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Shorts

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While at the moment I don’t have the time for a novel (to read or to review), I thought I’d link to a few short stories that I’ve found exceptional in the past. I’ll probably add to this list as I find or recall others. These have been published in Baen’s Universe, Abyss & Apex, Ideomancer, IGMS, ChiZine, and Lone Star Stories. "Cryptic Coloration" (Elizabeth Bear, Baen’s Universe). A Promethean Age story from Elizabeth Bear, set before the events of Blood & Iron with Matthew as a central character. Hard to pinpoint why I like this one so much, but the […]

ChiZine’s Filaria Contest 3

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For ChiZine’s April-June 2009 issue, they have up the three winners of the Enter the World of Filaria Contest, based on Brent Hayward’s book Filaria, which I reviewed a few entries below. My "Bonepickers" took second place, so go take a look if you’re interested in what I write as well as read. I also really like the hallucinations of Donald Jacob Uitvlugt’s "Elevated State", which took third, and the title is very clever once you’ve read the story — it really brings all the themes together. And Richard Thomas’s first place winner, "Maker of Flight" has some nice griminess, rust […]

Filaria (Brent Hayward) 3

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FilariaBrent Hayward A complex, intricately woven (or should I say tiered?) little book, Filaria divulges its most important secrets in bits and pieces, usually secondhand to a character who is unaware of its import. For instance, the lust that seizes all the male characters is revealed as a pheromone experiment mentioned in the first quarter of the book, aimed at Deidre, but outed to Phister. The four central characters never meet each other, but cross paths with mutual acquaintances who provide new revelations at every step. In addition, the level of detail is subtle and exquisite, often provided in succinct […]