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Apex Digest #11
Apex Digest is quickly building a reputation as a strong publication in the small press arena. Issue 11 opens with “Blackboard Sky” by Gary A. Braunbeck, a tale that proves that it’s possible to do hard science fiction with strong characterization well. Several stories in one, almost a mini-novel in scope, “Blackboard Sky” follows […]
Continue ReadingNot One Of Us #38
Any small press publication that reaches thirty-eight issues is to be commended. A ‘zine that, like Not One of Us, edited by John Benson, can do so while publishing a bunch of strong fantasy stories that either play with or defy genre conventions, deserves a much wider audience.
Continue ReadingInterzone #213, December 2007
Chris Roberson’s “Metal Dragon Year” is an alternate history story in which China dominates not only Eurasia and Africa, but colonized the Americas. (Only the “Mexic Dominion” lies outside the control of the “Dragon Throne,” which leaves the two fighting a skirmish war.) It has also industrialized to the point of launching its […]
Continue ReadingDistillations: Imagery
For many people, poetry is a strange new land, as bizarre as any landscape imagined by Tolkien, Heinlein, or in extreme cases, Lovecraft. As the number of poetry reviewers at The Fix grows, I will be taking some time each month to discuss the mechanics of poetry. This guide will not make the landscape any […]
Continue ReadingElectric Velocipede #13
Electric Velocipede is an eccentric zine edited by John Klima with work ranging from literary fantasy to slipstream science fiction to the quirky and comical. A host of mostly unknown authors find a home in its pages in issue #13, but several pieces of fiction read as if crafted by pros thirty years past their […]
Continue ReadingPostscripts, #12, Autumn 2007
Parasitic ghosts possess a child. Zombies storm a library. Aliens receive murder lessons from a serial killer. A mute screams. This haunting and often surreal issue of Postscripts (a publication with which I was previously unfamiliar) makes me wish I could regularly subscribe. Peter Crowther and Nick Gevers have assembled an intriguing cast of writers […]
Continue ReadingAsimov’s, January 2008
The January 2008 issue of Asimov’s offers a variety of tales, ranging from straightforward SF to subtle fantasy.
In “Alastair Baffle’s Emporium of Wonders” by Mike Resnick, Silver and Gold are two old men who met each other as kids in the titular shop, which purports to sell magic tricks. They are now ninety-year-olds in […]
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 ReadingRealms 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 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 […]
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