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Phobos Magazine 3: Troublemake: weird | fiction by Siobhan Gallagher, A.C. Wise, Amanda Davis, Brian Justus, Ron Sanders, Chris Kuriata, Luke St. Germaine, Chris Riley, Robert Corry, Tim Major, Heather Ratcliff

richardleis's review

4.0

The poems and flash fiction in this issue tend to feature ornery characters, leading to lots of humor and dark twists. Something else besides the flower is in the gifted pot in "The Lovely Amaryllis," leading to some really great images and humor in a story told through email. "Sack Race to the River" reads like magical realism, starting dark and just getting darker. "Bad Spelling" is all about the title pun, with an abrupt and horrific twist. I found "Broads and Batwings" pretty opaque but I think there is something Lovecraftian to it. "Troublemake" introduces a character with a signature voice, one to root for in a circus setting.