Master Rochester: A Jane Eyre Serial – Chapter 14
BY PHILIP LOWE My dearest wife has written her own memories in a book and has inspired me to write my own. I feel a little cautious in sharing my own memories of relationships and journeys. As long as everything I have experienced has brought me here, it is excusable. I pray that our children …...
Where Rivers Talk
BY HOLLY MALEY Crazy Old Xenia was at it again, pushing that rusted old wheelbarrow down the street. Mara was stuck home because of a stupid cough and had watched Xenia do this every morning for the last week. As usual, Mom would not let Mara go out until she was better, so Mara spent …...
“Don’t Fly, You Fools!”
BY JEB SMITH Jeb Smith returns to the subject of his article with Lloyd R. Hedberg, “Getting A Grip on Tolkien, Or: Fly? You Fools!” and considers whether the heroes of The Lord of the Rings could have used eagles to fly to Mordor. At the Council in Rivendell, many opinions regarding the disposition of …...
The Girl from 3014
BY RICHARD TUCKER Zelena stood at the island in her apartment’s small kitchen tossing M&M’s into her mouth while the sun continued to dip below the New York skyscrapers and she waited for Mara Kavanaugh to finish getting ready. “Come on, the party will be over by the time you get done.” She called. She …...
Master Rochester: A Jane Eyre Serial – Chapter 13
BY PHILIP LOWE My dearest wife has written her own memories in a book and has inspired me to write my own. I feel a little cautious in sharing my own memories of relationships and journeys. As long as everything I have experienced has brought me here, it is excusable. I pray that our children …...
The Pathfinder Force (No. 8 Group)
BY ALASTAIR JOHN REDMAN The deployment of heavy bombers during the Second World War remains one of the most intense, high-stakes engineering and tactical challenges in military history. Amidst the desperate, blind chaos of the Royal Air Force’s night bombing offensive, the ultimate margin between operational failure and devastating...
Book Review: Nightmare Alley Graphic Novel by Spain Rodriguez
BY G. CONNOR SALTER Nightmare Alley. Adapted by Spain Rodriguez from the novel by William Lindsay Gresham. Introduction by Gay Groth. Fantagraphics Books, 2003. What does it take to get a movie made? A friend was asking me this after we had watched Guillermo del Toro’s adaptation of Nightmare Alley. My friend is a specialist …...
Master Rochester: A Jane Eyre Serial – Chapter 12
BY PHILIP LOWE My dearest wife has written her own memories in a book and has inspired me to write my own. I feel a little cautious in sharing my own memories of relationships and journeys. As long as everything I have experienced has brought me here, it is excusable. I pray that our children …...
Fantasy Author Interview: Anthony Marchetta
INTERVIEW CONDUCTED BY G. CONNOR SALTER GCS: Tell us a little bit about yourself. I have been writing seriously—meaning with the goal of publication—for a little over ten years. I have had several short stories and articles published in the Sci Phi Journal, Variety Pack Fiction, and Silence and Starsong. I was also the editor...
Creatures of the Night
BY E.H. MUNRO March 31st and April 1st 1800 Judge Lansing looked up into the gloom of the courtroom, the tallow candles mounted on the walls threw off a greasy light. He could just make out the stern and gloomy face of the hopelessly outmatched prosecutor, Cadwallader Colden. A decent man and a stolid attorney. …...
