Eden is a 20-something news reporter in a US dystopia. She and some college friends plan a long weekend at a festival in Austin, TX, but Eden has bigger ideas. (10,500 words; Time: 35m)
Rating: ★★☆☆☆, Not Recommended
Showing posts with label Stories for Chip. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Stories for Chip. Show all posts
Wednesday, November 25, 2015
Jamaica Ginger, by Nalo Hopkinson and Nisi Shawl
In a steampunk New Orleans, Plaquette works for miserly "Msieur" building watches and automata. The "George" she's working on could gain her freedom, if it doesn't ruin her first. (8,500 words; Time: 28m)
Rating: ★★★★☆, Recommended
Recommended By: SFRevu:4 SFEPTuesday, November 24, 2015
Capitalism In The 22nd Century Or A.I.r., by Geoff Ryman
★★★☆☆
Graça and Cristina want to leave Brazil and go settle on another planet, but it's expensive, physically challenging, and illegal. (5,600 words; Time: 18m)
Recommended By: 📙₁GDozois+2 📙₁JStrahan+2 📙₁NClarke+2 📙₁RHorton+2 (Q&A)
The Last Dying Man, by Geetanjali Dighe
Nisha and Chayaa bear witness to the end of the world, watching Mumbai collapse, and "indexing" everyone who falls. Without knowing why. (2,600 words; Time: 08m)
Rating: ★★★☆☆, Average
Clones, by Alex Smith
While Zyrn looks for habitable worlds in a distant future, Martin looks for love in the gay bars of 1980s Philadelphia. But what's the connection between them? (6,400 words; Time: 21m)
Rating: ★★☆☆☆, Not Recommended
Monday, November 23, 2015
Hamlet's Ghost Sighted In Frontenac, KS, by Vincent Czyz
Logan is 18, part Hopi, missing his father, hating his uncle, and stuck in a small Kansas town. (4,700 words; Time: 15m)
Rating: Not Rated, No Speculative Element
Characters in the Margins of a Lost Notebook, by Kathryn Cramer
The narrator describes her adventures with "Jack," a man who seems a whole lot like Samuel Delany. (3,500 words; Time: 11m)
Rating: Not Rated, No Speculative Element
Be Three, by Jewelle Gomez
Tryna is being held captive, immobilized, but she doesn't remember why. Perhaps she's being tortured, but she's not sure about that either. It might be something she agreed to. But she needs to figure it out. (4,300 words; Time: 14m)
Rating: ★★☆☆☆, Not Recommended
The First Gate Of Logic, by Benjamin Rosenbaum
Today, little Fift will attempt the first gate of logic. She's excited, but some of her fathers and mother are worried that she's not ready. (6,200 words; Time: 20m)
Rating: ★★☆☆☆, Not Recommended
Recommended By: GDozois:5Eleven Stations, by Fábio Fernandes
The narrator wants to commit suicide, but then he finds his body is levitating. That's worth exploring before the end, for sure. (1,900 words; Time: 06m)
Rating: ★★☆☆☆, Not Recommended
An Idyll In Erewhyna, by Hal Duncan
Two couples on Mars have challenges with their new furniture and accommodations. (4,300 words; Time: 14m)
Rating: ★★☆☆☆, Not Recommended
Heart Of Brass, by Alex Jennings
At need, Thea becomes the Brass Monkey, who roams the streets of Seattle fighting crime and super villains. But Thea is dissatisfied and wants to spend more time with her boyfriend. (9,800 words; Time: 32m)
Rating: ★★★☆☆, Average
Song For The Asking, by Carmelo Rafala
The narrator, a priest in a fantasy world, crosses the ocean to bring his church a boy he has trained and a woman he has captured. But something is strange about both of them, and the convoy has lots of problems. (7,400 words; Time: 24m)
Rating: ★★★☆☆, Average
Holding Hands With Monsters, by Haralambi Markov
A horror story, in which the narrator meets the monster under the bed, and things go from bad to worse. (3,600 words; Time: 12m)
Rating: ★★★☆☆, Average
For Sale: Fantasy Coffins (Ababuo Need Not Apply), by Chesya Burke
★★★☆☆ Average
(African Fantasy) In this fantasy story, eleven-year-old Ababuo lives in modern-day Ghana. She's a "safe-journey" child, which means she has a magical power but also bears a curse. (4,300 words; Time: 14m)
Recommended By: 👍STomaino+1 (Q&A)
When Two Swordsmen Meet, by Ellen Kushner
(Mannerpunk; Riverside) Three vignettes about what happens when two swordsmen meet. (2,100 words; Time: 07m)
Rating: ★★☆☆☆ Not Recommended
Recommended By: SFRevu:4Clarity, by Anil Menon
In a future Mumbai, India, a man mourns the loss of his brother, who left him only his 11-year-old child and a useless glass desk. (3,900 words; Time: 13m)
Rating: ★★☆☆☆, Not Recommended
Voice Prints, by devorah major
Held captive by aliens, a woman tries to reason with her new guard. (3,700 words; Time: 12m)
Rating: ★★★☆☆, Average
Billy Tumult, by Nick Harkaway
Billy Tumult is a psychic surgeon, who operates in virtual reality disguised as a wild-west cowboy. (4,300 words; Time: 14m)
Rating: ★★★☆☆, Average
Recommended By: SFRevu:4 GDozois:5
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