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The Very Best in Speculative Fiction
Gargoyle - Camille Picott Email this to a friend! I wish I remembered why we broke up. The man beside Ara in the cargo hold, spindly like a too-tall sapling, could be the long-lost twin of her old college boyfriend. He even had the same iron-flat hair dusting the tops of ...
Speculative Fiction in Conversation Part 5
wetasphalt.com — This is part 5 of an email conversation I had with Matt Cheney about the state of Speculative Fiction. Read part 1 , part 2 , part 3 and part 4 . Some things discussed: the dark heart of aesthetics, zombie movies, literary greatness and William ... (more) Speculative Fiction in Conversation Part 5

Filipino Speculative Fiction 2009 Part 1
charles-tan.blogspot.com — Here's a crazy attempt to document and review various speculative fiction written by Filipinos: Publication: Rogue Magazine February 2009 "The Cheap Legend of Juana Chupacabra" by Benito Kampf Benito Kampf is not without talent and it is evident in ... (more) Filipino Speculative Fiction 2009 Part 1
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QuasarDragon — ... Afterburn SF has "Gargoyle" by Camille Picott. So alien life was somehow involved in all this? GISPO headquarters would want a report. Ara let him sweat it out for a few long moments, then raised her hand to get his attention. “That’s me. I’m the etrologist.”Online ...

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SF Signal — ... Bova (1961). @Beneath Ceaseless Skies: "Hangman" by Erin Cashier. "Kreisler's Automata" by Matthew David Surridge. @Big Pulp: "The Choice Is Yours" by Stacey Janssen. "Waiting Room At The Hero League" by Catherine Cheek. Aphelion has a new issue out with fiction by James Lecky, E. S. Strout, Michael Ray Laemmle, Anna Caro, and J. Keegan. @Afterburn SF: "Gargoyle" by Camille Picott. M-Brane SF has its first issue of free SF out. ...

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