Rick Wilber. Walking to Boston. (Asimovs October/November 2015)
A great bit of writing.
Rick Wilber. Scouting Report. (Asimovs September 2014)
A baseball scout has a hot prospect for the Major League, until, over several mojitos, a young woman points out a fatal flaw in the young man’s game.
Rick Wilber. At Palomar. (Asimovs July 2013)
More about baseball’s Moe Berg, in a reality(ies) quite different from ours – to the extent that Babe Ruth is a lithe pitcher. An enjoyable follow-up to a story last year, ending with a cliff-hanger leaving this reader looking forward to more.
Rick Wilber. Something Real. (Asimovs, April/May 2012)
Heisenberg, Fermi, Moe Berg, the Hindenburg and more in an alternate worlds WWII yarn.
Rick Wilber. Several Items of Interest. (Asimovs, Oct/Nov 2010)
A fourth story in the ‘S’hudonni’ sequence – the first dating back to 1988 – withthe narrative style and the flashbacks supporting the story to good effect.
Rick Wilber and Nick DiChario. Blind Spot. (F&SF Sept/Oct 2010).
Originally appearing in a baseball magazine, this is a strong mainstream story about an adult reflecting on his childhood and his long-estranged but recently deceased father’s role in it. The speculative element is minimal, but effective.
Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine, September 2000
Father to the Man. Robert Reed. The concluding chapter of a five-tale sequence, begun back
Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine, June 2000.
Feel the Zaz. James Patrick Kelly. Jim Kelly takes us to a near-future in which