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Individual Stories Reviews 

Tim Sullivan. Yeshua’s Dog. (Fantasy and Science Fiction, November/December 2014)

February 1, 2015 Mark Watson 0 Comments Tim Sullivan

In the gospel according to Sullivan, Yeshua was a humble storyteller, not so much a prophet as in it for the profit.

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Individual Stories Reviews 

Tim Sullivan. Anomaly Station. (Asimovs December 2014)

January 18, 2015 Mark Watson 0 Comments Tim Sullivan

A story which appears to end with several pages to go, athen the reader gradually realises that in fact the real story has even further to go…

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Tim Sullivan. The Memory Cage. (Fantasy and Science Fiction, May/June 2014)

October 11, 2014October 16, 2014 Mark Watson 0 Comments Tim Sullivan

Deep in space some scientific mumbo-jumbo involving ‘uber-symmetry’, ‘complementary particles’, and ‘superpositioning’ allows a man to confront his dead father.

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Tim Sullivan. Through Mud One Picks a Way. (Fantasy & Science Fiction Nov/Dec 2013)

January 11, 2014 Mark Watson 0 Comments Tim Sullivan

Lacking a bit of subtlety and texture – more like an Analog than an F&SF story, more Aerosmith than Patti Smith.

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Individual Stories Reviews 

Tim Sullivan. The Nambu Egg. (Fantasy & Science Fiction, July/Aug 2013)

November 24, 2013November 24, 2013 Mark Watson 0 Comments Tim Sullivan

An SF story that failed to engage, on two counts your honour : firstly, it’s mostly dialogue, secondly the protagonist keeps way too much close to his chest.

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Tim Sullivan. Repairman. (Fantasy & Science Fiction, March/April 2012)

March 18, 2012 Mark Watson 0 Comments Tim Sullivan

A grieving woman is visited by the close friend of her recently departed lover.

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Tim Sullivan. Under Glass. (Fantasy & Science Fiction, Nov/Dec 2011)

December 19, 2011December 19, 2011 Mark Watson 0 Comments Tim Sullivan

Gentle and charming short, which starts off with the death from cancer of one of the main characters, but which nevertheless manages to be uplifting.

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F&SF Magazines Reviews 

The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, March/April 2010.

May 7, 2010September 3, 2011 Mark Watson 0 Comments Albert E Cowdrey, Alexandra Duncan, Benjamin Rosenbaum, Bruce McAllister, Dennis Danvers, Michael Reaves, Ramsey Shehadeh, Rand B. Lee, Richard Bowes, Tim Sullivan

Something for everyone … pervs included. Duncan, Reaves and Bowes my favourites, giving the first half of the chunky, value for money, volume more grist to my reviewing mill.

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F&SF 

The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, December 2009

February 15, 2010November 24, 2012 Mark Watson 0 Comments Alex Irvine, Alexandra Duncan, Brendan Dubois, Harvey Jacobs, kit reed, matthew hughes, Richard Bowes, Sarah Thomas, Terry Bisson, Tim Sullivan

The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction finishes 2009 with an issue of their now standard bi-monthly size, but dated

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F&SF 

The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, October/November 2008

February 15, 2010November 24, 2012 Mark Watson 0 Comments Albert E Cowdrey, Carol Emshwiller, Geoff Ryman, Laurel Winter, M Rickert, Michael Swanwick, Robert Reed, Scott Bradfield, Stephen King, Steven Utley, Terry Bisson, Tim Sullivan

Albert E. Cowdrey. Inside Story. Retired Detective Sergeant Alphonse Fournet finds the lure of work, post-Katrina, too much to resist,

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F&SF 

The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, April 2008

February 15, 2010 Mark Watson 0 Comments James Stoddard, Kate Wilhelm, Kevin N. Haw, Robert Reed, Steven Utley, Tim Sullivan

James Stoddard. The First Editions. Fantasy, in which a bibliophile falls afoul of a fellow collector, a mage who turns

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Asimovs 

Asimovs, December 2008

February 14, 2010 Mark Watson 0 Comments David Ira Cleary, Geoffrey A. Landis, Kathryn Lance and Jack McDevitt, Melanie Tem and Steve Rasnic Tem, Steven Utley, Tim Sullivan

Tim Sullivan. Way Down East. A very well crafted story which used the very alien to look at human alienation,

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Asimovs 

Asimovs, August 2003

February 14, 2010December 25, 2010 Mark Watson 0 Comments Alexander Glass, Allen M. Steele, Stephen Baxter, Steven Utley, Tim Sullivan, Tom Purdom

Maybe its me favouring fellow Brits, but Baxter and Glass are the pick of the bunch for me.

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Asimovs 

Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine, July 2000

February 14, 2010December 27, 2012 Mark Watson 0 Comments Greg Egan, Kage Baker, Matthew Jarpe, Michaelene Pendleton, Paul J. McAuley, Tim Sullivan

Interstitial. Paul J. McAuley. The Great Winter has forced humanity from then now-frozen Earth. The moon colonies have degenerated into

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