Old Venus, 2015; ~11,600 words
Rating: 3, Good, ordinary, story
Recommended By: SFRevu:5
Tomio returns to Venus to confront his ex-lover fifteen years after she left him following a diving accident that cost him his legs.
Pro: This story tells how Tomio put his past behind him, and how he found a new purpose. Avariel's death has finally freed him.
Con: Tomio is so passive he makes an unsatisfying protagonist. Avariel is so self-centered it's hard to understand what he sees in her, even though we hear about her only through his eyes. The story holds few real surprises; from the very start, we're sure Avariel will die in this descent.
