Siobhan and Finn are chronomancers, who can manipulate the passage of time. Former lovers, they hate each other now, and use their magic against each other. (2,993 words; Time: 09m)
Rating: ★★☆☆☆ Not Recommended
Recommended By: SFRevu:4 LTilton"A User's Guide to Increments of Time," by Kat Howard [bio] (edited by C.C. Finlay), appeared in Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction issue 03-04|15, published on February 1, 2015 by Spilogale Inc.
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Pro: Cute concept, her having less-structured control over time and him having very structured but less-powerful control. Nice slipstreaming where she checks his caller id. At a higher level, this seems to be an allegory for how time seems to stop when you're in love, and how when love fades, bitter ex-lovers waste each other's time--even if only through brooding over what went wrong.
Con: The ending involves Siobhan using powers we didn't know she had before. That's something of a cheat. Finn has been made so unsympathetic that we feel nothing for him when he's frozen.
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Con: The ending involves Siobhan using powers we didn't know she had before. That's something of a cheat. Finn has been made so unsympathetic that we feel nothing for him when he's frozen.
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Kat Howard Info: Interviews, Websites, ISFDB, FreeSFOnline
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