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A review by sonofthe
Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 119 by Kali Wallace, Tobias S. Buckell, Karla Schmidt, Neil Clarke, Emily Devenport, Madeline Ashby, Sean Bensinger, Ryan Row, Cat Rambo, Jason S. Ridler, Dale Bailey, Chris Urie
4.0
Lots of the stories here—and essays—stuck with me. There were a couple that didn't quite work.
Alone, on the Wind by Karla Schmidt was the strangest of them all, in a good way. I didn't remember as I was reading that the story was translated. Maybe that has something to do with why I was left with an overall alien tone. Either way, the imagery and characters were different enough, vivid enough, that I finished with quite an impression.
Now is the Hour by Emily Davenport worked together with things I'd been thinking about relating to anxiety. We can choose our reality (kind of). Good stuff.
Dale Bailey's Teenagers from Outer Space kept referring back to Keats in a way that worked for me. A couple of times, the original prose mirrored quoted references. Beautiful.
Kali Wallace's First Light at Mistaken Point made me emotional and contemplative. There's an overall note of sadness here, and a story of change or realization. Maybe some slight horror mixed in.
The emotions kept going in Madeline Ashby's A Stopped Clock—a story of love and old age—and Tobias S. Buckell's The Fish Merchant—a sort of first contact story that's really about love and death.
There are good essays and interviews here, also. Check it out.
Alone, on the Wind by Karla Schmidt was the strangest of them all, in a good way. I didn't remember as I was reading that the story was translated. Maybe that has something to do with why I was left with an overall alien tone. Either way, the imagery and characters were different enough, vivid enough, that I finished with quite an impression.
Now is the Hour by Emily Davenport worked together with things I'd been thinking about relating to anxiety. We can choose our reality (kind of). Good stuff.
Dale Bailey's Teenagers from Outer Space kept referring back to Keats in a way that worked for me. A couple of times, the original prose mirrored quoted references. Beautiful.
Kali Wallace's First Light at Mistaken Point made me emotional and contemplative. There's an overall note of sadness here, and a story of change or realization. Maybe some slight horror mixed in.
The emotions kept going in Madeline Ashby's A Stopped Clock—a story of love and old age—and Tobias S. Buckell's The Fish Merchant—a sort of first contact story that's really about love and death.
There are good essays and interviews here, also. Check it out.