Hard to believe that is is the first Friday in July. And Independence Day (here in the ol’ U.S. of A.) to boot! It hardly seems that long ago that I was sitting in this [...]
REVIEW SUMMARY: A revenge fantasy that misses its potential to reinvent the Robin Hood mythos and examine real problems. MY RATING: MY REVIEW: PROS: Interesting use of the [...]
REVIEW SUMMARY: Today’s Short Fiction spotlight focuses on the four works of original fiction presented in Issue 91 of Clarkesworld. MY RATING: BRIEF SYNOPSIS: These [...]
March 31st is fast approaching, and as the month goes out like a lamb, the period for nominating for the 2014 Hugo Awards is coming to an end. This marks my first experience [...]
REVIEW SUMMARY: This week’s Short Fiction Friday looks at the three works of original fiction in the March 2014 issue of Clarkesworld. MY RATING: BRIEF SYNOPSIS: Space [...]
REVIEW SUMMARY: The Anderson Project is a Tor.com original ebook presenting three science fiction novelettes inspired by a preexisting work of art. MY RATING: BRIEF SUMMARY: [...]
REVIEW SUMMARY: “Ember” is a novella prequel to James K. Decker’s novel, The Burn Zone, and the recently released sequel, Fallout. MY RATING: BRIEF SUMMARY: [...]
REVIEW SUMMARY: Holy Unicorns, Batman! This novella, set in Charles Stross’ Laundry universe, will leave you sleeping with one eye open anytime a young girl mentions a [...]
REVIEW SUMMARY: A look back at what I consider the best of the short fiction that I read in 2013. It has been quite a run. I did not realize how time-consuming and [...]
REVIEW SUMMARY: Two short tales from Tor.com touched with a seasonal chill. MY RATING: BRIEF SUMMARY: A deeper imagining of a familiar heroic tale and a glimpse of [...]
Here in the United States it is Black Friday, a day that actually began in the early evening hours of Thanksgiving Day, where, satiated with turkey and the fixins and done [...]
REVIEW SUMMARY: This week’s Short Fiction Friday features a review of the December 2013 issue of Asimov’s Science Fiction. MY RATING: BRIEF SUMMARY: Aliens [...]
REVIEW SUMMARY: This week’s Short Fiction Friday looks at the Original Short Science Fiction and Fantasy offerings in the latest issue of Lightspeed. The November issue [...]
REVIEW SUMMARY: To welcome November, Short Fiction Friday focuses on two of the latest free fiction selections from Tor.com. MY RATING: BRIEF SUMMARY: The two stories [...]
REVIEW SUMMARY: This week’s Short Fiction Friday features two selections of science fiction with a sinister vibe, the opening story from Peter Watts’ forthcoming [...]
REVIEW SUMMARY: Four recently published (or reprinted) chilling science fiction tales to read on a dark and stormy night. MY RATING: MY REVIEW: PROS: Interesting comparison [...]
REVIEW SUMMARY: This week’s Short Fiction Friday looks at a subset of the September 2013 issue of Lightspeed: two works of original science fiction. MY RATING: BRIEF [...]
The Sunday evening of Labor Day weekend most likely found the eclectic group of SF Signal readers doing any number of relaxing, geektastic things. I was basking in the glow [...]
I have been on this short fiction review gig for eight months now and it has been largely a one-sided affair, as these things are wont to be, with me sharing my thoughts and [...]
REVIEW SUMMARY: This week’s short fiction selections are the three original works of fiction in the latest issue of Clarkesworld. MY RATING: BRIEF SUMMARY: Non-Western [...]