Sarah Pinsker. Sooner or Later Everything Falls Into the Sea. (Lighstpeed Magazine #69, February 2016)
Post-collapse, two women have to come to terms with the new realities…
Reviewing short SF since 2000
Post-collapse, two women have to come to terms with the new realities…
A tale of unrequited love, with protestations of love falling on deaf ears
A near-future rock and roll road story, with a band ekeing out a living playing live, in the face of immersive 3D holo performances by the Big Name Bands keeping the potential audience members home for the most part.
There’s plenty to be mined in SF in terms of technology have/have not’s, but this is barely breaking the surface.
An excellent story that packs a lot into four pages.
An unsettling story full of yearning for what you can’t have.
A good story from an author new to me, but I’d have recommended a different title – for a couple of reasons!