigre parents.
A story series I disengaged from a while back.
Google is Your Friend, and a friend in need is a friend indeed.
Further adventures of teen Beck Garrison on the independent seastead communities, facing up to the latest challenges, with her dad, as ever, on her case.
I’ve a soft spot for anything to do with the Berlin Wall, as it brings
Further adventures of teen Beck Garrison on the independent seastead communities, facing up to the latest challenges, with her dad, as ever, on her case.
A sequel to ‘Liberty’s Daughter’ from the May/June issue of F&SF, a story which left me profoundly meh
A slightly less effective story than Kritzer’s ‘Scrap Dragon’ in the Jan/Feb 2012 issue.
Charming piece of fantasy meta-fiction as a mother tells (or tries to tell) her daughter the story of a dragon and a young girl, the details changes following comment by the daughter.