The surviving members of a rock band attempt to exorcise an entity from one of their heroes. This story has an interesting spin on the typical possession story; it plays with the…
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“And You Shall Sing to Me a Deeper Song” by Maria Haskins
A cyborg soldier encounters a peaceful village in peril in a post-apocalyptic landscape. There are some interesting ideas in this story – the enhanced “singers” as a weapon, the robot war, the…
“The Further Adventures of the Invisible Man” by Karen Joy Fowler
A boy takes subtle revenge on his bully with the help of his mother and her misfit friends. This is an enjoyable story for characterization and voice; not quite what I was…
“No One Really Lives Alone” by Lesley Hart Gunn
Advice is offered to a demon summoner when an exorcist arrives at her door. This playful story turns poignant and dark as it goes on, and the voice of the narrator and…
“Milagroso” by Isabel Yap
A man who works for a company that produces artificial food goes to a festival in his home town where a saint’s statue miraculously generates vast quantities of natural food. This story…
“The Uncharted” by Benjamin Percy
When a team mapping an Alaskan wilderness area disappear, a manager at a Google-like company and a group of friends who operate an adventure YouTube channel go looking for them, discovering that…
“The Big Rock Candy Mountain” by Andy Duncan
A hobo reluctantly leaves the paradise of the Big Rock Candy Mountain, with its cigarette trees and fountains of stew, and rediscovers the world that he left behind. “Big Rock Candy Mountain”…
“The Long View” by Susan Palwick
A college student’s emotional support dragon poses numerous problems for the students and administrators on campus. This is a gently satirical story that pokes fun at contemporary campus life while also making…
“Syringe” by Isabel Yap
A dying woman is cared for by AI nurses, who are programmed for compassion but not too much. This is a short, sad story about the limits of technology: Merlie’s Nurses™ are…
“The Balloon” by Benjamin Percy
Two stories in a horrific pandemic – one a woman who is apparently immune to the disease that is killing her neighbors, one a police officer who is afraid of everything –…