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Showing posts with label Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. Show all posts
Thursday, July 16, 2020

The Shape of Gifts, by Natalia Theodoridou

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[ F&SF ] ★★★☆☆ (Modern Fantasy) An ancient oracle living in our world struggles with the compulsion to deliver prophecies that no one...

The Staircase, by Stephanie Feldman

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[ F&SF ] ★★★☆☆ Honorable Mention (Horror) Five teenage girls explore a mysterious staircase to nowhere on a hill. Rumor has it that s...

Crawfather, by Mel Kassel

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[ F&SF ] ★★★☆☆ (Horror) The annual family get together involves a dangerous hunt of a gigantic man-eating crawdad. (4,024 words;  Ti...

A Bridge from Sea to Sky, by Bennett North

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[ F&SF ] ★★☆☆☆ (Hard SF) When a collision almost severs the space elevator, Aoife and her coworkers struggle to try to save it—even t...

Madre Nuestra, Que Estás En Maracaibo, by Ana Hurtado

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[ F&SF ] ★★★☆☆ (Horror) Yesenia comes home to help care for her dying grandmother, an old woman who spent her life praying for the de...

Bible Stories for Adults No. 37: The Jawbone, by James Morrow

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[ F&SF ] ★★★☆☆ (Biblical Pastiche) In which the Angel of Death gives a salty account of the career of Sampson, Judge of Israel. (6,0...

Last Night at the Fair, by M. Rickert

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[ F&SF ] ★★★★☆ Deeply moving, reminiscent of Ray Bradbury. (Uncanny Fantasy) An old woman remembers the last night of her childhood, ...

Knock, Knock Said the Ship, by Rati Mehrotra

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[ F&SF ] ★★★★★ Solid Characters, Interesting Plot, Heartwarming. (SF Thriller) Deenu, a refugee from the destroyed Lunar colony carry...

The Monsters of Olympus Mons, by Brian Trent

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[ F&SF ] ★★★★☆ Plenty of Twists and Excitement (SF Thriller) In the midst of a Martian Civil war, a wounded old man finds three monst...

'Omunculus, by Madeleine Robins

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[ F&SF ] ★★★☆☆ (Steampunk Pastiche) A professor Henry Higgins attempts to train an automaton named Eliza to speak proper English and ...

All Hail the Pizza King and Bless His Reign Eternal, by David Erik Nelson

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[ F&SF ] ★★★★☆ Some Laughs and Excitement, Topped with a Little Horror (Horror) Melissa isn’t happy about her daft sister-in-law buyi...
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Spirit Level, by John Kessel

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[ F&SF ] ★★★☆☆ (Horror) In the middle of the night, the ghost of Michael’s ex-wife confronts him in his parents’ old house—which is w...
Sunday, May 17, 2020

Another F*cken Fairy Tale, by M. Rickert

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[ F&SF ] ★★★☆☆ Honorable Mention (Fairy Tale) At 98, Lucy is a bit forgetful, but she’s quite sure it’s a real fairy she found on the...

In the Eyes of Jack Saul, by Richard Bowes

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[ F&SF ] ★★★☆☆ (Dorian Gray Pastiche) In the world of Oscar Wilde’s novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray , a young male prostitute makes...

An Indian Love Call, by Joseph Bruchac

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[ F&SF ] ★★★☆☆ (Modern Fantasy Adventure; Billy and Arlin ) Long-suffering Billy finds that his talented but impractical friend Arli...

Warm Math, by Rich Larson

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[ F&SF ] ★★★☆☆ Honorable Mention (SF Thriller) An escape pod with two passengers needs just a bit more reaction mass to reach safety—...

Eyes of the Forest, by Ray Nayler

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[ F&SF ] ★★★★★ Plenty of excitement in a beautiful, deadly setting. (SF Adventure) To become a Wayfarer, Sedef needs to master the da...

Hornet and Butterfly, by Tom Cool and Bruce Sterling

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[ F&SF ] ★★☆☆☆ (Dystopia) When a storm destroys his raft city, former supersoldier Hornet struggles to escape with his life, but the ...

Who Carries the World, by Robert Reed

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[ F&SF ] ★★★☆☆ (Space Opera; Great Ship ) It’s not a big deal when Perry dies in the avalanche. It’s just a little death, but the per...

Birds Without Wings, by Rebecca Zahabi

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[ F&SF ] ★★★☆☆ Honorable Mention (Horror) A young couple hitchhiking across Spain has to worry about “shifters,” a threat much worse ...