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 →

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 →

Frost Mountain Picnic Massacre by Seth Fried

This summary is going to sound ridiculous. An utterly implausible premise for a story. You’ll have to take it on Continue reading →

The Prowler in the City at the Edge of the World by Harlan Ellison

Fan fiction. It’s usually considered to be stories written by amateurs about licensed characters (usually from film or TV) without Continue reading →

Two Perfect Thefts from Seamark and Sinclair Lewis

Here are two stories so similar to each other it makes me wonder whether there’s a decades-old case of plagiarism Continue reading →

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 →

Tattercoats by Midori Snyder

While sometimes described as an erotic variation of the Donkeyskin fairytale, I also see this as an effective take on 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 →