(SF Horror) The narrator’s four-year-old asks uncomfortable questions about the holocaust that awaits the human race in just a few weeks. (2,472 words; Time: 08m)
Rating: ★★☆☆☆ Not Recommended
"What I Told My Little Girl About the Aliens Preparing to Grind Us Into Hamburgers," by Adam-Troy Castro [bio] (edited by John Joseph Adams), appeared in Lightspeed Magazine issue 89, published on October 1, 2017.
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Pro: The juxtaposition with the sweet little girl makes humanity’s fate all the more horrific.
There’s obviously a message here, but whether it’s about animal rights or climate change or drug addiction or even something entirely different, I’m not sure.
Con: Nothing happens here. He tells her what’s going to happen, puts her to bed, and that’s it.
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There’s obviously a message here, but whether it’s about animal rights or climate change or drug addiction or even something entirely different, I’m not sure.
Con: Nothing happens here. He tells her what’s going to happen, puts her to bed, and that’s it.
Other Reviews: Search Web, Browse Review Sites (Issue 89)
Adam-Troy Castro Info: Interviews, Websites, ISFDB, FreeSFOnline
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Does Adam Troy Castro know where Adams keeps the bodies buried or something? Seems like he's in practically every issue of Lightspeed
ReplyDeleteLightspeed is actually more likely than most other magazines to give an unknown author a chance, though.
DeleteIn the Author Spotlight, Castro said, "It’s just a story about having to explain the unexplainable to an innocent."
ReplyDeleteThe sweet father-daughter relationship almost balanced out the dark exaggerated humor.