★★☆☆☆ Not Recommended
(Fantasy) A man tires of shooting rivers, tying them up, and hauling them back to an empire that seems to care little for any of its subjects. (5,327 words; Time: 17m)
"Undercurrents," by Charles Payseur [bio] (edited by Scott H. Andrews), appeared in Beneath Ceaseless Skies issue 274, published on March 21, 2019.
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Review: 2019.186 (A Word for Authors)
Pro: There’s something amusing about rivers fighting against buoy’s, waterwheels and irrigation and having to be dragged back to work.
Con: Ultimately I couldn’t suspend disbelief for this story. Rivers as oppressed individuals just doesn’t work for me. Beyond that, Rory is too weak to be a satisfying protagonist, and Konrad is a cardboard villain. Finally, there are way, way too many characters for a short story.
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Pro: There’s something amusing about rivers fighting against buoy’s, waterwheels and irrigation and having to be dragged back to work.
Con: Ultimately I couldn’t suspend disbelief for this story. Rivers as oppressed individuals just doesn’t work for me. Beyond that, Rory is too weak to be a satisfying protagonist, and Konrad is a cardboard villain. Finally, there are way, way too many characters for a short story.
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Charles Payseur Info: Interviews, Websites, ISFDB, FreeSFOnline
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