Keepsakes, by Kenneth Schneyer

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(Near-Future SF) In 2070, you can take snapshots of your personality and talk to them later. Is it healthy talking to your Keepsake self decades later? And should a Keepsake be allowed to testify in court? (9,768 words; Time: 32m)

Rating: ★★★★☆ Clever and Thought-Provoking

Some Pebbles in the Palm, by Kenneth Schneyer

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(Essay) How to make an SF protagonist interesting. (2,876 words)

Rating: NR, Not Rated--not fiction

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The Plausibility of Dragons, by Kenneth Schneyer

Lightspeed Magazine, November 2015; 6,342 words
Rating: 3, Good, ordinary, story  Recommended By:  Locus

In which Malik, a Moor from Cordoba, and Fara, a lady knight, unite to hunt a powerful and uniquely deceitful dragon.

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Pro: Ironic that part of the dragon's illusion is to cause people not to believe in lady knights. It was a very interesting idea that the dragon killed through causing people to disbelieve themselves. Malik's trick of writing things down to hold off the illusion seems to be a metaphor for the power of the written word to banish superstitions.

The fact that no one tells stories about them anymore suggests that they might have lost their last fight.

Con: It's a simple, direct story. Nothing wrong with it, but nothing special about it either.