The Cambist and Lord Iron by Daniel Abraham

The two couldn’t be more different. Olaf, the cambist, is a humble exchanger of foreign currencies with a good reputation. Continue reading →

Happier Days by Jan Lars Jensen

I have no idea how this story works. All I know is the first time I read this, I spent Continue reading →

The Tear by Ian McDonald

Summing this up is difficult. More than one person has said this novella has enough ideas for a trilogy of Continue reading →

Red Meat by Elaine Viets

Jake is a prosperous sixty year old man with a loving wife, but his fondness for good living has gone Continue reading →

Wenceslas Square by Arthur Phillips

The 1980s: the CIA has groomed Tyler to be a spy, carefully seasoning his diplomatic career with drinking in public Continue reading →

93990 by George Saunders

This is written in the style of a lab report. A toxicity study looks at the effects of Borazadine on Continue reading →

Yellow Card Man by Paolo Bacigalupi

If you’re not familiar with Bacigalupi’s first novel, The Windup Girl (which won just about every award under the sun), Continue reading →

26 Monkeys, Also the Abyss by Kij Johnson

Aimee has a circus trick. A bathtub is hoisted ten feet above the stage, 26 monkeys climb into it via Continue reading →