The Bolt Tightener by Sarena Ulibarri

One of the anthologies I’m enjoying at the moment is The Weird, edited by Ann & Jeff VanderMeer, an overview Continue reading →

Big Game by T.C. Boyle

I’ve been looking forward to this one for a while. My favorite story by an author who seems incapable of Continue reading →

The Festival of Graves by Zhu Lin

The ‘once-powerful old figure in a changed world’ is a common trope, and can be played to quite poignant effect Continue reading →

Arbeitskraft by Nick Mamatas

A steampunk story starring Friedrich Engels. Nope, I haven’t seen that one before. It’s another 1890s. Karl Marx is dead, Continue reading →

Fossils by William H. Keith, Jr

In future fiction it is common to include characters (especially protagonists) who are luddites by the standards of their contemporaries, Continue reading →

The Wide, Carnivorous Sky by John Langan

There is a creature, the Shadow, call it a vampire. It lives and sleeps in a cocoon in Earth’s orbit. Continue reading →

The Adventure of the Field Theorems by Vonda N. McIntyre

There must be other stories in which Sherlock Holmes meets Arthur Conan Doyle. But I doubt there are many that Continue reading →

The Dragons of Probability by Stanislaw Lem

If you like The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, there’s a fair chance you’ll like today’s story. First off, this Continue reading →