Clarkesworld Magazine, #22, July 2008
The first story in issue #22 of Clarkesworld Magazine, “When the Gentlemen Go By” by Margaret Ronald, is rooted in the classic tradition of dark fairy tales before the Disneyfication that occurred in the 20th century. It has all the time-tested elements: deep, personal, dark, and disturbing, while providing a small ray of hope […]
Continue ReadingClarkesworld Magazine, #21, June 2008
In the June 2008 issue of Clarkesworld Magazine, “Clockwork Chickadee” by Mary Robinette Kowal is a morality lesson coached in a tale involving talking toys. In many ways it’s about greed and arrogance versus cleverness and cunning where the protagonist (a clockwork chickadee) wins the day by exploiting the pride and greed of her opponent. […]
Continue ReadingRealms of Fantasy, August 2008
In the August, 2008, issue of Realms of Fantasy, Carrie Vaughn weaves a moving tale about hope and wounded veterans in “A Letter to Nancy.” Set in a Belgian hospital during WWII, Private Sergeant Andrews has a scarred face and is missing one eye. Molly, his nurse, offers to write a letter to his loved […]
Continue ReadingClarkesworld Magazine, #20, May 2008
“A Buyer’s Guide to Maps of Antartica” by Catherynne M. Valente was a very difficult read. I had a hard time figuring out what the story was even about until after I was halfway through, and the temptation to skip whole paragraphs accumulated as I read. If anything, read this to see why it’s so […]
Continue ReadingClarkesworld #19, April 2008
Clarkesworld Magazine is a good magazine to read, despite it having only two fiction stories in each issue. If there ever comes a day when I read a fiction magazine and discover that each issue comprises only one fiction story, then something tells me I won’t be surprised.
In the April, 2008, issue, Jeffrey Ford picks […]
Realms of Fantasy, June 2008
Tanith Lee doesn’t disappoint with “The Snake: A Story of the Flat Earth” in the June, 2008, issue of Realms of Fantasy. A fairy-tale type story rife with intrigue, it is a complete page-turner all the way to the surprise ending. The death of her beloved prince causes Princess Zerezel to become catatonic, and […]
Continue ReadingSubterranean #7
Ellen Datlow guest edited issue #7 of Subterranean, so I was eager to check it out. Ms. Datlow is capable of cobbling together a magazine full of stories that can appeal to a variety of readers, as this issue proves. But, in the opinion of this reviewer, the stories varied widely in quality and […]
Continue ReadingWithersin #1.1
The debut first issue of Withersin shows much potential. Although the cover art is more grotesque than scary, and they could make the table of contents a bit more user friendly by including one that doesn’t read like a run-on sentence (page number references would’ve been nice, too). I had to search through the magazine […]
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