tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13908762859553100322025年03月31日T05:18:00.040-07:00Rocket Stack RankRocket Stack RankTM (RSR) aims to help casual SF fans find and discuss great original short fiction. It reviews science fiction and fantasy short stories, novelettes, and novellas, and publishes articles of interest to fans.Greg Hullenderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16720604327299886491noreply@blogger.comBlogger3962120tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1390876285955310032.post-41568780910100315092020年08月19日T21:09:00.005-07:002020年08月19日T21:18:49.691-07:00The Transubstantiation, by Evan Dicken<span itemprop="mainEntityOfPage" content="http://www.rocketstackrank.com/2020/08/The-Transubstantiation-Evan-Dicken.html"></span><div itemref="blogPubDate blogAuthor blogPub" itemprop="mainEntity" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Review"><figure itemprop="image" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/imageObject" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 1em; margin-top: 0;"><span itemprop="representativeOfPage" content="true"></span><a itemprop="url" class="rsr-gallery" href="http://beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/ValleyoftheFallen_AlexeyShugurov_full.jpg" title="&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/artwork/valley-of-the-fallen/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Valley of the Fallen&lt;/a&gt; by &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.artstation.com/allius&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Alexey Shugurov&lt;/a&gt;"> <img itemprop="thumbnail" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_v10U2cJJAzmeJr5o2c73fvyKbTIZsRGCC8dI1gf0TBGEfT7hpOJom-LG7m1HYRxKtajND3BqKB043hv_XX81yjx8hJML1ZLOI7T-r3uxeuuZInUfIc86VC4e87XeJB4Kz80yMPfHBzw/w150-h200/BCS310-ValleyoftheFallen_AlexeyShugurov_ebook_1000x750_A%255B1%255D.jpg" title="Valley of the Fallen by Alexey Shugurov" alt="Valley of the Fallen by Alexey Shugurov" style="padding: 0px; width: 134px;"></a> <figcaption itemprop="caption" style="text-align: center;">[<a href="http://www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/issues/issue-310">BCS</a>]</figcaption></figure><div itemprop="reviewRating" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Rating"><span style="color: red;"><span itemprop="ratingValue" content="5">★★★★★</span> <span itemprop="description">When Heroes fall, there are still heroes.</span></span></div><!--reviewRating--><br><div><span itemprop="description">(Fantasy Adventure) Deff and his team hunt the countryside for illegal Heroes, whom they kill and then sell the body parts. Something truly terrible happened with these "Heroes" in the recent past, and it’s not entirely done.</span> (11,386 words; <a href="http://www.rocketstackrank.com/p/qa.html#TimeEstimate">Time</a>: 37m)</div><!--description--><br><br style="clear: left;"></div><a href="http://www.rocketstackrank.com/2020/08/The-Transubstantiation-Evan-Dicken.html#more">Read more »</a>Greg Hullenderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16720604327299886491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1390876285955310032.post-50114026249528238612020年08月19日T21:03:00.009-07:002020年08月19日T21:18:09.132-07:00Fire and Falling, by Andrew Dykstal<span itemprop="mainEntityOfPage" content="http://www.rocketstackrank.com/2020/08/Fire-and-Falling-Andrew-Dykstal.html"></span><div itemref="blogPubDate blogAuthor blogPub" itemprop="mainEntity" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Review"><figure itemprop="image" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/imageObject" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 1em; margin-top: 0;"><span itemprop="representativeOfPage" content="true"></span><a itemprop="url" class="rsr-gallery" href="http://beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/ValleyoftheFallen_AlexeyShugurov_full.jpg" title="&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/artwork/valley-of-the-fallen/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Valley of the Fallen&lt;/a&gt; by &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.artstation.com/allius&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Alexey Shugurov&lt;/a&gt;"> <img itemprop="thumbnail" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_v10U2cJJAzmeJr5o2c73fvyKbTIZsRGCC8dI1gf0TBGEfT7hpOJom-LG7m1HYRxKtajND3BqKB043hv_XX81yjx8hJML1ZLOI7T-r3uxeuuZInUfIc86VC4e87XeJB4Kz80yMPfHBzw/w150-h200/BCS310-ValleyoftheFallen_AlexeyShugurov_ebook_1000x750_A%255B1%255D.jpg" title="Valley of the Fallen by Alexey Shugurov" alt="Valley of the Fallen by Alexey Shugurov" style="padding: 0px; width: 134px;"></a> <figcaption itemprop="caption" style="text-align: center;">[<a href="http://www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/issues/issue-310">BCS</a>]</figcaption></figure><div itemprop="reviewRating" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Rating"><span style="color: red;"><span itemprop="ratingValue" content="4">★★★★☆</span> <span itemprop="description">Plenty of Excitement in an Interesting Setting</span></span></div><!--reviewRating--><br><div><span itemprop="description">(Steampunk Thriller) Mir’s mission to deliver codebooks gets complicated when she realizes she’s being followed—and followed by more than one person at that.</span> (15,229 words; <a href="http://www.rocketstackrank.com/p/qa.html#TimeEstimate">Time</a>: 50m)</div><!--description--><br><br style="clear: left;"></div><a href="http://www.rocketstackrank.com/2020/08/Fire-and-Falling-Andrew-Dykstal.html#more">Read more »</a>Greg Hullenderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16720604327299886491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1390876285955310032.post-58936716524804705022020年08月19日T21:01:00.005-07:002020年08月19日T21:01:23.660-07:00The Bone-Stag Walks, by K.T. Bryski<span itemprop="mainEntityOfPage" content="http://www.rocketstackrank.com/2020/08/The-Bone-Stag-Walks-KT-Bryski.html"></span><div itemref="blogPubDate blogAuthor blogPub" itemprop="mainEntity" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Review"><figure itemprop="image" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/imageObject" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 1em; margin-top: 0;"><span itemprop="representativeOfPage" content="true"></span><a itemprop="url" class="rsr-gallery" href="https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/wp-content/files_mf/cache/th_364f27d0a9e0903ba4ca66b270091c81_lightspeed_123_august_2020.jpg" title="Cover illustration by &lt;a href=&quot;https://stock.adobe.com/contributor/204918064/grandfailure&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Grandfailure&lt;/a&gt;"> <img itemprop="thumbnail" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig2C99GOxTNshfWtun9j2EZuGzXVYZq54ON436b2p_dy_6k11l8d650ukaqJEzz9bVTP_GXZ1JpDvv7sE7DYqj0W0f61m5EhEb8O8_6th4YeogJayJ8bWY1tIwl9tjabm_UWohID-XiSM/w133-h200/th_364f27d0a9e0903ba4ca66b270091c81_lightspeed_123_august_2020%255B1%255D.jpg" title="Cover illustration by Grandfailure" alt="Cover illustration by Grandfailure" style="padding: 0px; width: 134px;"></a> <figcaption itemprop="caption" style="text-align: center;">[<a href="https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/issues/aug-2020-issue-123/">Lightspeed</a>]</figcaption></figure><div itemprop="reviewRating" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Rating"><span itemprop="ratingValue" content="3">★★★☆☆</span> <span itemprop="description"></span></div><!--reviewRating--><br><div><span itemprop="description">(Horror) In mid-winter, a skeletal stag comes to the village begging for food, but it eats anyone foolish enough to talk to it.</span> (3,379 words; <a href="http://www.rocketstackrank.com/p/qa.html#TimeEstimate">Time</a>: 11m)</div><!--description--><br><br style="clear: left;"></div><a href="http://www.rocketstackrank.com/2020/08/The-Bone-Stag-Walks-KT-Bryski.html#more">Read more »</a>Greg Hullenderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16720604327299886491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1390876285955310032.post-51158215672086038822020年08月19日T20:59:00.004-07:002020年08月19日T20:59:19.440-07:00All These Guardians of Order and Clarity, None of Them Can Abide a Free Witch, by Benjamin Rosenbaum<span itemprop="mainEntityOfPage" content="http://www.rocketstackrank.com/2020/08/All-These-Guardians-of-Order-and-Benjamin-Rosenbaum.html"></span><div itemref="blogPubDate blogAuthor blogPub" itemprop="mainEntity" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Review"><figure itemprop="image" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/imageObject" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 1em; margin-top: 0;"><span itemprop="representativeOfPage" content="true"></span><a itemprop="url" class="rsr-gallery" href="https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/wp-content/files_mf/cache/th_364f27d0a9e0903ba4ca66b270091c81_lightspeed_123_august_2020.jpg" title="Cover illustration by &lt;a href=&quot;https://stock.adobe.com/contributor/204918064/grandfailure&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Grandfailure&lt;/a&gt;"> <img itemprop="thumbnail" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig2C99GOxTNshfWtun9j2EZuGzXVYZq54ON436b2p_dy_6k11l8d650ukaqJEzz9bVTP_GXZ1JpDvv7sE7DYqj0W0f61m5EhEb8O8_6th4YeogJayJ8bWY1tIwl9tjabm_UWohID-XiSM/w133-h200/th_364f27d0a9e0903ba4ca66b270091c81_lightspeed_123_august_2020%255B1%255D.jpg" title="Cover illustration by Grandfailure" alt="Cover illustration by Grandfailure" style="padding: 0px; width: 134px;"></a> <figcaption itemprop="caption" style="text-align: center;">[<a href="https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/issues/aug-2020-issue-123/">Lightspeed</a>]</figcaption></figure><div itemprop="reviewRating" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Rating"><span itemprop="ratingValue" content="3">★★★☆☆</span> <span itemprop="description"></span></div><!--reviewRating--><br><div><span itemprop="description">(Fantasy Adventure) Maghd of Ilmak Dale, the "White Witch," feels that Marish’s account of their encounter and the destruction of Ilmak Dale is very slanted, so she tells her side of the story.</span> (7,796 words; <a href="http://www.rocketstackrank.com/p/qa.html#TimeEstimate">Time</a>: 25m)</div><!--description--><br>It’s possible this is a better story if you have already read &quot;<A href="https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/a-siege-of-cranes/">A Siege of Cranes.</a>" (2006), which was reprinted in <i>Lightspeed</i> last month.<br><br style="clear: left;"></div><a href="http://www.rocketstackrank.com/2020/08/All-These-Guardians-of-Order-and-Benjamin-Rosenbaum.html#more">Read more »</a>Greg Hullenderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16720604327299886491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1390876285955310032.post-21745317980809426912020年08月19日T20:56:00.002-07:002020年08月19日T20:56:11.084-07:00Sing in Me, Muse, by Katherine Crighton<span itemprop="mainEntityOfPage" content="http://www.rocketstackrank.com/2020/08/Sing-in-Me-Muse-Katherine-Crighton.html"></span><div itemref="blogPubDate blogAuthor blogPub" itemprop="mainEntity" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Review"><figure itemprop="image" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/imageObject" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 1em; margin-top: 0;"><span itemprop="representativeOfPage" content="true"></span><a itemprop="url" class="rsr-gallery" href="https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/wp-content/files_mf/cache/th_364f27d0a9e0903ba4ca66b270091c81_lightspeed_123_august_2020.jpg" title="Cover illustration by &lt;a href=&quot;https://stock.adobe.com/contributor/204918064/grandfailure&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Grandfailure&lt;/a&gt;"> <img itemprop="thumbnail" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig2C99GOxTNshfWtun9j2EZuGzXVYZq54ON436b2p_dy_6k11l8d650ukaqJEzz9bVTP_GXZ1JpDvv7sE7DYqj0W0f61m5EhEb8O8_6th4YeogJayJ8bWY1tIwl9tjabm_UWohID-XiSM/w133-h200/th_364f27d0a9e0903ba4ca66b270091c81_lightspeed_123_august_2020%255B1%255D.jpg" title="Cover illustration by Grandfailure" alt="Cover illustration by Grandfailure" style="padding: 0px; width: 134px;"></a> <figcaption itemprop="caption" style="text-align: center;">[<a href="https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/issues/aug-2020-issue-123/">Lightspeed</a>]</figcaption></figure><div itemprop="reviewRating" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Rating"><span itemprop="ratingValue" content="3">★★★☆☆</span> <span itemprop="description"></span></div><!--reviewRating--><br><div><span itemprop="description">(Generation Ship) A young woman on a generation ship sings reports back to an Earth that may not even exist anymore.</span> (1,941 words; <a href="http://www.rocketstackrank.com/p/qa.html#TimeEstimate">Time</a>: 06m)</div><!--description--><br><br style="clear: left;"></div><a href="http://www.rocketstackrank.com/2020/08/Sing-in-Me-Muse-Katherine-Crighton.html#more">Read more »</a>Greg Hullenderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16720604327299886491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1390876285955310032.post-48999995498684064802020年08月19日T20:54:00.007-07:002020年08月19日T20:54:44.427-07:00Still You Linger, Like Soot in the Air, by Matthew Kressel<span itemprop="mainEntityOfPage" content="http://www.rocketstackrank.com/2020/08/Still-You-Linger-Like-Soot-in-Matthew-Kressel.html"></span><div itemref="blogPubDate blogAuthor blogPub" itemprop="mainEntity" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Review"><figure itemprop="image" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/imageObject" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 1em; margin-top: 0;"><span itemprop="representativeOfPage" content="true"></span><a itemprop="url" class="rsr-gallery" href="https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/wp-content/files_mf/cache/th_364f27d0a9e0903ba4ca66b270091c81_lightspeed_123_august_2020.jpg" title="Cover illustration by &lt;a href=&quot;https://stock.adobe.com/contributor/204918064/grandfailure&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Grandfailure&lt;/a&gt;"> <img itemprop="thumbnail" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig2C99GOxTNshfWtun9j2EZuGzXVYZq54ON436b2p_dy_6k11l8d650ukaqJEzz9bVTP_GXZ1JpDvv7sE7DYqj0W0f61m5EhEb8O8_6th4YeogJayJ8bWY1tIwl9tjabm_UWohID-XiSM/w133-h200/th_364f27d0a9e0903ba4ca66b270091c81_lightspeed_123_august_2020%255B1%255D.jpg" title="Cover illustration by Grandfailure" alt="Cover illustration by Grandfailure" style="padding: 0px; width: 134px;"></a> <figcaption itemprop="caption" style="text-align: center;">[<a href="https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/issues/aug-2020-issue-123/">Lightspeed</a>]</figcaption></figure><div itemprop="reviewRating" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Rating"><span itemprop="ratingValue" content="3">★★★☆☆</span> <span itemprop="description"></span></div><!--reviewRating--><br><div><span itemprop="description">(Far-Future SF) Gil teaches students how to communicate with the Numens, vast, star-spanning alien intelligences indistinguishable from gods.</span> (5,664 words; <a href="http://www.rocketstackrank.com/p/qa.html#TimeEstimate">Time</a>: 18m)</div><!--description--><br><br style="clear: left;"></div><a href="http://www.rocketstackrank.com/2020/08/Still-You-Linger-Like-Soot-in-Matthew-Kressel.html#more">Read more »</a>Greg Hullenderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16720604327299886491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1390876285955310032.post-3801903357062114932020年08月18日T13:25:00.004-07:002020年08月18日T13:25:59.275-07:00Nameless He, by Robert Reed<span itemprop="mainEntityOfPage" content="http://www.rocketstackrank.com/2020/08/Nameless-He-Robert-Reed.html"></span><div itemref="blogPubDate blogAuthor blogPub" itemprop="mainEntity" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Review"><figure itemprop="image" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/imageObject" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 1em; margin-top: 0;"><span itemprop="representativeOfPage" content="true"></span><a itemprop="url" class="rsr-gallery" href="http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/covers/cw_167_700.jpg" title="&lt;a href=&quot;http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/artbio_167/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Monk&apos;s Mirror&lt;/a&gt; by &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.artstation.com/josephdiaz&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Joseph Diaz&lt;/a&gt;"> <img itemprop="thumbnail" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8Ps0aFcjKhbhOLYBNKQ5voAoBmX64nTTyY2-Gf88t8gj3gTp-ZEnoIbN6EUl_YndTqOiYf1WP0fnC-6FMBK2zDhPKvoj8GWgO732TwIqa1NcgvU9hRxw0xDdrOn3r8r7505LlJc-HY7k/w129-h200/cw_167_700%255B1%255D.jpg" title="Monk&apos;s Mirror by Joseph Diaz" alt="Monk&apos;s Mirror by Joseph Diaz" style="padding: 0px; width: 134px;"></a> <figcaption itemprop="caption" style="text-align: center;">[<a href="http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/issue_167/">Clarkesworld</a>]</figcaption></figure><div itemprop="reviewRating" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Rating"><span itemprop="ratingValue" content="3">★★★☆☆</span> <span itemprop="description"></span></div><!--reviewRating--><br><div><span itemprop="description">(Space Opera; <a href="http://www.rocketstackrank.com/p/series.html#GreatShip">Great Ship</a>) A captain on the Great Ship gives a nameless robot the task of studying the enigmatic wreck of an ancient starship.</span> (8,983 words; <a href="http://www.rocketstackrank.com/p/qa.html#TimeEstimate">Time</a>: 29m)</div><!--description--><br><br style="clear: left;"></div><a href="http://www.rocketstackrank.com/2020/08/Nameless-He-Robert-Reed.html#more">Read more »</a>Greg Hullenderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16720604327299886491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1390876285955310032.post-28442451599716198672020年08月18日T13:21:00.001-07:002020年08月18日T13:21:06.893-07:00The Immolation of Kev Magee, by L.X. Beckett<span itemprop="mainEntityOfPage" content="http://www.rocketstackrank.com/2020/08/The-Immolation-of-Kev-Magee-AM-Dellamonica.html"></span><div itemref="blogPubDate blogAuthor blogPub" itemprop="mainEntity" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Review"><figure itemprop="image" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/imageObject" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 1em; margin-top: 0;"><span itemprop="representativeOfPage" content="true"></span><a itemprop="url" class="rsr-gallery" href="http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/covers/cw_167_700.jpg" title="&lt;a href=&quot;http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/artbio_167/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Monk&apos;s Mirror&lt;/a&gt; by &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.artstation.com/josephdiaz&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Joseph Diaz&lt;/a&gt;"> <img itemprop="thumbnail" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8Ps0aFcjKhbhOLYBNKQ5voAoBmX64nTTyY2-Gf88t8gj3gTp-ZEnoIbN6EUl_YndTqOiYf1WP0fnC-6FMBK2zDhPKvoj8GWgO732TwIqa1NcgvU9hRxw0xDdrOn3r8r7505LlJc-HY7k/w129-h200/cw_167_700%255B1%255D.jpg" title="Monk&apos;s Mirror by Joseph Diaz" alt="Monk&apos;s Mirror by Joseph Diaz" style="padding: 0px; width: 134px;"></a> <figcaption itemprop="caption" style="text-align: center;">[<a href="http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/issue_167/">Clarkesworld</a>]</figcaption></figure><div itemprop="reviewRating" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Rating"><span itemprop="ratingValue" content="3">★★★☆☆</span> <span itemprop="description"></span></div><!--reviewRating--><br><div><span itemprop="description">(SF Thriller) A young refugee on a floating arctic city struggles to find a role making videos and meets an unexpected mentor.</span> (11,116 words; <a href="http://www.rocketstackrank.com/p/qa.html#TimeEstimate">Time</a>: 37m)</div><!--description--><br>Note: Although the title relates to the short poem, "<a href=" https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45081/the-cremation-of-sam-mcgee">The Cremation of Sam McGee</a>," by Robert Service, there’s no serious connection between the story and the poem. But by all means read the poem anyway; it’s short and it’s fun.<br><br style="clear: left;"></div><a href="http://www.rocketstackrank.com/2020/08/The-Immolation-of-Kev-Magee-AM-Dellamonica.html#more">Read more »</a>Greg Hullenderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16720604327299886491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1390876285955310032.post-79879659786364183362020年08月18日T13:18:00.006-07:002020年08月18日T13:18:43.149-07:00An Important Failure, by Rebecca Campbell<span itemprop="mainEntityOfPage" content="http://www.rocketstackrank.com/2020/08/An-Important-Failure-Rebecca-Campbell.html"></span><div itemref="blogPubDate blogAuthor blogPub" itemprop="mainEntity" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Review"><figure itemprop="image" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/imageObject" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 1em; margin-top: 0;"><span itemprop="representativeOfPage" content="true"></span><a itemprop="url" class="rsr-gallery" href="http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/covers/cw_167_700.jpg" title="&lt;a href=&quot;http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/artbio_167/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Monk&apos;s Mirror&lt;/a&gt; by &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.artstation.com/josephdiaz&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Joseph Diaz&lt;/a&gt;"> <img itemprop="thumbnail" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8Ps0aFcjKhbhOLYBNKQ5voAoBmX64nTTyY2-Gf88t8gj3gTp-ZEnoIbN6EUl_YndTqOiYf1WP0fnC-6FMBK2zDhPKvoj8GWgO732TwIqa1NcgvU9hRxw0xDdrOn3r8r7505LlJc-HY7k/w129-h200/cw_167_700%255B1%255D.jpg" title="Monk&apos;s Mirror by Joseph Diaz" alt="Monk&apos;s Mirror by Joseph Diaz" style="padding: 0px; width: 134px;"></a> <figcaption itemprop="caption" style="text-align: center;">[<a href="http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/issue_167/">Clarkesworld</a>]</figcaption></figure><div itemprop="reviewRating" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Rating"><span style="color: red;"><span itemprop="ratingValue" content="5">★★★★★</span> <span itemprop="description">A story of an obsession to make something beautiful in a world that’s falling apart.</span></span></div><!--reviewRating--><br><div><span itemprop="description">(Climate SF) In a world desperate for wood for fires and paper, a man and his brother look for a tree good enough to make a world-class violin.</span> (9,702 words; <a href="http://www.rocketstackrank.com/p/qa.html#TimeEstimate">Time</a>: 32m)</div><!--description--><br><br style="clear: left;"></div><a href="http://www.rocketstackrank.com/2020/08/An-Important-Failure-Rebecca-Campbell.html#more">Read more »</a>Greg Hullenderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16720604327299886491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1390876285955310032.post-39948483175641185722020年08月18日T13:15:00.004-07:002020年08月18日T13:15:20.558-07:00The Plague, by Yan Leisheng<span itemprop="mainEntityOfPage" content="http://www.rocketstackrank.com/2020/08/The-Plague-Yan-Leisheng.html"></span><div itemref="blogPubDate blogAuthor blogPub" itemprop="mainEntity" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Review"><figure itemprop="image" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/imageObject" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 1em; margin-top: 0;"><span itemprop="representativeOfPage" content="true"></span><a itemprop="url" class="rsr-gallery" href="http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/covers/cw_167_700.jpg" title="&lt;a href=&quot;http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/artbio_167/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Monk&apos;s Mirror&lt;/a&gt; by &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.artstation.com/josephdiaz&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Joseph Diaz&lt;/a&gt;"> <img itemprop="thumbnail" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8Ps0aFcjKhbhOLYBNKQ5voAoBmX64nTTyY2-Gf88t8gj3gTp-ZEnoIbN6EUl_YndTqOiYf1WP0fnC-6FMBK2zDhPKvoj8GWgO732TwIqa1NcgvU9hRxw0xDdrOn3r8r7505LlJc-HY7k/w129-h200/cw_167_700%255B1%255D.jpg" title="Monk&apos;s Mirror by Joseph Diaz" alt="Monk&apos;s Mirror by Joseph Diaz" style="padding: 0px; width: 134px;"></a> <figcaption itemprop="caption" style="text-align: center;">[<a href="http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/issue_167/">Clarkesworld</a>]</figcaption></figure><div itemprop="reviewRating" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Rating"><span itemprop="ratingValue" content="1">★☆☆☆☆</span> <span itemprop="description"></span></div><!--reviewRating--><br><div><span itemprop="description">(Epidemic SF) A plague that turns people to stone is depopulating the planet, and the narrator has the job of incinerating the bodies. Weirdly, some of them scream.</span> (5,692 words; <a href="http://www.rocketstackrank.com/p/qa.html#TimeEstimate">Time</a>: 18m)</div><!--description--><br><br style="clear: left;"></div><a href="http://www.rocketstackrank.com/2020/08/The-Plague-Yan-Leisheng.html#more">Read more »</a>Greg Hullenderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16720604327299886491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1390876285955310032.post-21079025527340067292020年08月18日T13:13:00.007-07:002020年08月18日T13:13:54.369-07:00Drawing Lines Between the Stars, by Frank Smith<span itemprop="mainEntityOfPage" content="http://www.rocketstackrank.com/2020/08/Drawing-Lines-Between-the-Stars-Frank-Smith.html"></span><div itemref="blogPubDate blogAuthor blogPub" itemprop="mainEntity" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Review"><figure itemprop="image" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/imageObject" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 1em; margin-top: 0;"><span itemprop="representativeOfPage" content="true"></span><a itemprop="url" class="rsr-gallery" href="http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/covers/cw_167_700.jpg" title="&lt;a href=&quot;http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/artbio_167/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Monk&apos;s Mirror&lt;/a&gt; by &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.artstation.com/josephdiaz&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Joseph Diaz&lt;/a&gt;"> <img itemprop="thumbnail" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8Ps0aFcjKhbhOLYBNKQ5voAoBmX64nTTyY2-Gf88t8gj3gTp-ZEnoIbN6EUl_YndTqOiYf1WP0fnC-6FMBK2zDhPKvoj8GWgO732TwIqa1NcgvU9hRxw0xDdrOn3r8r7505LlJc-HY7k/w129-h200/cw_167_700%255B1%255D.jpg" title="Monk&apos;s Mirror by Joseph Diaz" alt="Monk&apos;s Mirror by Joseph Diaz" style="padding: 0px; width: 134px;"></a> <figcaption itemprop="caption" style="text-align: center;">[<a href="http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/issue_167/">Clarkesworld</a>]</figcaption></figure><div itemprop="reviewRating" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Rating"><span itemprop="ratingValue" content="2">★★☆☆☆</span> <span itemprop="description"></span></div><!--reviewRating--><br><div><span itemprop="description">(New Age SF) Bexar&apos;s life changes when his ship rescues a young woman whose ship was hit by a passing comet.</span> (6,104 words; <a href="http://www.rocketstackrank.com/p/qa.html#TimeEstimate">Time</a>: 20m)</div><!--description--><br><br style="clear: left;"></div><a href="http://www.rocketstackrank.com/2020/08/Drawing-Lines-Between-the-Stars-Frank-Smith.html#more">Read more »</a>Greg Hullenderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16720604327299886491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1390876285955310032.post-44488408761936666072020年08月18日T13:10:00.007-07:002020年08月18日T13:10:45.518-07:00The Lori, by Fiona Moore<span itemprop="mainEntityOfPage" content="http://www.rocketstackrank.com/2020/08/The-Lori-Fiona-Moore.html"></span><div itemref="blogPubDate blogAuthor blogPub" itemprop="mainEntity" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Review"><figure itemprop="image" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/imageObject" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 1em; margin-top: 0;"><span itemprop="representativeOfPage" content="true"></span><a itemprop="url" class="rsr-gallery" href="http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/covers/cw_167_700.jpg" title="&lt;a href=&quot;http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/artbio_167/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Monk&apos;s Mirror&lt;/a&gt; by &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.artstation.com/josephdiaz&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Joseph Diaz&lt;/a&gt;"> <img itemprop="thumbnail" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8Ps0aFcjKhbhOLYBNKQ5voAoBmX64nTTyY2-Gf88t8gj3gTp-ZEnoIbN6EUl_YndTqOiYf1WP0fnC-6FMBK2zDhPKvoj8GWgO732TwIqa1NcgvU9hRxw0xDdrOn3r8r7505LlJc-HY7k/w129-h200/cw_167_700%255B1%255D.jpg" title="Monk&apos;s Mirror by Joseph Diaz" alt="Monk&apos;s Mirror by Joseph Diaz" style="padding: 0px; width: 134px;"></a> <figcaption itemprop="caption" style="text-align: center;">[<a href="http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/issue_167/">Clarkesworld</a>]</figcaption></figure><div itemprop="reviewRating" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Rating"><span style="color: red;"><span itemprop="ratingValue" content="4">★★★★☆</span> <span itemprop="description">Worth it just to see a realistic story about AI failure.</span></span></div><!--reviewRating--><br><div><span itemprop="description">(Military SF) After corporal Cooper recovers from the disastrous battle of Kuching, he’s sure the sentient tank he worked with is still there somewhere, so he takes extended leave and goes to hunt for it.</span> (3,623 words; <a href="http://www.rocketstackrank.com/p/qa.html#TimeEstimate">Time</a>: 12m)</div><!--description--><br><br style="clear: left;"></div><a href="http://www.rocketstackrank.com/2020/08/The-Lori-Fiona-Moore.html#more">Read more »</a>Greg Hullenderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16720604327299886491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1390876285955310032.post-9054476114256745422020年08月18日T13:07:00.006-07:002020年08月18日T13:07:42.245-07:00The Mysterious Study of Doctor Sex, by Tamsyn Muir<span itemprop="mainEntityOfPage" content="http://www.rocketstackrank.com/2020/08/The-Mysterious-Study-of-Doctor-Tamsyn-Muir.html"></span><div itemref="blogPubDate blogAuthor blogPub" itemprop="mainEntity" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Review"><figure itemprop="image" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/imageObject" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 1em; margin-top: 0;"><span itemprop="representativeOfPage" content="true"></span><a itemprop="url" class="rsr-gallery" href="https://i1.wp.com/www.tor.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/doctorsex_full-800-px.jpg" title="Story illustration by &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.manchess.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Gregory Manchess&lt;/a&gt;"> <img itemprop="thumbnail" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyLe02VpIm3izh7-RXeow1Y7dKlyTqikO84q3L9pmNJo6g_Oh6YBhBcaJAzDhwsjjmV0ibnOEN_Xy4b3RZQkIMR1UzXz0sO4vACL-lKWYKlCkd0x-6XtGYAqdajkh6R-8uzgGJiW-MIGs/w200-h200/doctorsex_full-800-px%255B1%255D.jpg" title="Story illustration by Gregory Manchess" alt="Story illustration by Gregory Manchess" style="padding: 0px; width: 134px;"></a> <figcaption itemprop="caption" style="text-align: center;">[<a href="https://www.tor.com/2020/07/29/the-mysterious-study-of-dr-sex-tamsyn-muir/">Single</a>]</figcaption></figure><div itemprop="reviewRating" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Rating"><span itemprop="ratingValue" content="2">★★☆☆☆</span> <span itemprop="description"></span></div><!--reviewRating--><br><div><span itemprop="description">(Future Fantasy Mystery) Two young students are attached to a team reopening Dr. Sex’s study after 400 years. But someone seems to have got in 200 years ago and left his or her skeleton there.</span> (8,632 words; <a href="http://www.rocketstackrank.com/p/qa.html#TimeEstimate">Time</a>: 28m)</div><!--description--><br><br style="clear: left;"></div><a href="http://www.rocketstackrank.com/2020/08/The-Mysterious-Study-of-Doctor-Tamsyn-Muir.html#more">Read more »</a>Greg Hullenderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16720604327299886491noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1390876285955310032.post-4710622314915890262020年08月18日T13:05:00.006-07:002020年08月18日T13:05:56.292-07:00Satin and Velvet, by Robert Minto<span itemprop="mainEntityOfPage" content="http://www.rocketstackrank.com/2020/08/Satin-and-Velvet-Robert-Minto.html"></span><div itemref="blogPubDate blogAuthor blogPub" itemprop="mainEntity" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Review"><figure itemprop="image" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/imageObject" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 1em; margin-top: 0;"><span itemprop="representativeOfPage" content="true"></span><a itemprop="url" class="rsr-gallery" href="http://beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/GrassyOcean_AlexanderOstrowski_full.jpg" title="&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/artwork/grassy-ocean/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Grassy Ocean&lt;/a&gt; by &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.artstation.com/alexander-ostrowski&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Alexander Ostrowski&lt;/a&gt;"> <img itemprop="thumbnail" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw4R6t8ajl4aNPJgSNLBFJ_bwdbP6KoRUTBEo6SO1joJS50GbaRIbTcC1oLuawgZlbbRA8QHddYFFl7k69yFFyilHr17TkBZg-iGnZMmKmpvWyWfEo8-bzsHGZdHqyMbqMXchL8HeDmH4/s200/beneath-ceaseless-skies-issue-309-cover%255B1%255D.jpg" title="Grassy Ocean by Alexander Ostrowski" alt="Grassy Ocean by Alexander Ostrowski" style="padding: 0px; width: 134px;"></a> <figcaption itemprop="caption" style="text-align: center;">[<a href="http://www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/issues/issue-309">BCS</a>]</figcaption></figure><div itemprop="reviewRating" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Rating"><span itemprop="ratingValue" content="3">★★★☆☆</span> <span itemprop="description">Honorable Mention</span></div><!--reviewRating--><br><div><span itemprop="description">(Magician’s Apprentice) At just 16, Greta is pretty young for an apprentice, but somehow she’s drawn the attention of a satin ghast, which only seems to want to help her get her work done. But this is what got the last apprentice killed.</span> (2,869 words; <a href="http://www.rocketstackrank.com/p/qa.html#TimeEstimate">Time</a>: 09m)</div><!--description--><br><br style="clear: left;"></div><a href="http://www.rocketstackrank.com/2020/08/Satin-and-Velvet-Robert-Minto.html#more">Read more »</a>Greg Hullenderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16720604327299886491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1390876285955310032.post-69800565479954314702020年08月18日T13:04:00.001-07:002020年08月18日T13:04:02.761-07:00The Many Lives of an Abiku, by Tobi Ogundiran<span itemprop="mainEntityOfPage" content="http://www.rocketstackrank.com/2020/08/The-Many-Lives-of-an-Abiku-Tobi-Ogundiran.html"></span><div itemref="blogPubDate blogAuthor blogPub" itemprop="mainEntity" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Review"><figure itemprop="image" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/imageObject" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 1em; margin-top: 0;"><span itemprop="representativeOfPage" content="true"></span><a itemprop="url" class="rsr-gallery" href="http://beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/GrassyOcean_AlexanderOstrowski_full.jpg" title="&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/artwork/grassy-ocean/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Grassy Ocean&lt;/a&gt; by &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.artstation.com/alexander-ostrowski&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Alexander Ostrowski&lt;/a&gt;"> <img itemprop="thumbnail" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw4R6t8ajl4aNPJgSNLBFJ_bwdbP6KoRUTBEo6SO1joJS50GbaRIbTcC1oLuawgZlbbRA8QHddYFFl7k69yFFyilHr17TkBZg-iGnZMmKmpvWyWfEo8-bzsHGZdHqyMbqMXchL8HeDmH4/s200/beneath-ceaseless-skies-issue-309-cover%255B1%255D.jpg" title="Grassy Ocean by Alexander Ostrowski" alt="Grassy Ocean by Alexander Ostrowski" style="padding: 0px; width: 134px;"></a> <figcaption itemprop="caption" style="text-align: center;">[<a href="http://www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/issues/issue-309">BCS</a>]</figcaption></figure><div itemprop="reviewRating" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Rating"><span itemprop="ratingValue" content="3">★★★☆☆</span> <span itemprop="description"></span></div><!--reviewRating--><br><div><span itemprop="description">(Yoruba Horror) Sola loves her family and wants to be a good girl. The shaman’s claims that she’s really an evil spirit come to cause pain can’t possibly be true—even if her invisible friend says otherwise.</span> (5,212 words; <a href="http://www.rocketstackrank.com/p/qa.html#TimeEstimate">Time</a>: 17m)</div><!--description--><br><br style="clear: left;"></div><a href="http://www.rocketstackrank.com/2020/08/The-Many-Lives-of-an-Abiku-Tobi-Ogundiran.html#more">Read more »</a>Greg Hullenderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16720604327299886491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1390876285955310032.post-59175990696824454402020年08月18日T13:02:00.001-07:002020年08月18日T13:02:04.137-07:00The Physicians of Vilnoc, by Lois McMaster Bujold<span itemprop="mainEntityOfPage" content="http://www.rocketstackrank.com/2020/08/The-Physicians-of-Vilnoc-Lois-McMaster-Bujold.html"></span><div itemref="blogPubDate blogAuthor blogPub" itemprop="mainEntity" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Review"><figure itemprop="image" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/imageObject" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 1em; margin-top: 0;"><span itemprop="representativeOfPage" content="true"></span><a itemprop="url" class="rsr-gallery" href="https://prodimage.images-bn.com/pimages/2940162720935_p0_v1_s600x595.jpg" title="Cover illustration by &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.black-cat-studios.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Ron Miller&lt;/a&gt;"> <img itemprop="thumbnail" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXARvXXQhyYsS-SuiWRsbLHkfmZor3s3eRmHVuKX6B6o3CgWdacOUvJY8Z9Pfh3RKopBQQ7o4Hc_R5qII4tE39L9ti5kwnxZq-UlNRau2MFELP6HK0vn65cby-_CfmrbG9nic91WfpMak/s200/2940162720935_p0_v1_s600x595%255B1%255D.jpg" title="Cover illustration by Ron Miller" alt="Cover illustration by Ron Miller" style="padding: 0px; width: 134px;"></a> <figcaption itemprop="caption" style="text-align: center;">[<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53341301-the-physicians-of-vilnoc">Single</a>]</figcaption></figure><div itemprop="reviewRating" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Rating"><span style="color: red;"><span itemprop="ratingValue" content="4">★★★★☆</span> <span itemprop="description">A Satisfying Adventure in the Company of Great Characters</span></span></div><!--reviewRating--><br><div><span itemprop="description">(Fantasy Adventure; <a href="http://www.rocketstackrank.com/p/series.html#FiveGods">Five Gods</a>) Penric tries to deal with an epidemic, which stretches his powers to the breaking point.</span> (42,806 words; <a href="http://www.rocketstackrank.com/p/qa.html#TimeEstimate">Time</a>: 2h:22m)</div><!--description--><br>To fully appreciate this story, you need to have already read the seven before it, starting with "Penric’s Demon." If you have not at least read the first two, this will likely be confusing.<br><br style="clear: left;"></div><a href="http://www.rocketstackrank.com/2020/08/The-Physicians-of-Vilnoc-Lois-McMaster-Bujold.html#more">Read more »</a>Greg Hullenderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16720604327299886491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1390876285955310032.post-56746394181516886402020年08月18日T12:58:00.006-07:002020年08月18日T12:58:26.458-07:00Yellow and the Perception of Reality, by Maureen F. McHugh<span itemprop="mainEntityOfPage" content="http://www.rocketstackrank.com/2020/08/Yellow-and-the-Perception-of-Reality-Maureen-F-McHugh.html"></span><div itemref="blogPubDate blogAuthor blogPub" itemprop="mainEntity" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Review"><figure itemprop="image" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/imageObject" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 1em; margin-top: 0;"><span itemprop="representativeOfPage" content="true"></span><a itemprop="url" class="rsr-gallery" href="https://i0.wp.com/www.tor.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/perception_full-800-px.jpg" title="Story illustration by &lt;a href=&quot;http://maryhaasdyk.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Mary Haasdyk&lt;/a&gt;"> <img itemprop="thumbnail" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWs4IXceBXwenyPZgwvwaqqVsY6NeyJGzl8OGvAEJ7Dav7hyphenhyphenIGeA9uACfAa3vgFHpwR_2E2K67YGKSPzUtIh96aqxKyHmD39bKPz-HjNTfSjkEaXp_-hpCIKe6I9lljJ7PgRraAmEstNw/s200/51e-RqJnu3L%255B1%255D.jpg" title="Story illustration by Mary Haasdyk" alt="Story illustration by Mary Haasdyk" style="padding: 0px; width: 134px;"></a> <figcaption itemprop="caption" style="text-align: center;">[<a href="https://www.tor.com/2020/07/22/yellow-and-the-perception-of-reality-maureen-mchugh/">Single</a>]</figcaption></figure><div itemprop="reviewRating" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Rating"><span itemprop="ratingValue" content="3">★★★☆☆</span> <span itemprop="description"></span></div><!--reviewRating--><br><div><span itemprop="description">(SF) June’s sister Wanda suffered some kind of brain damage in an experiment aimed at learning the nature of reality. 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margin-left: 0; margin-right: 1em; margin-top: 0;"><span itemprop="representativeOfPage" content="true"></span><a itemprop="url" class="rsr-gallery" href="http://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/stitch_full.png" title="The Stitch Beneath the Ice by &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.instagram.com/tintanega/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Mateus Manhanini&lt;/a&gt;"> <img itemprop="thumbnail" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuYuxxMfJvJrltMvPiS-WAsdgOrPi1fEYBUCn607vTyEHlqBqsoVrYaqgus19v2ht0GBCVWKr3AN7OGC2CLTv31WJP2OlILioEFNQPx69_cjT73pxUgiwR4CpWvvU5E08O_KIeb0AuJWI/s200/stitch_full%255B1%255D.png" title="The Stitch Beneath the Ice by Mateus Manhanini" alt="The Stitch Beneath the Ice by Mateus Manhanini" style="padding: 0px; width: 134px;"></a> <figcaption itemprop="caption" style="text-align: center;">[<a href="http://www.strangehorizons.com/issue/20-July-2020">Strange Horizons</a>]</figcaption></figure><div itemprop="reviewRating" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Rating"><span itemprop="ratingValue" content="3">★★★☆☆</span> <span itemprop="description"></span></div><!--reviewRating--><br><div><span itemprop="description">(Horror) During Prohibition, a coffin maker who often brings bodies over the frozen St. Lawrence river in the winter decides to earn some extra cash bringing a coffin full of liquor instead.</span> (5,651 words; <a href="http://www.rocketstackrank.com/p/qa.html#TimeEstimate">Time</a>: 18m)</div><!--description--><br><br style="clear: left;"></div><a href="http://www.rocketstackrank.com/2020/08/The-Stitch-Beneath-the-Ice-Ranylt-Richildis.html#more">Read more »</a>Greg Hullenderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16720604327299886491noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1390876285955310032.post-86464432488592966042020年08月18日T12:54:00.008-07:002020年08月18日T12:54:47.066-07:00Everything's Fine, by Matthew Pridham<span itemprop="mainEntityOfPage" content="http://www.rocketstackrank.com/2020/08/Everythings-Fine-Matthew-Pridham.html"></span><div itemref="blogPubDate blogAuthor blogPub" itemprop="mainEntity" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Review"><figure itemprop="image" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/imageObject" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 1em; margin-top: 0;"><span itemprop="representativeOfPage" content="true"></span><a itemprop="url" class="rsr-gallery" href="https://i0.wp.com/www.tor.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/everythingsfine_full-800-px.jpg" title="Story illustration by &lt;a href=&quot;https://paintagram.deviantart.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Sam Araya&lt;/a&gt;"> <img itemprop="thumbnail" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm5CZI9aLFnu9Xe5-dgygEU5jol4wPu2NJ40Gt14eDENru3stYrxFzzYRzn2o1oFO4hZ2nIda_V5c39tB0UDbnrGhrcl1dgJZDQjlMHO-mmGCIaJv2R1kOF4tA5R5FF0MfsBswUMGQ6iQ/s200/everythingsfine_cvr-800-px%255B1%255D.jpg" title="Story illustration by Sam Araya" alt="Story illustration by Sam Araya" style="padding: 0px; width: 134px;"></a> <figcaption itemprop="caption" style="text-align: center;">[<a href="https://www.tor.com/2020/07/15/everythings-fine-matthew-pridham/">Single</a>]</figcaption></figure><div itemprop="reviewRating" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Rating"><span itemprop="ratingValue" content="3">★★★☆☆</span> <span itemprop="description"></span></div><!--reviewRating--><br><div><span itemprop="description">(Slipstream Horror) Today’s a big day at work, but just walking there looks to be a death-defying challenge, what with people randomly turning into monsters and such.</span> (4,732 words; 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target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Rovina Cai&lt;/a&gt;"> <img itemprop="thumbnail" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY9_2ZSPBoW76b5TmBttBC0-7GCqDmSfMzWWR9SrZMvM0hnbCmHNJIiGIMwQiGD6PWR-EB9iI7hvUoEtBCuiZI-6RauCAvFu_AlPD36t-4HqUn_J-WgfZ9U1ZaaZFhVjQVUchd40Nek3I/s200/JuiceLikeWounds_Final-800-px%255B1%255D.jpg" title="Story illustration by Rovina Cai" alt="Story illustration by Rovina Cai" style="padding: 0px; width: 134px;"></a> <figcaption itemprop="caption" style="text-align: center;">[<a href="https://www.tor.com/2020/07/13/juice-like-wounds-seanan-mcguire/">Single</a>]</figcaption></figure><div itemprop="reviewRating" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Rating"><span itemprop="ratingValue" content="3">★★★☆☆</span> <span itemprop="description">Honorable Mention</span></div><!--reviewRating--><br><div><span itemprop="description">(Portal Fantasy; <a href="http://www.rocketstackrank.com/p/series.html#WaywardChildren">Wayward Children</a>) In the Market, every exchange has to give fair value to both sides. Lundy and her friends want to do a quest that’ll generate so much fair value that they never have to work again. But they’re just kids.</span> (5,894 words; <a href="http://www.rocketstackrank.com/p/qa.html#TimeEstimate">Time</a>: 19m)</div><!--description--><br><br style="clear: left;"></div><a href="http://www.rocketstackrank.com/2020/08/Juice-Like-Wounds-Seanan-McGuire.html#more">Read more »</a>Greg Hullenderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16720604327299886491noreply@blogger.com1

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