Antony Mann. The Face Tree. (Interzone #245, Mar-Apr 2013)
A singularly unattractive jaded middle-aged Oxford tour guide cum ELT teacher comes across a tree with a knot on its trunk uncannily like a face,..and no prizes for guessing the ending!
Reviewing short SF since 2000
A singularly unattractive jaded middle-aged Oxford tour guide cum ELT teacher comes across a tree with a knot on its trunk uncannily like a face,..and no prizes for guessing the ending!
A story that doesn’t quite fulfil its potential, through trying to address too many issues at the end
Only a couple of years ago things were looking rosy for the British SF magazine