A review by mikewhiteman
Lightspeed Magazine, October 2017 by John Joseph Adams
3.0
Longing For Stars Once Lost - A Merc Rustad ***
The Walk Up Nameless Ridge - Hugh Howey **
Crossing The Midday Gate - Aliette De Bodard ***
What I Told My Little Girl About The Aliens Preparing To Grind Us Into Hamburgers - Adam-Troy Castro **
The Tale Of Mahliya And Mauhub And The White-Footed Gazelle - Sofia Samatar ****
The Dragon Of Dread Peak (Pt.1) - Jeremiah Tolbert **
The Dragon Of Dread Peak (Pt. 2) - Jeremiah Tolbert **
Becoming - Rachel Swirsky ****
A cute idea, well put together and building to a suitably exaggerated and comic finale.
The Breaker Queen - CSE Cooney ****
Great take on fairies, as the titular queen lures a visiting artist into her land underlying the mundane house above. The love story that develops out of this standard fey set up is suitably passionate and the emotion is tied up with political succession conflicts in the fairyland and the world of artistic patronage above.
The Walk Up Nameless Ridge - Hugh Howey **
Crossing The Midday Gate - Aliette De Bodard ***
What I Told My Little Girl About The Aliens Preparing To Grind Us Into Hamburgers - Adam-Troy Castro **
The Tale Of Mahliya And Mauhub And The White-Footed Gazelle - Sofia Samatar ****
The Dragon Of Dread Peak (Pt.1) - Jeremiah Tolbert **
The Dragon Of Dread Peak (Pt. 2) - Jeremiah Tolbert **
Becoming - Rachel Swirsky ****
A cute idea, well put together and building to a suitably exaggerated and comic finale.
The Breaker Queen - CSE Cooney ****
Great take on fairies, as the titular queen lures a visiting artist into her land underlying the mundane house above. The love story that develops out of this standard fey set up is suitably passionate and the emotion is tied up with political succession conflicts in the fairyland and the world of artistic patronage above.