Reviews
Journal of Mythic Arts, Summer 2007
The Endicott Studio Journal of Mythic Arts is an online magazine which features a wide variety of offerings on folklore themes; fiction, articles, poetry, and art can all be found on the website. The fiction offerings are numerous, many of them from big names.
The theme for the Summer 2007 issue is Young Adult Mythic, […]
Strange Horizons, September 2007
In September, Strange Horizons offered four quite different stories.
I expect that some people will find the first, “All Kinds of Reasons” by Katherine Maclaine, a difficult read. Set in a near future where it is possible to predict the genetic deformities an embryo will possess, it focuses on two hopeful parents, Tony and Rhia. The […]
Black Gate, # 11, Summer 2007
Eleven issues in, Black Gate seems to be finding a distinctive voice. Of course, the downside of a distinctive voice is becoming predictable, but so far, there’s been no sign of that. The table of contents contains nine stories, four from authors new to the magazine and three continuing stories. Of these, […]
Continue ReadingClarkesworld Magazine, #13, Oct. 2007
Clarkesworld Magazine is an online ‘zine that’s been running for thirteen issues as I write this, although I must admit I haven’t previously read it. Coming across it for the first time, I had no preconceptions, and I found some intelligent and literate fiction which I admired, but also found myself wanting more.
In “A Dance […]
Realms of Fantasy, December 2007
Some reviewers seem to be blessed with total recall. They can remember in great detail every story and every author they’ve ever read and make scholarly comparisons to boot. I, on the other hand, seem to have lost ground in the memory department these past few decades, especially since my preschool grandchildren moved […]
Continue ReadingBandersnatch, edited by Paul Tremblay and Sean Wallace
Given the editors of the anthology Bandersnatch—Sean Wallace and Paul Tremblay, who until recently co-edited Fantasy Magazine—it would make sense to expect similar stories to those in the magazine. That would be a mistake here—their selected stories give a different feel to this anthology, and while the broad result is less to my taste, […]
Continue ReadingStrawberry Man by Eric Shapiro
In Eric Shapiro’s novella, Strawberry Man, Ben Klein is trapped in the Peaks Restaurant atop one of the world’s tallest buildings. Klein, called “The Strawberry Man” by others engaged in corporate agriculture, wakes after a storm of all storms to find water lapping at the windows of the restaurant. He also discovers he is trapped […]
Continue ReadingElectric Velocipede #12
Electric Velocipede (No. 12, Spring 2007) is a very well put together little magazine. It is straightforwardly but comfortably designed, there’s nothing in the way of internal art, but the presentation and sensible typography mean that the plain pages of text are easily navigated and contribute to a pleasurable physical experience. The quality of the […]
Continue ReadingIn the Yaddith Time by Ann K. Schwader
Speculative poet Ann K. Schwader’s collection, In the Yaddith Time, is an ambitious thirty–six sonnet sequence inspired by H. P. Lovecraft’s famous sonnet cycle, Fungi from Yuggoth (coll. 1941). Schwader, an exceptionally talented poet, is able to tell her story in naturally rhythmic conversational verse that builds in intensity, pulling the reader across […]
Continue ReadingAudiobook Fix: Dreamsongs Vol. 1 by George R.R. Martin
Audiobook Selections from Dreamsongs: Volume 1: Fan Fiction and Sci-Fi from Martin’s Early Years by George R.R. Martin, read by Claudia Black, Mark Bramhall, Scott Brick, Roy Dotrice, Kim Mai Guest, Kirby Heyborne, and Adrian Paul, is the first of three George R.R. Martin short story collections, each of which contain unabridged selections from books […]
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