A piece of horehound candy was stuck in the boy’s teeth. He chewed on a jawbreaker to dislodge it. It was Halloween and little Petri was walking to the town church for the evening’s festivities. The crisp autumn air stung his cheeks as he walked. It was a cloudy afternoon …
Rochambeau Bill Rochambeau wore a long grey beard that the members of ZZ Top would have described as “a bit much”. His office was ice-cold, but that’s just the way he liked it. He shuffled some papers on his desk before addressing my inquiry. “Watson is a kook,” Rochambeau said …
Mark sauntered over to Jenny’s desk at the usual time. Raj and Elinor both saw him, took the cue and rose to join them. They all watched from behind a row of filing cabinets. Robert worked across to the other side of the open plan office. He tidied away his lunchbox, …
Pink stripes jumped off the walls of the club onto the dancers, twining around them as the people gyrated to the sound of a band that would be the next big thing. Every band that played in this joint turned out to be the next big thing. “Maxie,” Simone said …
Prince Syree knew that within six hours he would be dead. Standing tall and proud, his glossy skin and patagia a dark blue, he stared out at the rain drumming against the windows of the hexagonal mess hall. Lightning illuminated the slender, golden starships in the distance. The tip of …
No one wants my job. Hell I don’t even want my job, and I’m not even sure why or how I ended up with it… I remember going to sleep one night after watching a movie with my girlfriend, next thing I knew I was in a dark windowless room. …
Daredevil, Netflix, Premiered 2015 Created by Drew Goddard Starring Charlie Cox, Deborah Ann Woll, Elden Henson, Toby Leonard Moore, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Bob Gunton, Ayelet Zurer, Rosario Dawson, Vincent D’Onofrio Rating: Reviewed by David L. Felts I was pretty stoked to learn Netflix was going to produce a Daredevil series. Daredevil has …
SFReader 2014 Story Contest First Place Winner Stalking Azazel (Volume Tres of the Dos Cruces Trilogy), was released in 2013. Mangum’s short story, Fetus-in-Fetu, is based on characters from this novel. “If James Crumley and Soren Kierkegaard got into a bar fight, ‘Stalking Azazel’ might be the bloody, brainy result. With …
SFReader 2014 Story Contest Second Place Winner Gustavo Bondoni was born in Argentina, which, he believes, makes him one of the few – if not the only – Argentinean fiction writers writing primarily in English. He moved to the US at the age of three because his father worked for a …
SFReader 2014 Story Contest Third Place Winner Described as a well-mannered, sweet-natured, nihilistic punk, Samson Stormcrow Hayes claims that living in Los Angeles hasn’t made him cynical, just more enraged. He writes stories, screenplays, and comics including the critically acclaimed graphic novel Afterlife. He can be found in old parking lots, …
The rain had been steadily falling for most of the night and into the very early morning. Dark wet streets glimmered uncharacteristically as the occasional taxicab swooshed by through the puddles. The rain was a relief that Manhattan needed after two weeks of dry summer heat, and the cement and …
Owen sat down at his computer in the living room and powered on the laptop. His mind was spinning and his emotions were in free-fall. He scratched at the brown stubble itching his cheeks and waited for the computer to power up. He didn’t have to wait long. Technology had …
The Road (2009), Rated R Starring Viggo Mortensen, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Charlize Theron Directed by John Hillcoat Review by David L. Felts Rating While I’m on the topic of apocalyptic movies (see my Book of Eli movie review), I figured I’d offer up one of The Road. The Road, an award winning book …
28 Weeks Later (2007), Rated “R” Starring Robert Carlyle, Rose Byrne, Jeremy Renner, Harold Perrineau Jr. Directed by Juan Carlos Fresnadillo Review by Nicholas Ozment Rating Have you seen this movie? So everyone who knows me knows I’m a sucker for zombie movies. When this one came out in 2007, …
Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Kristell Ink Published: 2014 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by SJ Higbee Have you read this book? I’ve seen Joanne Hall around at various Fantasycons, but met her properly for the first time this year at Bristolcon. She is a lovely person with a keen sense of humor …
SFReader 2013 Story Contest First Place Winner People entertain certain expectations of female wizards. For one, we’re supposed to live either in a solitary hut atop a bald hill (and so always in view of the townspeople, to inspire continual gossip about us and those who seek our counsel), or in …
SFReader 2013 Story Contest Third Place Winner I logged off my work program and looked at my schedule – a two hour break. My options: Happy Family 27, Dream Boat 22 (it was a new program – one I hadn’t tried before), Conspiracy 10, one of the Adventure series, or an exercise program. I gritted my teeth. …
Genre: Science Fiction Publisher: Daw Published: 1969 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by Edward F. McKeown Have you read this book? Scattered throughout the globe of human-occupied space is evidence of a civilization that bestrode the galaxy before humanity was born. Now, a strange device has been discovered that shows the …
Genre: Military Science Fiction Publisher: Roc Published: 1975 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by David L. Felts Have you read this book? The older I get, the more nostalgia I develop for the things of my youth. My friends and I were quite taken with the Horseclans books when we discovered …
SFReader 2010 Story Contest First Place Winner Mike Barretta is a husband, father and retired Naval Aviator. He now works for a major defense contractor as a helicopter pilot. His first sale was to Black Ink Horror and his first professional sale was to Jim Baen’s Universe. He was the 2009 …
