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(Science Fantasy) Castaa and the other
initiates of the Water Caste travel with their master to try and fix a
problem with the machines that stir the lake.
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(High Fantasy) Based on a new prophecy
she found, Heoli leads her people out of the desert to a ruined city rich
with water. Some fear that it’s too good to be true, though.
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After the Titans by Rachael Cupp1
Time: 20m (ShortStory) Issue: Interzone 273
(Greek Mythology Fantasy) Little Flute
loves her brother, Beetle, and she loves Vine the mad shepherd. A new god is
rising, causing changes that threaten all three of them.
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(Future Fantasy) People like Hope,
born in some of the most plastic-contaminated areas of the world, have an
ability to extract toxic plastics from people, which helps the cleanup
effort, but at the expense of their own health.
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(Dystopia) If the government picks the
perfect spouse for each individual, why does everyone seem to want to kill
his/her partner?
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(Dystopia) The ability for women to
mix and match genes from multiple men leads to social unrest.
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(SF Noir) A man gets a contract to
deal with a “hackjob” posing as an exotic dancer.
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(Mainstream) A young man has a
life-long obsession with cryptography.
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Evangeline and the Forbidden Lighthouse by Emily B. Cataneo Time: 19m (ShortStory)
Issue: Interzone 270
(Magical Realism) On the coast of
Maine, Cady and her friend, Evangeline, find bottles that wash up with
messages about the future.
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(Apocalypse) A virus causes women to
give birth to rabbits. Kendra flees Ohio with her girlfriend Steph when they
learn Steph is infected.
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(Military SF) The narrator flies for
the Martian government, but a routine operation turns into a fight with the
Belt Republic and his own equipment.
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(Dystopia) In a future isolationist
Britain, most people have meaningless jobs that automation could do better,
if the government allowed it. The narrator thinks things could be better and
looks for ways to dissent.
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(Dystopia) Jack and Col are petty
thieves in a near-future Melbourne, Australia, when their lives are changed
by an upper-class Chinese woman who begs them for help. Even though all they
do is steal her shoes.
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(Near-Future SF/Horror) Everett
struggles to teach science to unenthusiastic high school students, but his
biggest problem is the genetically engineered kids, who are increasingly
rowdy.
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If Your Powers Fail You in a City Under Tin
by Michael Reid1 Time: 22m (ShortStory) Issue: Interzone 271
(Superheroes) Jun fears his own
superpower more than anything, but he may have to use it when his lover goes
missing on a mission in a warzone.
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(Emergent AI) A system unexpectedly
becomes intelligent and studies the world, trying to decide what to do.
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(Alternate History) In 1988 England,
13-year-old Pete obsesses over the threat of nuclear attack, while his
5-year-old sister obsesses over Laika, the space dog.
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(Near-Future SF) Through the eyes of a
drone, a “Tourist” explores a Sri Lanka town from the comfort of his own
home, but ends up taking an unexpected detour.
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(Slipstream) In the village of
Rushford, New York, women have started giving birth to appliances instead of
babies.
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(Paranormal) Julian is a clairvoyant
who works for a secret society investigating places where time has stopped.
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(Post-Apocalypse) Syl thinks people
ought to at least try to put civilization back together—not just sit around
moping about how great the alien drugs that destroyed it were. And she
worries about her friend who wants to break into the aliens’s compound a
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(Near-Future SF) Trips from flooded
Miami to the trading post are always hazardous, especially for an old man,
but Tom needs supplies for his family.
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(Post-Apocalypse) Alone in the ruins,
Boy finds an “Amerigun,” and he’s sure she’s up to no good. His failing robot
tutor gives his strange instructions, and for the first time, he’s not sure
what to believe.
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(Dystopia) Since the mist came down,
people are sorted into castes based on metal plates screwed into their
temples which determine how much thinking they’re allowed to do. A girl from
the top wants to break the system, and a man from the bottom may give
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(Historical SF) In 1899 London,
Inspector Grant investigates a lady who claims her big electrical apparatus
is for a camera, even though it looks like a bomb or a death ray.
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(Modern Fantasy Horror) In the Glasgow
slums, the gangs meet a mysterious woman who inspires them to even more
violence than usual. Eighteen-year-old Baz watches it happen and struggles to
understand it.
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(Generation Ship) Passengers on the
long journey try to preserve the personalities of those who die along the
way.
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(Near-Future SF) After an accident, a
man gets a new body, but he has trouble believing he’s really the same
person.
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(Dystopia) The City Assembly and the
Love Life corporation rule Reen and Aliss's world absolutely, and there is no
freedom not to listen.
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(Robot SF) Khamla lives a meagre
existence, and she's not happy that the first humanoid robot to get equal
rights lives in luxury.
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(Science Fantasy) Sarnai’s family have
always grown rockets, but her teenage daughter seems to have an unhealthy
fascination with them.
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(SF) The Erkess gave humanity lots of
benefits, but one of their gifts makes human children go mad. Esmonde goes to
the Erkess homeworld to beg them for a cure.
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(Fantasy) The spiders work for the ant
queen, spinning beautiful gowns for her, but they still remember tales of
when they were free.
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(Exploration SF) A cave-in on Titan
leaves Darlo trapped, but he’s not going to die without a fight. It’s probably
a bad sign that he’s having visions of his dead wife, though.
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Wednesday, January 3, 2018
2017 Interzone Magazine
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