I was buying a six foot one inch stuffed shark from FAO Schwartz. A hammerhead. It was quite charming.
“I need it,” I explained to the cashier as he struggled to [...]
Issue: October 2008
Pixies Don’t Get Names
The Werewolf of Narashtovik
The memory of the day he’d killed Larrimore came to Dante, as it always did, with a dizzy jolt – jarred, this time, by the dead guard sprawled in the [...]
The Sock Drawer
The Silent Sultan strained against his chains. If he could just get one hand free – but no. The manacles were too tight, and the nest of grimy sports socks [...]
City at the End of Time, by Greg Bear
We check into Greg Bear’s latest, City at the End of Time, where the author brings some fantasy in to play with his usual science fiction.
Roots as Deep as Mountains
The news that fall afternoon was all about terrorists and dirty bombs. I had just turned nine, but even I knew that the world we used to live in was [...]
Comedy of Monsters: An Interview with A. Lee Martinez
Alex Award-winning author A. Lee Martinez explains why cartoons and critiques are good for writers, among other important details.
Misspent Youth, by Peter F. Hamilton
Guest reviewer Amy Brozio-Andrews looks at Hamilton’s Misspent Youth, where renewed youth and wisdom appear mutually incompatible.
Trickster Blues
When Mockingbird Jackson was young, there were steam engines that used to screech by every Sunday evening after supper. Grandaddy would boost the boy up onto his shoulders and together [...]