Hub Magazine, Issues #59-62
Hub #59 features Guy Haley’s “Man of Stone,” where a hardened veteran abandons a doomed battle. More than a soldier, he’s also the commander of his forces, so his flight in scene two is a pleasant surprise—that he doesn’t regard his act as cowardice makes him an even more provocative character.
Unfortunately, the story takes […]
Hub Magazine, Issues #56-58
Hub #56 leads with Stephen R. Smith’s “Runner,” a fast-paced tale of a fellow who kills a randy cyborg and flees to avoid its owner’s wrath. Hub’s “About the Author” section notes that Smith grew up reading Heinlein, Asimov, and Bradbury, among others. Smith’s nurturing influences show in the story’s Golden Age sensibilities and tight […]
Continue ReadingHub Magazine, Issues #51-55
The last five issues of Hub have included a few great reviews, several memorable short stories, and even a poem—one you won’t want to miss, even if the word “poem” makes you cringe.
D.K. Thompson’s “God-Shaped Box” in Hub #51 kicks off with one hell of a first-paragraph hook:
“I didn’t kill God; we should clear that […]
Hub Magazine, Issues 47-50
Hub issues 47-50 includes the conclusion of Neil Gardner’s series on Robert Rankin’s The Brightonomicon, an essay on the writer’s strike, reviews of Planet Terror, Jericho—Season 1, The Grin of The Dark, Doctor Who s4—Episode 1: “Partners in Crime,” Needful Things, A Clockwork Orange, Doctor Who s4—Episode 2: “The Fires of Pompei,” editorials, and more.
What […]
Hub Magazine, Issues 43-46
In Issue 43 of Hub, Ian Whates’s “Coffee Break” introduces us to the unflappable Bud, a coffee shop customer who won’t be kept from his beverage. Even an alien invasion force can’t stop Bud from enjoying a cup of coffee on his day off. There’s more to Bud than your average joe-drinking Joe, but not […]
Continue ReadingHub #39-42
Hub is a “free weekly science fiction, fantasy and horror magazine delivered direct to your inbox every week.” Each issue features at least one work of fiction along with reviews or other features. Subscribers can receive Hub as a pdf file or as a download for the Mobi Pocket Reader.
In Issue 39, the last issue […]
shortshortshort.com, Nov/Dec 2007
Pushcart and Nebula Award-winning author Bruce Holland Rogers gives subscribers a good deal: for ten dollars a year, they receive (by email) three stories a month. As Rogers says, “Thirty-six stories for ten dollars. That’s about twenty-eight cents a story.” They’re short stories, rarely longer than 2000 words, but in today’s nanosecond attention span […]
Continue ReadingShortshortshort.com, Sept/Oct 2007
Bruce Holland Rogers, the creative force behind shortshortshort.com, served up a mixed sextet of ultrashort stories for September and October, 2007. Here you’ll find some of Rogers’s best work, as well as some less-than-stellar tales.
“Stoppage” is not one of Rogers’s clearer stories. A cat sitting on sheet music provides the inspiration for a metaphysical digression […]
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