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(Allegory) You are always at a child’s birthday party, but there are monsters next door having their own party. (777 words; Time: 02m)
"Once More Unto the Breach (But Don’t Worry, the Inflatable Swords Are Latex-Free)," by Tina Connolly [bio] (edited by Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas), appeared in Uncanny Magazine issue 35, published on July 7, 2020.
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Review: 2020.386 (A Word for Authors)
Pro: the zombie dad chugging the root beer was a unique image.
Con: There’s some kind of vague environmental message here, I think, but I can’t make heads or tails of it. Is it making fun of environmentalists (because the preservative-free wood in the fence falls apart) or what?
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Pro: the zombie dad chugging the root beer was a unique image.
Con: There’s some kind of vague environmental message here, I think, but I can’t make heads or tails of it. Is it making fun of environmentalists (because the preservative-free wood in the fence falls apart) or what?
Other Reviews: Search Web
Tina Connolly Info: Interviews, Websites, ISFDB, FreeSFOnline
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I didn't think there was an environmental message here. It was just about the unending worries of parenthood.
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