What do slush readers really love – and really hate? And how do you get past them into the hands of an editor? RE’s own slush reader (or slush monkey, as the reader prefers) gives the inside scoop on a slush reader’s process.
Issue: November 2005
The Aliens are Coming
The aliens are coming. Channel 7 says two weeks from Tuesday, Channel 4 says next Friday, and the government says that based on the rate of deceleration, they might not [...]
Weight Control in a Future Age
They’re narrowing the lanes a little more; it’s nothing personal, just the latest council directive. Pretty soon, Lisa won’t be able to walk them without scraping her thighs against the [...]
Absence
It had been two weeks since the wailing wind blew through the tiny island town, slamming the shutters against the worn brick and rattling the floorboards of the rickety porch. [...]
Fledgling, by Octavia Butler
The long-awaited new novel by the author of Wild Seed and Parable of the Sower.