The Colossus that has circled the waters outside the island three times a day as long as anyone can remember has stopped. From birth, the people know the sound of its great gears, forever turning, as it protected the island from pirate ships. On the day before yesterday, the Colossus slowed, making only two rounds.Continue reading “Review of “The Colossus Stops” by Dafydd McKimm”
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Review of “Dial M for Martians” by Tina Connolly
The little green man approaches Spacetrader Dan with the promise of more cocktails and a business proposition. Dan’s only on his second. Once they’re inside his unmarked ship, the little green man promises Dan it will be the perfect crime. He wants to be rid of his third horizontal living companion. Dan needs a millionContinue reading “Review of “Dial M for Martians” by Tina Connolly”
Review of “The Drums Drone Death” by J. Allan Dunn
Joseph Allan Elphinstone Dunn was born in Great Britain. He traveled to the United States and Hawaii. He spent time in Colorado and San Francisco and settled on the East Coast in 1914. He was a prolific author, writing some one thousand stories, roughly half of which were westerns. He also wrote adventure stories andContinue reading “Review of “The Drums Drone Death” by J. Allan Dunn”
Review of “Canaries” by JR Gershen-Siegel
The unnamed narrator and others have to leave when they came. She (or he?) takes her pet canaries and as much seed as she can carry. Others, she notes, takes clothes or emergency rations. A woman who had been rich on earth brought a bottle of perfume. The reader is not told who “they” are,Continue reading “Review of “Canaries” by JR Gershen-Siegel”
Review of “How Tolkein Saved the World” by Ahmed A. Khan
Kai Lung II unfurls his mat and gets set to regale the lad and lasses with tales filled with monumental happenstances, awe-inspiring wonders, and dubious morals. The dolphins, he tells his listeners, had had enough of humanity’s pollution of the ocean and sent an android scout to get the lay of the land. Its missionContinue reading “Review of “How Tolkein Saved the World” by Ahmed A. Khan”
Review of “The Interview” by JR Gershen-Siegel
“So, how long have you wanted to hunt demons?” The question is put to the narrator by the head of the agency. This is an unusual question at a job interview, but this is not a typical job interview. Over a lunch of Fettuccine Alfredo and Chicken Marsala, the unnamed narrator responds, “Since I wasContinue reading “Review of “The Interview” by JR Gershen-Siegel”
Reviews of Old and New Stories. Mostly Old 