Lone Star Stories #30
Lone Star Stories #30 begins with Nina Kiriki Hoffman’s “Dream Seed,” the only Christmas-themed story in this issue. Damara is the youngest of two siblings, and her elder brother, Scott, has a tendency to ruin everything that is important or precious to Damara. Not only does Scott invade Damara’s privacy when he reads her […]
Continue ReadingAbandoned Towers #1
The inaugural issue of Abandoned Towers begins with “The Countess d’Artegnon” by Bruce Durham. The countess is a prisoner of war who pleads with Captain Oliver Dundee to let her go out into the battlefield to look for her fallen husband’s body.
Durham points out Dundee’s curiosity with regard to the countess’s presence […]
Farrago’s Wainscot, Part 8: Animalia
Part 8: Animalia of Farrago’s Wainscot contains six stories, one novella, three poems, and an experimental wordform. Because I love to explore new things, I chose to read “Geographical Curiosities” by A. Ross Eckler first. Eckler’s experimental wordform is interesting and engaging. It also put me in the mood to read the rest of […]
Continue ReadingGUD #3
The theme of GUD #3 is Mechanical Flight. The cover, created by Zak Jarvis, shows parts of a model steam bat. What’s really cool is how on page 205 there are instructions on how to assemble the steam bat. It’s a neat piece of work and ties in with the aesthetic which […]
Continue ReadingNew Horizons #1
New Horizons is a new publication of the British Fantasy Society. For its maiden issue, a variety of interesting and thought-provoking stories have been solicited from authors established in the field.
First in this issue is Harvey Raines’s “Among the Mollies.” It opens with the line: “I was 16 when I made my […]
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