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(Infinivox 978-1-88461-259-6, $18.99, 234pp, tp). October 2024.Cover by Maurizio Manzieri.</p> <p>In my review of <strong>The Year’s Top Robot and AI Stories: Fourth Annual Collection</strong>, I noted that AI was gaining more presence in our lives – something that has increased over the last year. I also noted that the stories in that anthology were overwhelmingly <a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/02/the-years-top-robot-and-ai-stories-fifth-annual-collection-edited-by-allan-kaster-review-by-alexandra-pierce/" class="read-more">...Read More </a></p> <a class="more-link" title="<b>The Year’s Top Robot and AI Stories: Fifth Annual Collection</b> edited by Allan Kaster: Review by Alexandra Pierce" href="https://locusmag.com/2025/02/the-years-top-robot-and-ai-stories-fifth-annual-collection-edited-by-allan-kaster-review-by-alexandra-pierce/"><span>Read more</span></a> </div> </div> </article> <article id="post-155356" class="archive-layout-two post-155356 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-books category-reviews category-short-fiction tag-horror tag-ian-mond" > <div class="featured-image"> <a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/02/shes-always-hungry-by-eliza-clark-review-by-ian-mond/" title="She’s Always Hungry by Eliza Clark: Review by Ian Mond"><img width="200" height="300" src="https://locusmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/locus-200x300.jpeg" class="attachment-colormag-featured-post-medium size-colormag-featured-post-medium wp-post-image" alt="" loading="lazy" srcset="https://locusmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/locus-200x300.jpeg 200w, https://locusmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/locus-199x300.jpeg 199w, https://locusmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/locus-60x90.jpeg 60w, https://locusmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/locus.jpeg 350w" sizes="(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px" /></a> </div> <div class="article-content clearfix"> <div class="above-entry-meta"><span class="cat-links"><a href="https://locusmag.com/category/reviews/books/" style="background:#1e92bc" rel="category tag">Books</a> <a href="https://locusmag.com/category/reviews/" style="background:#0c4870" rel="category tag">Reviews</a> <a href="https://locusmag.com/category/reviews/short-fiction/" style="background:#629915" rel="category tag">Short Fiction</a> </span></div> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"> <a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/02/shes-always-hungry-by-eliza-clark-review-by-ian-mond/" title="She’s Always Hungry by Eliza Clark: Review by Ian Mond"><b>She’s Always Hungry</b> by Eliza Clark: Review by Ian Mond</a> </h2> </header> <div class="below-entry-meta"> <span class="posted-on"><a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/02/shes-always-hungry-by-eliza-clark-review-by-ian-mond/" title="8:30 am" rel="bookmark"><i class="fa fa-calendar-o"></i> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2025-02-08T08:30:48-08:00">February 8, 2025</time><time class="updated" datetime="2025-02-12T12:03:34-08:00">February 12, 2025</time></a></span> <span class="byline"><span class="author vcard" itemprop="name"><i class="fa fa-user"></i><a class="url fn n" href="https://locusmag.com/author/locusmag/" title="locusmag">locusmag</a></span></span> <span class="comments"><a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/02/shes-always-hungry-by-eliza-clark-review-by-ian-mond/#respond"><i class="fa fa-comment"></i> 0 Comments</a></span> <span class="tag-links"><i class="fa fa-tags"></i><a href="https://locusmag.com/tag/horror/" rel="tag">horror</a>, <a href="https://locusmag.com/tag/ian-mond/" rel="tag">Ian Mond</a></span></div> <div class="entry-content clearfix"> <p><strong>She’s Always Hungry</strong>, Eliza Clark (Harper Perennial 978-0-06339-326-4, $17.99, 240pp, tp) November 2024.</p> <p>Eliza Clark has been on my radar for several years since her debut novel, <strong>Boy Parts</strong>, was released by Influx Press in 2020, followed by her best-selling second novel, <strong>Penance</strong>. (You won’t be surprised to learn that I own both but have read neither.) Her eclectic first collection, <strong>She’s Always Hungry</strong>, which gathers <a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/02/shes-always-hungry-by-eliza-clark-review-by-ian-mond/" class="read-more">...Read More </a></p> <a class="more-link" title="<b>She’s Always Hungry</b> by Eliza Clark: Review by Ian Mond" href="https://locusmag.com/2025/02/shes-always-hungry-by-eliza-clark-review-by-ian-mond/"><span>Read more</span></a> </div> </div> </article> <article id="post-155352" class="archive-layout-two post-155352 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-reviews category-short-fiction tag-horror tag-paula-guran" > <div class="featured-image"> <a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/02/nightmare-uncanny-lady-churchills-rosebud-wristlet-and-reactor-short-fiction-reviews-by-paula-guran/" title="Nightmare, Uncanny, Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet and Reactor: Short Fiction Reviews by Paula Guran"><img width="200" height="300" src="https://locusmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/locus-Sarah-Laptop-9-200x300.jpg" class="attachment-colormag-featured-post-medium size-colormag-featured-post-medium wp-post-image" alt="" loading="lazy" srcset="https://locusmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/locus-Sarah-Laptop-9-200x300.jpg 200w, https://locusmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/locus-Sarah-Laptop-9-60x90.jpg 60w, https://locusmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/locus-Sarah-Laptop-9.jpg 500w" sizes="(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px" /></a> </div> <div class="article-content clearfix"> <div class="above-entry-meta"><span class="cat-links"><a href="https://locusmag.com/category/reviews/" style="background:#0c4870" rel="category tag">Reviews</a> <a href="https://locusmag.com/category/reviews/short-fiction/" style="background:#629915" rel="category tag">Short Fiction</a> </span></div> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"> <a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/02/nightmare-uncanny-lady-churchills-rosebud-wristlet-and-reactor-short-fiction-reviews-by-paula-guran/" title="Nightmare, Uncanny, Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet and Reactor: Short Fiction Reviews by Paula Guran"><i>Nightmare, Uncanny, Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet</i> and <i>Reactor</i>: Short Fiction Reviews by Paula Guran</a> </h2> </header> <div class="below-entry-meta"> <span class="posted-on"><a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/02/nightmare-uncanny-lady-churchills-rosebud-wristlet-and-reactor-short-fiction-reviews-by-paula-guran/" title="12:00 pm" rel="bookmark"><i class="fa fa-calendar-o"></i> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2025-02-07T12:00:50-08:00">February 7, 2025</time><time class="updated" datetime="2025-02-12T12:06:40-08:00">February 12, 2025</time></a></span> <span class="byline"><span class="author vcard" itemprop="name"><i class="fa fa-user"></i><a class="url fn n" href="https://locusmag.com/author/locusmag/" title="locusmag">locusmag</a></span></span> <span class="comments"><a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/02/nightmare-uncanny-lady-churchills-rosebud-wristlet-and-reactor-short-fiction-reviews-by-paula-guran/#respond"><i class="fa fa-comment"></i> 0 Comments</a></span> <span class="tag-links"><i class="fa fa-tags"></i><a href="https://locusmag.com/tag/horror/" rel="tag">horror</a>, <a href="https://locusmag.com/tag/paula-guran/" rel="tag">Paula Guran</a></span></div> <div class="entry-content clearfix"> <p>Nightmare 10/24 Uncanny 11/12-24 Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet 9/24 Reactor (10/2/24 – 11/20/24)</p> <p>Both of the full-length original stories from Nightmare #146 are very dark fantasy. The narrator of <strong>Raven Jakubowski </strong>’s “<strong>She Sheds Her Skin</strong>” is in love with an immortal shapeshifter who must murder to gain a new skin. The narrator has “shifted” herself: She’s “more reliable, becoming a rock [her lover] could lean on, a <a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/02/nightmare-uncanny-lady-churchills-rosebud-wristlet-and-reactor-short-fiction-reviews-by-paula-guran/" class="read-more">...Read More </a></p> <a class="more-link" title="<i>Nightmare, Uncanny, Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet</i> and <i>Reactor</i>: Short Fiction Reviews by Paula Guran" href="https://locusmag.com/2025/02/nightmare-uncanny-lady-churchills-rosebud-wristlet-and-reactor-short-fiction-reviews-by-paula-guran/"><span>Read more</span></a> </div> </div> </article> <article id="post-155344" class="archive-layout-two post-155344 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-reviews category-short-fiction tag-charles-payseur tag-short-fiction" > <div class="featured-image"> <a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/02/short-fiction-reviews-by-charles-payseur/" title="Escape Pod, Worlds of Possibility, and Samovar: Short Fiction Reviews by Charles Payseur"><img width="200" height="300" src="https://locusmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/locus-Sarah-Laptop-8-200x300.jpg" class="attachment-colormag-featured-post-medium size-colormag-featured-post-medium wp-post-image" alt="" loading="lazy" srcset="https://locusmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/locus-Sarah-Laptop-8-200x300.jpg 200w, https://locusmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/locus-Sarah-Laptop-8-60x90.jpg 60w" sizes="(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px" /></a> </div> <div class="article-content clearfix"> <div class="above-entry-meta"><span class="cat-links"><a href="https://locusmag.com/category/reviews/" style="background:#0c4870" rel="category tag">Reviews</a> <a href="https://locusmag.com/category/reviews/short-fiction/" style="background:#629915" rel="category tag">Short Fiction</a> </span></div> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"> <a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/02/short-fiction-reviews-by-charles-payseur/" title="Escape Pod, Worlds of Possibility, and Samovar: Short Fiction Reviews by Charles Payseur"><i>Escape Pod, Worlds of Possibility,</i> and <i>Samovar</i>: Short Fiction Reviews by Charles Payseur</a> </h2> </header> <div class="below-entry-meta"> <span class="posted-on"><a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/02/short-fiction-reviews-by-charles-payseur/" title="8:30 am" rel="bookmark"><i class="fa fa-calendar-o"></i> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2025-02-05T08:30:59-08:00">February 5, 2025</time><time class="updated" datetime="2025-02-12T13:58:43-08:00">February 12, 2025</time></a></span> <span class="byline"><span class="author vcard" itemprop="name"><i class="fa fa-user"></i><a class="url fn n" href="https://locusmag.com/author/locusmag/" title="locusmag">locusmag</a></span></span> <span class="comments"><a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/02/short-fiction-reviews-by-charles-payseur/#respond"><i class="fa fa-comment"></i> 0 Comments</a></span> <span class="tag-links"><i class="fa fa-tags"></i><a href="https://locusmag.com/tag/charles-payseur/" rel="tag">Charles Payseur</a>, <a href="https://locusmag.com/tag/short-fiction/" rel="tag">short fiction</a></span></div> <div class="entry-content clearfix"> <p>Escape Pod 10/31/24 Worlds of Possibility 10/24 Samovar 10/28/24</p> <p>Escape Pod celebrated Halloween with <strong>Addison Smith</strong>’s “<strong>Mother Death Learns a Trick</strong>”, which finds the narrator passing by an old AI robot named Mother Death, who normally predicts the demise of anyone she sees. She becomes part of the background, at least until she starts predicting her own death, which knocks the narrator out of their cycle of <a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/02/short-fiction-reviews-by-charles-payseur/" class="read-more">...Read More </a></p> <a class="more-link" title="<i>Escape Pod, Worlds of Possibility,</i> and <i>Samovar</i>: Short Fiction Reviews by Charles Payseur" href="https://locusmag.com/2025/02/short-fiction-reviews-by-charles-payseur/"><span>Read more</span></a> </div> </div> </article> <article id="post-154985" class="archive-layout-two post-154985 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-reviews category-short-fiction tag-a-c-wise tag-short-fiction" > <div class="featured-image"> <a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/02/augur-short-fiction-reviews-by-a-c-wise-2/" title="Augur: Short Fiction Reviews by A.C. Wise"><img width="200" height="300" src="https://locusmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/locus-4-200x300.png" class="attachment-colormag-featured-post-medium size-colormag-featured-post-medium wp-post-image" alt="" loading="lazy" srcset="https://locusmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/locus-4-200x300.png 200w, https://locusmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/locus-4-60x90.png 60w" sizes="(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px" /></a> </div> <div class="article-content clearfix"> <div class="above-entry-meta"><span class="cat-links"><a href="https://locusmag.com/category/reviews/" style="background:#0c4870" rel="category tag">Reviews</a> <a href="https://locusmag.com/category/reviews/short-fiction/" style="background:#629915" rel="category tag">Short Fiction</a> </span></div> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"> <a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/02/augur-short-fiction-reviews-by-a-c-wise-2/" title="Augur: Short Fiction Reviews by A.C. Wise"><i>Augur</i>: Short Fiction Reviews by A.C. Wise</a> </h2> </header> <div class="below-entry-meta"> <span class="posted-on"><a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/02/augur-short-fiction-reviews-by-a-c-wise-2/" title="8:00 am" rel="bookmark"><i class="fa fa-calendar-o"></i> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2025-02-03T08:00:00-08:00">February 3, 2025</time><time class="updated" datetime="2025-02-12T12:12:55-08:00">February 12, 2025</time></a></span> <span class="byline"><span class="author vcard" itemprop="name"><i class="fa fa-user"></i><a class="url fn n" href="https://locusmag.com/author/locusmag/" title="locusmag">locusmag</a></span></span> <span class="comments"><a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/02/augur-short-fiction-reviews-by-a-c-wise-2/#respond"><i class="fa fa-comment"></i> 0 Comments</a></span> <span class="tag-links"><i class="fa fa-tags"></i><a href="https://locusmag.com/tag/a-c-wise/" rel="tag">A.C. Wise</a>, <a href="https://locusmag.com/tag/short-fiction/" rel="tag">short fiction</a></span></div> <div class="entry-content clearfix"> <p>Augur 7.2</p> <p>“<strong>Telling the Soul of Mars</strong>” by <strong>Alina Pete </strong>starts Augur 7.2 on a strong note. It’s a lovely story that explores the power and limits of language and narrative, and how the traditions of storytelling might change and evolve with space travel. A storyteller born on Mars visits Earth for the first time and struggles with how to express the essence of her home to those <a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/02/augur-short-fiction-reviews-by-a-c-wise-2/" class="read-more">...Read More </a></p> <a class="more-link" title="<i>Augur</i>: Short Fiction Reviews by A.C. Wise" href="https://locusmag.com/2025/02/augur-short-fiction-reviews-by-a-c-wise-2/"><span>Read more</span></a> </div> </div> </article> <article id="post-154958" class="archive-layout-two post-154958 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-reviews category-short-fiction tag-paula-guran tag-short-fiction" > <div class="featured-image"> <a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/02/the-sunday-morning-transport-the-deadlands-and-the-dark-short-fiction-reviews-by-paula-guran/" title="The Sunday Morning Transport, The Deadlands, and The Dark: Short Fiction Reviews by Paula Guran"><img width="200" height="300" src="https://locusmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/locus-13-200x300.jpg" class="attachment-colormag-featured-post-medium size-colormag-featured-post-medium wp-post-image" alt="" loading="lazy" srcset="https://locusmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/locus-13-200x300.jpg 200w, https://locusmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/locus-13-60x90.jpg 60w" sizes="(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px" /></a> </div> <div class="article-content clearfix"> <div class="above-entry-meta"><span class="cat-links"><a href="https://locusmag.com/category/reviews/" style="background:#0c4870" rel="category tag">Reviews</a> <a href="https://locusmag.com/category/reviews/short-fiction/" style="background:#629915" rel="category tag">Short Fiction</a> </span></div> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"> <a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/02/the-sunday-morning-transport-the-deadlands-and-the-dark-short-fiction-reviews-by-paula-guran/" title="The Sunday Morning Transport, The Deadlands, and The Dark: Short Fiction Reviews by Paula Guran"><i>The Sunday Morning Transport, The Deadlands,</i> and <i>The Dark</i>: Short Fiction Reviews by Paula Guran</a> </h2> </header> <div class="below-entry-meta"> <span class="posted-on"><a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/02/the-sunday-morning-transport-the-deadlands-and-the-dark-short-fiction-reviews-by-paula-guran/" title="8:30 am" rel="bookmark"><i class="fa fa-calendar-o"></i> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2025-02-02T08:30:28-08:00">February 2, 2025</time><time class="updated" datetime="2025-01-22T15:25:41-08:00">January 22, 2025</time></a></span> <span class="byline"><span class="author vcard" itemprop="name"><i class="fa fa-user"></i><a class="url fn n" href="https://locusmag.com/author/locusmag/" title="locusmag">locusmag</a></span></span> <span class="comments"><a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/02/the-sunday-morning-transport-the-deadlands-and-the-dark-short-fiction-reviews-by-paula-guran/#respond"><i class="fa fa-comment"></i> 0 Comments</a></span> <span class="tag-links"><i class="fa fa-tags"></i><a href="https://locusmag.com/tag/paula-guran/" rel="tag">Paula Guran</a>, <a href="https://locusmag.com/tag/short-fiction/" rel="tag">short fiction</a></span></div> <div class="entry-content clearfix"> <p>The Sunday Morning Transport (9/22/24 – 12/01/24) The Deadlands Fall ’24 The Dark 12/24</p> <p>The Sunday Morning Transport publishes outstanding fiction weekly. All the stories are commendable, but here are my favorites of their fall offerings. If, as I did, you felt sympathy for Hermione’s muggle parents, “<strong>F*** These Wizards</strong>” by <strong>Alex London </strong>(9/22) is a story you will enjoy. And even if you aren’t a Harry Potter <a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/02/the-sunday-morning-transport-the-deadlands-and-the-dark-short-fiction-reviews-by-paula-guran/" class="read-more">...Read More </a></p> <a class="more-link" title="<i>The Sunday Morning Transport, The Deadlands,</i> and <i>The Dark</i>: Short Fiction Reviews by Paula Guran" href="https://locusmag.com/2025/02/the-sunday-morning-transport-the-deadlands-and-the-dark-short-fiction-reviews-by-paula-guran/"><span>Read more</span></a> </div> </div> </article> <article id="post-154856" class="archive-layout-two post-154856 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-reviews category-short-fiction tag-a-c-wise tag-short-fiction" > <div class="featured-image"> <a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/01/khoreo-short-fiction-reviews-by-a-c-wise-2/" title="khōréo: Short Fiction Reviews by A.C. Wise"><img width="200" height="300" src="https://locusmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/locus-10-200x300.jpg" class="attachment-colormag-featured-post-medium size-colormag-featured-post-medium wp-post-image" alt="" loading="lazy" srcset="https://locusmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/locus-10-200x300.jpg 200w, https://locusmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/locus-10-60x90.jpg 60w" sizes="(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px" /></a> </div> <div class="article-content clearfix"> <div class="above-entry-meta"><span class="cat-links"><a href="https://locusmag.com/category/reviews/" style="background:#0c4870" rel="category tag">Reviews</a> <a href="https://locusmag.com/category/reviews/short-fiction/" style="background:#629915" rel="category tag">Short Fiction</a> </span></div> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"> <a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/01/khoreo-short-fiction-reviews-by-a-c-wise-2/" title="khōréo: Short Fiction Reviews by A.C. Wise"><i>khōréo</i>: Short Fiction Reviews by A.C. Wise</a> </h2> </header> <div class="below-entry-meta"> <span class="posted-on"><a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/01/khoreo-short-fiction-reviews-by-a-c-wise-2/" title="8:00 am" rel="bookmark"><i class="fa fa-calendar-o"></i> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2025-01-30T08:00:28-08:00">January 30, 2025</time><time class="updated" datetime="2025-02-12T15:10:22-08:00">February 12, 2025</time></a></span> <span class="byline"><span class="author vcard" itemprop="name"><i class="fa fa-user"></i><a class="url fn n" href="https://locusmag.com/author/locusmag/" title="locusmag">locusmag</a></span></span> <span class="comments"><a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/01/khoreo-short-fiction-reviews-by-a-c-wise-2/#respond"><i class="fa fa-comment"></i> 0 Comments</a></span> <span class="tag-links"><i class="fa fa-tags"></i><a href="https://locusmag.com/tag/a-c-wise/" rel="tag">A.C. Wise</a>, <a href="https://locusmag.com/tag/short-fiction/" rel="tag">short fiction</a></span></div> <div class="entry-content clearfix"> <p>khōréo 4.2</p> <p><strong>Madeleine Vigneron</strong>’s “<strong>Human Trials</strong>” in khōréo 4.2 is a painful story full of lovely imagery about holding on to hope in a hopeless situation. The last ships have left Earth, and a plague ravages the abandoned population left behind. Rowan is part of a team of three scientists trying to remove mass from living things so they can travel at the speed of light and <a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/01/khoreo-short-fiction-reviews-by-a-c-wise-2/" class="read-more">...Read More </a></p> <a class="more-link" title="<i>khōréo</i>: Short Fiction Reviews by A.C. 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Wise</a>, <a href="https://locusmag.com/tag/short-fiction/" rel="tag">short fiction</a></span></div> <div class="entry-content clearfix"> <p>Clarkesworld 10/24</p> <p>“<strong>Space O/pera</strong>” by <strong>Abby Nicole Lee </strong>in the October issue of Clarkesworld centers on Clara, whose family dog, Daki, is sent into space. When footage of Daki’s shuttle exploding is released, Clara is certain a cover-up is afoot and sets out to investigate. “<strong>The Children of the Flame</strong>” by <strong>Fiona Moore </strong>is another of the author’s stories featuring Morag as a recurring central character. <a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/01/clarkesworld-short-fiction-reviews-by-a-c-wise-4/" class="read-more">...Read More </a></p> <a class="more-link" title="<i>Clarkesworld</i>: Short Fiction Reviews by A.C. 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Wise</a>, <a href="https://locusmag.com/tag/short-fiction/" rel="tag">short fiction</a></span></div> <div class="entry-content clearfix"> <p>Analog 9-10/24</p> <p>The October/November issue of Analog opens with the novella “<strong>Minnie and Earl Have a Kitten</strong>” by <strong>Adam-Troy Castro</strong>, set on the moon and featuring the author’s recurring characters, Minnie and Earl, who on the surface appear to be a sweet, elderly Midwestern couple, but in truth may be higher intelligences. Tish receives an invitation out of the blue from Minnie and Earl to visit them <a href="https://locusmag.com/2025/01/analog-short-fiction-reviews-by-a-c-wise-2/" class="read-more">...Read More </a></p> <a class="more-link" title="<i>Analog</i>: Short Fiction Reviews by A.C. 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Wise"><i>Asimov’s</i>: Short Fiction Reviews by A.C. Wise</a> </h2> </header> <div class="below-entry-meta"> <span class="posted-on"><a href="https://locusmag.com/2024/12/asimovs-short-fiction-reviews-by-a-c-wise-2/" title="8:30 am" rel="bookmark"><i class="fa fa-calendar-o"></i> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-12-31T08:30:34-08:00">December 31, 2024</time><time class="updated" datetime="2024-12-27T06:39:26-08:00">December 27, 2024</time></a></span> <span class="byline"><span class="author vcard" itemprop="name"><i class="fa fa-user"></i><a class="url fn n" href="https://locusmag.com/author/locusmag/" title="locusmag">locusmag</a></span></span> <span class="comments"><a href="https://locusmag.com/2024/12/asimovs-short-fiction-reviews-by-a-c-wise-2/#respond"><i class="fa fa-comment"></i> 0 Comments</a></span> <span class="tag-links"><i class="fa fa-tags"></i><a href="https://locusmag.com/tag/a-c-wise/" rel="tag">A.C. Wise</a>, <a href="https://locusmag.com/tag/fantasy/" rel="tag">fantasy</a>, <a href="https://locusmag.com/tag/science-fiction/" rel="tag">science fiction</a></span></div> <div class="entry-content clearfix"> <p>Asimov’s 9-10/24</p> <p>“<strong>Heartshock</strong>” by <strong>Nick Wolven </strong>gets the September/October issue of Asimov’s off to a strong start, looking at the immediate aftermath of a war and the hard decisions facing an injured captain who must choose whether to show mercy to an enemy offering surrender and information. The story is an effective exploration of different ideas of strength and weakness, and the question of whether the only way <a href="https://locusmag.com/2024/12/asimovs-short-fiction-reviews-by-a-c-wise-2/" class="read-more">...Read More </a></p> <a class="more-link" title="<i>Asimov’s</i>: Short Fiction Reviews by A.C. 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She’s part of a tradition, a movement to the stars <a href="https://locusmag.com/2024/12/giganotosaurus-diabolical-plots-and-hexagon-fall-24-short-fiction-reviews-by-charles-payseur/" class="read-more">...Read More </a></p> <a class="more-link" title="<i>GigaNotoSaurus, Diabolical Plots</i> and <i>Hexagon Fall ’24</i>: Short Fiction Reviews by Charles Payseur" href="https://locusmag.com/2024/12/giganotosaurus-diabolical-plots-and-hexagon-fall-24-short-fiction-reviews-by-charles-payseur/"><span>Read more</span></a> </div> </div> </article> <article id="post-154083" class="archive-layout-two post-154083 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-reviews category-short-fiction tag-a-c-wise tag-short-fiction" > <div class="featured-image"> <a href="https://locusmag.com/2024/12/clarkesworld-short-fiction-reviews-by-a-c-wise-3/" title="Clarkesworld: Short Fiction Reviews by A.C. 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Wise"><i>Clarkesworld</i>: Short Fiction Reviews by A.C. Wise</a> </h2> </header> <div class="below-entry-meta"> <span class="posted-on"><a href="https://locusmag.com/2024/12/clarkesworld-short-fiction-reviews-by-a-c-wise-3/" title="8:30 am" rel="bookmark"><i class="fa fa-calendar-o"></i> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-12-15T08:30:36-08:00">December 15, 2024</time><time class="updated" datetime="2024-12-10T15:38:56-08:00">December 10, 2024</time></a></span> <span class="byline"><span class="author vcard" itemprop="name"><i class="fa fa-user"></i><a class="url fn n" href="https://locusmag.com/author/locusmag/" title="locusmag">locusmag</a></span></span> <span class="comments"><a href="https://locusmag.com/2024/12/clarkesworld-short-fiction-reviews-by-a-c-wise-3/#respond"><i class="fa fa-comment"></i> 0 Comments</a></span> <span class="tag-links"><i class="fa fa-tags"></i><a href="https://locusmag.com/tag/a-c-wise/" rel="tag">A.C. Wise</a>, <a href="https://locusmag.com/tag/short-fiction/" rel="tag">short fiction</a></span></div> <div class="entry-content clearfix"> <p>Clarkesworld 9/24</p> <p>In “<strong>The Music Must Always Play</strong>” by <strong>Marissa Lingen </strong>in the September issue of Clarkesworld, aliens crash land in Minnesota, but are all killed as a result, before the residents of Earth have a chance to meet them. It’s a unique take on a first contact story, focusing on Maryam, a member of the team studying the crash, who feels guilty for not being at home <a href="https://locusmag.com/2024/12/clarkesworld-short-fiction-reviews-by-a-c-wise-3/" class="read-more">...Read More </a></p> <a class="more-link" title="<i>Clarkesworld</i>: Short Fiction Reviews by A.C. 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The presentation is on a lost episode that has been remade by fans based on what people could remember <a href="https://locusmag.com/2024/12/lightspeed-small-wonders-and-beneath-ceaseless-skies-short-fiction-reviews-by-charles-payseur/" class="read-more">...Read More </a></p> <a class="more-link" title="<i>Lightspeed, Small Wonders</i> and <i>Beneath Ceaseless Skies</i>: Short Fiction Reviews by Charles Payseur" href="https://locusmag.com/2024/12/lightspeed-small-wonders-and-beneath-ceaseless-skies-short-fiction-reviews-by-charles-payseur/"><span>Read more</span></a> </div> </div> </article> <article id="post-154044" class="archive-layout-two post-154044 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-reviews category-short-fiction tag-paula-guran tag-short-fiction" > <div class="featured-image"> <a href="https://locusmag.com/2024/12/uncanny-nightmare-and-apex-short-fiction-reviews-by-paula-guran/" title="Uncanny, Nightmare and Apex: Short Fiction Reviews by Paula Guran"><img width="200" height="300" src="https://locusmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/locus-5-200x300.jpg" class="attachment-colormag-featured-post-medium size-colormag-featured-post-medium wp-post-image" alt="" loading="lazy" srcset="https://locusmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/locus-5-200x300.jpg 200w, https://locusmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/locus-5-60x90.jpg 60w, https://locusmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/locus-5.jpg 500w" sizes="(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px" /></a> </div> <div class="article-content clearfix"> <div class="above-entry-meta"><span class="cat-links"><a href="https://locusmag.com/category/reviews/" style="background:#0c4870" rel="category tag">Reviews</a> <a href="https://locusmag.com/category/reviews/short-fiction/" style="background:#629915" rel="category tag">Short Fiction</a> </span></div> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"> <a href="https://locusmag.com/2024/12/uncanny-nightmare-and-apex-short-fiction-reviews-by-paula-guran/" title="Uncanny, Nightmare and Apex: Short Fiction Reviews by Paula Guran"><i>Uncanny, Nightmare</i> and <i>Apex</i>: Short Fiction Reviews by Paula Guran</a> </h2> </header> <div class="below-entry-meta"> <span class="posted-on"><a href="https://locusmag.com/2024/12/uncanny-nightmare-and-apex-short-fiction-reviews-by-paula-guran/" title="12:00 pm" rel="bookmark"><i class="fa fa-calendar-o"></i> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-12-12T12:00:37-08:00">December 12, 2024</time><time class="updated" datetime="2024-12-09T14:40:10-08:00">December 9, 2024</time></a></span> <span class="byline"><span class="author vcard" itemprop="name"><i class="fa fa-user"></i><a class="url fn n" href="https://locusmag.com/author/locusmag/" title="locusmag">locusmag</a></span></span> <span class="comments"><a href="https://locusmag.com/2024/12/uncanny-nightmare-and-apex-short-fiction-reviews-by-paula-guran/#respond"><i class="fa fa-comment"></i> 0 Comments</a></span> <span class="tag-links"><i class="fa fa-tags"></i><a href="https://locusmag.com/tag/paula-guran/" rel="tag">Paula Guran</a>, <a href="https://locusmag.com/tag/short-fiction/" rel="tag">short fiction</a></span></div> <div class="entry-content clearfix"> <p>Uncanny 9-10/24 Nightmare 10/24 Apex #146</p> <p>I found three stories in Uncanny’s 60th issue to be standouts. “<strong>The 6% Squeeze</strong>” by <strong>Eddie Robson </strong>will appeal to anyone who has ever designed for a corporation with a strict “bible” or even anyone who has experienced such a corporation’s need for a scapegoat. <strong>Tananarive Due</strong>’s engaging “<strong>A Stranger Knocks</strong>” is set in 1926 Washington, DC, where newlyweds <a href="https://locusmag.com/2024/12/uncanny-nightmare-and-apex-short-fiction-reviews-by-paula-guran/" 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class="below-entry-meta"> <span class="posted-on"><a href="https://locusmag.com/2024/12/cast-of-wonders-strange-horizons-and-fusion-fragment-short-fiction-reviews-by-charles-payseur/" title="8:30 am" rel="bookmark"><i class="fa fa-calendar-o"></i> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-12-06T08:30:12-08:00">December 6, 2024</time><time class="updated" datetime="2024-12-04T14:33:56-08:00">December 4, 2024</time></a></span> <span class="byline"><span class="author vcard" itemprop="name"><i class="fa fa-user"></i><a class="url fn n" href="https://locusmag.com/author/locusmag/" title="locusmag">locusmag</a></span></span> <span class="comments"><a href="https://locusmag.com/2024/12/cast-of-wonders-strange-horizons-and-fusion-fragment-short-fiction-reviews-by-charles-payseur/#respond"><i class="fa fa-comment"></i> 0 Comments</a></span> <span class="tag-links"><i class="fa fa-tags"></i><a href="https://locusmag.com/tag/charles-payseur/" rel="tag">Charles Payseur</a>, <a href="https://locusmag.com/tag/short-fiction/" rel="tag">short fiction</a></span></div> <div class="entry-content clearfix"> <p>Cast of Wonders 8/24/24 Strange Horizons 8/19/24, 8/26/24 Fusion Fragment 8/24</p> <p>Cast of Wonders also closed out August strongly with <strong>J.M. Bueno</strong>’s haunted house story, “<strong>Double Yellow Lines</strong>”. Unlike many that use the element, this story’s haunted house isn’t nearly as malevolent as it could be. 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The haunting “<strong>Once There Was Water</strong>” by <strong>Katie McIvor </strong>is really two tales. 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Prentice </strong>returns to Beneath Ceaseless Skies with August’s “<strong>An Isle in a Sea of Ghosts</strong>”, which finds Kreisa on a journey to try and save her brother from a spell that changes him into a different animal every day. 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Wu</strong>’s “<strong>Elves in Illinois</strong>”, which finds Linnet growing up in a small rural town that abuts a forest where fae live and hire out their services to farmers to ensure prosperous crop yields regardless of drought or blight. Linnet’s family is initially reluctant to pay the fees that the fae ask for <a href="https://locusmag.com/2024/11/giganotosaurus-diabolical-plots-and-small-wonders-short-fiction-reviews-by-charles-payseur/" class="read-more">...Read More </a></p> <a class="more-link" title="<i>GigaNotoSaurus, Diabolical Plots,</i> and <i>Small Wonders</i>: Short Fiction Reviews by Charles Payseur" href="https://locusmag.com/2024/11/giganotosaurus-diabolical-plots-and-small-wonders-short-fiction-reviews-by-charles-payseur/"><span>Read more</span></a> </div> </div> </article> <article id="post-153157" class="archive-layout-two post-153157 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-reviews category-short-fiction tag-a-c-wise tag-short-fiction" > <div class="featured-image"> <a href="https://locusmag.com/2024/11/clarkesworld-short-fiction-reviews-by-a-c-wise-2/" title="Clarkesworld: Short Fiction Reviews by A.C. 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Wise</a>, <a href="https://locusmag.com/tag/short-fiction/" rel="tag">short fiction</a></span></div> <div class="entry-content clearfix"> <p>Clarkesworld 7/24, 8/24</p> <p>“<strong>Every Hopeless Thing</strong>” by <strong>Tia Tashiro </strong>in the July issue of Clarkesworld is a sweet story about a spacefaring pilot, Elodie, who while scavenging on a supposedly abandoned Earth discovers a whole population living underground. The story carries emotional weight and paints a lovely picture of finding hope in seemingly hopeless times. “<strong>The Best Version of You</strong>” by <strong>Grant Collier </strong>is another story <a href="https://locusmag.com/2024/11/clarkesworld-short-fiction-reviews-by-a-c-wise-2/" class="read-more">...Read More </a></p> <a class="more-link" title="<i>Clarkesworld</i>: Short Fiction Reviews by A.C. 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Wise</a>, <a href="https://locusmag.com/tag/short-fiction/" rel="tag">short fiction</a></span></div> <div class="entry-content clearfix"> <p>Asimov’s 7-8/24</p> <p>The July/August issue of Asimov’s opens with the novella “<strong>Sisters of the Flare</strong>” by <strong>Stephen Case</strong>, set in the same world as the author’s earlier story “Daughters of the Lattice”, though in a different time period. The story focuses on Tars, who encounters a woman named Petrichora who has forsaken her vows as is now on the run. Tars and Petrichora’s story is interwoven with <a href="https://locusmag.com/2024/10/asimovs-short-fiction-reviews-by-a-c-wise/" class="read-more">...Read More </a></p> <a class="more-link" title="<i>Asimov’s</i>: Short Fiction Reviews by A.C. 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