★★★☆☆ Average
(Uncanny Horror) Since her cancer, Sydney has just been drifting through life, but when she lets a friend move in, things change in an unexpected way. (5,348 words; Time: 17m)
"Unpublished Gay Cancer Survivor Memoir," by Caspian Gray [bio] (edited by John Joseph Adams), appeared in Lightspeed Magazine issue 109, published on June 1, 2019.
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Review: 2019.339 (A Word for Authors)
Pro: For the most part, this is about Sydney getting her life together—or even about her returning to life. Given what she’s been through, that’s gratifying.
I particularly liked it that Edík’s gift is subtle enough to let us imagine that it’s just a placebo. As he himself tells her, “you don’t need me.”
Con: He sounds more like a treatment than a person. Sort of a combination of Zoloft and Adderall.
Sydney never comes across as very sympathetic. Yes, something bad happened to her, but she doesn’t seem to have been that great a person to start with, and she’s already plotting to take advantage of poor Edík.
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Pro: For the most part, this is about Sydney getting her life together—or even about her returning to life. Given what she’s been through, that’s gratifying.
I particularly liked it that Edík’s gift is subtle enough to let us imagine that it’s just a placebo. As he himself tells her, “you don’t need me.”
Con: He sounds more like a treatment than a person. Sort of a combination of Zoloft and Adderall.
Sydney never comes across as very sympathetic. Yes, something bad happened to her, but she doesn’t seem to have been that great a person to start with, and she’s already plotting to take advantage of poor Edík.
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Caspian Gray Info: Interviews, Websites, ISFDB, FreeSFOnline
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