(Mystery) Ambrose runs a bookstore on a remote Hawaiian island. He gets tangled up in the mystery of a visitor who chained himself underwater and drowned. (7,800 words; Time: 26m)
Rating: Not Rated Insufficient speculative content
"Wetherfell's Reef Runics," by Marc Laidlaw [bio] (edited by C.C. Finlay), appeared in Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction issue 01-02|17, published on January 3, 2017 by Spilogale Inc.
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Pro: Pretty good mystery story. Nice setting. Creepy resolution.
Con: There’s not a shred of speculative content up until Wetherfell’s corpse (or transformed body) comes to steal the book he had been reading. This is really a mainstream mystery with a spooky ending.
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Con: There’s not a shred of speculative content up until Wetherfell’s corpse (or transformed body) comes to steal the book he had been reading. This is really a mainstream mystery with a spooky ending.
Other Reviews: Search Web, Browse Review Sites (Issue 01-02|17)
Marc Laidlaw Info: Interviews, Websites, ISFDB
Hmm, that's enough to make it SFF for me. The nodes really worked.
ReplyDeleteYes, but not enough to make me review it. :-)
DeleteStill, I usually do review things that have at least a scrap of speculation, and I don't remember why I rejected this one. I'll give it another look when I have time.