Will McIntosh. A Thousand Nights Till Morning. (Asimovs August 2015)
A clever story with a protagonist who is far from the standard heroic type, and lots to like in it.
Will McIntosh. Dancing With a Stranger in the Land of Nod. (The End Has Come, 2015)
The third of McIntosh’s ‘Land of Nod’ series, in which he created a memorable plague that leaves most of the population rigid, immobile, save for the nodding of their heads.
Will McIntosh. Dancing with Batgirl in the Land of Nod. (The End is Now)
Another strong, nicely observed take on his ‘nodding virus’ setting.
Will McIntosh. Dancing with Death in the Land of Nod. (The End is Nigh)
A quite vivid and memorable setting to open (and close) the story – a drive-in movie theater, and heart-breaking but affirming ending.
Will McIntosh. Scout. (Asimovs April/May 2014)
From a forthcoming novel, ‘Defenders’, which is already optioned by Warner Brothers. It’s a small sequence with an interesting backdrop – people on Earth struggling against an alien invasion.
Will McIntosh. Possible Monsters. (Asimovs June 2012)
A very alien presence offer the chance for a returning hometown zero to get some perspective on what we has lost, hasn’t lost, and what he might get back again.
Will McIntosh. Incompatible. (Interzone #234, May-June 2011)
McIntosh comes up trumps with a vividly realised protagonist and a setting.
Will McIntosh. Frankenstein, Frankenstein. (Asimovs, Oct/Nov 2010)
The second best story featuring a Tesla-powered Frankenstein monster at Chicago’s World’s Fair that I have read in the past couple of months.
Rich Horton. The Year’s Best Science Fiction and Fantasy 2009.
A late arrival on my doorstep, and it’s taken much longer to finish the review than I had hoped. Note to self : faster dude, faster!
Interzone #221 March/April 2009
Will McIntosh. A Clown Escapes From Circus Town. When Beaners the Clown escapes the hell
Interzone #215 April 2008
Jamie Barras. The Endling. Far future setting, with three different perspectives : Asha, some form
Interzone #212 Sep-Oct 2007
A last minute technical problem resulted in this issue having a completely b&w interior which,
Interzone #206 September/October 2006
Jamie Barras. The Beekeeper. An excellent story, its impact all the greater for some atmospheric,
Interzone #200 September/October 2005
A milestone issue for Interzone, and it has reached #200 re-invigorated to an extent that
Interzone Number 196 January/February 2005
Jason Stoddard. Winning Mars. The Stoddard story is illustrated on the cover of this issue
Asimovs, January 2009
Mary Rosenblum. Lion Walk. Science thriller set in an African game reserve where the second
Asimovs, September 2008
William Barton. In the Age of the Quiet Sun. Good to see another story from
Asimovs, January 2008
Rudy Rucker and Marc Laidlaw. The Perfect Wave. Rucker has collaborated in Asimovs recently with
Rich Horton. Science Fiction The Best of the Year 2008 Edition.
As has been the case with others in his take on the year’s best SF there is less I agree with than is the case with the other year’s best volumes.