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The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Vol. 145, Nos. 5 & 6, November/December 2023
NOVELLAS
THE MANY DIFFERENT KINDS OF LOVE - Geoff Ryman and David Jeffrey
NOVELETS
PORTRAIT OF THE DRAGON AS A YOUNG MAN - J.A. Pak
FOOLS AND THEIR MONEY - Meighan Hogate
SHORT STORIES
KARANTHA FISH - Amal Singh
LONGEVITY - Anya Ow
ALL THAT WE LEAVE BEHIND - Charlie Hughes
TWELVE ASPECTS OF THE DRAGON - Rachael Jones
MEETING IN GREENWOOD - R. K. Duncan
THE PIGEON WIFE - Samantha E. Chung
LOS PAJARITOS - Sam W. Pisciotta
PLUTO AND TAVIS D WORK THE DOOR - Brooke Brannon
INDIGENA - Jennifer Maloney
NEW STARS - Christopher Crews
HIGH TIDE AT THE OLDUVAI GORGE - Kedrick Brown
PRISONER 121 IS GUILTY - Renee Pillai
POEMS
THROUGH THE KEYHOLE - Lisa M. Bradley
NO ONE NOW REMEMBERS - Geoffrey A. Landis
TITAN - Geoffrey A. Landis
LIKE OTHER GIRLS - Marissa Lingen
ORCHID DRAGON - Mary Soon Lee
PHOENIX DRAGON - Mary Soon Lee
SCIENCE FICTION NOVEL IN FOUR TO SEVEN WORDS - Chet Weise
THE MUSIC OF NEPTUNE - Brian U. Garrison
LESSER REALITIES - Brian U. Garrison
THE CANCELED SKY - Roger Dutcher
TRIPLE KNOT - Marisca Pichette
DEPARTMENTS
EDITORIAL: AT THE END OF DAYBREAK - Sheree Renée Thomas
BOOKS TO LOOK FOR - Charles de Lint
BOOKS - Elizabeth Hand
SCIENCE: SPACE DUST - Jerry Oltion
BY THE NUMBERS 9 - Arley Sorg
COMING ATTRACTIONS
INDEX TO VOLUMES 144 & 145
CURIOSITIES - Rich Horton
CARTOONS: Arthur Masear, Lynn Hsu, Nick Downes, S. Harris, Mark Heath.
COVER BY ALAN M. CLARK FOR “THE MANY DIFFERENT KINDS OF LOVE”
THE MANY DIFFERENT KINDS OF LOVE - Geoff Ryman and David Jeffrey
NOVELETS
PORTRAIT OF THE DRAGON AS A YOUNG MAN - J.A. Pak
FOOLS AND THEIR MONEY - Meighan Hogate
SHORT STORIES
KARANTHA FISH - Amal Singh
LONGEVITY - Anya Ow
ALL THAT WE LEAVE BEHIND - Charlie Hughes
TWELVE ASPECTS OF THE DRAGON - Rachael Jones
MEETING IN GREENWOOD - R. K. Duncan
THE PIGEON WIFE - Samantha E. Chung
LOS PAJARITOS - Sam W. Pisciotta
PLUTO AND TAVIS D WORK THE DOOR - Brooke Brannon
INDIGENA - Jennifer Maloney
NEW STARS - Christopher Crews
HIGH TIDE AT THE OLDUVAI GORGE - Kedrick Brown
PRISONER 121 IS GUILTY - Renee Pillai
POEMS
THROUGH THE KEYHOLE - Lisa M. Bradley
NO ONE NOW REMEMBERS - Geoffrey A. Landis
TITAN - Geoffrey A. Landis
LIKE OTHER GIRLS - Marissa Lingen
ORCHID DRAGON - Mary Soon Lee
PHOENIX DRAGON - Mary Soon Lee
SCIENCE FICTION NOVEL IN FOUR TO SEVEN WORDS - Chet Weise
THE MUSIC OF NEPTUNE - Brian U. Garrison
LESSER REALITIES - Brian U. Garrison
THE CANCELED SKY - Roger Dutcher
TRIPLE KNOT - Marisca Pichette
DEPARTMENTS
EDITORIAL: AT THE END OF DAYBREAK - Sheree Renée Thomas
BOOKS TO LOOK FOR - Charles de Lint
BOOKS - Elizabeth Hand
SCIENCE: SPACE DUST - Jerry Oltion
BY THE NUMBERS 9 - Arley Sorg
COMING ATTRACTIONS
INDEX TO VOLUMES 144 & 145
CURIOSITIES - Rich Horton
CARTOONS: Arthur Masear, Lynn Hsu, Nick Downes, S. Harris, Mark Heath.
COVER BY ALAN M. CLARK FOR “THE MANY DIFFERENT KINDS OF LOVE”
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First published November 1, 2023
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About the author
Sheree Renée Thomas
77 books236 followersSheree Thomas — also credited as Sheree R. Thomas and Sheree Renée Thomas — is an American writer, book editor and publisher.
Thomas is the editor of the Dark Matter anthology (2000), in which are collected works by some of the best African-American writers in the genres of science fiction, horror and fantasy. Among the many notable authors included are Samuel R. Delany, Octavia E. Butler, Charles R. Saunders, Steven Barnes, Tananarive Due, Jewelle Gomez, Ishmael Reed, Kalamu ya Salaam, Robert Fleming, Nalo Hopkinson, George S. Schuyler and W. E. B. Du Bois. Dark Matter was honored with the 2005 and the 2001 World Fantasy Award and named a New York Times Notable Book of the Year.
Thomas is the publisher of Wanganegresse Press, and has contributed to national publications including the Washington Post "Book World", Black Issues Book Review, QBR, and Hip Mama. Her fiction and poetry have appeared in Ishmael Reed's Konch, Drumvoices Revue, Obsidian III, African Voices, storySouth, and other literary journals, and has received Honorable Mention in the Year's Best Fantasy and Horror, 16th and 17th annual collections. A native of Memphis, she lives in New York City.
Thomas is the editor of the Dark Matter anthology (2000), in which are collected works by some of the best African-American writers in the genres of science fiction, horror and fantasy. Among the many notable authors included are Samuel R. Delany, Octavia E. Butler, Charles R. Saunders, Steven Barnes, Tananarive Due, Jewelle Gomez, Ishmael Reed, Kalamu ya Salaam, Robert Fleming, Nalo Hopkinson, George S. Schuyler and W. E. B. Du Bois. Dark Matter was honored with the 2005 and the 2001 World Fantasy Award and named a New York Times Notable Book of the Year.
Thomas is the publisher of Wanganegresse Press, and has contributed to national publications including the Washington Post "Book World", Black Issues Book Review, QBR, and Hip Mama. Her fiction and poetry have appeared in Ishmael Reed's Konch, Drumvoices Revue, Obsidian III, African Voices, storySouth, and other literary journals, and has received Honorable Mention in the Year's Best Fantasy and Horror, 16th and 17th annual collections. A native of Memphis, she lives in New York City.
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April 5, 2024
Rather good edition with many poems. Standouts were "Portrait of a Dragon as a Young Man," "Longevity," "The Pigeon Wife," "Prisoner 121 is Guilty," and "Fools and their Money."
Read for /r/fantasy's 2024 edition of book bingo (short stories square).
Read for /r/fantasy's 2024 edition of book bingo (short stories square).
January 14, 2024
Sheree Renée Thomas did a masterful job assembling this issue. The stories and poems rhythmically flow, segueing seamlessly like a well-crafted setlist.
The Many Different Kinds of Love by Geoff Ryman and David Jeffrey
The Greek people had six words for different types of love. Would they have added a seventh for the love and affection between an AI planetary probe and the mega-multi-human memories it carries?
Sure to be short-listed for many awards next year. Intimacy on Enceladus—a story that merits a close re-read.
Portrait of the Dragon as a Young Man by J. A. Pak
A fish out of water—or rather—a dragon out of air story in which said dragon learns much about humans and himself.
A prequel of a sorts to last year’s touching “The Gentle Dragon Tells His Tale of Love” in the Jan/Feb 2022 F&SF.
Fools and Their Money by Meighan Hogate
He is a smelly, bug-infested carrion eater, but has a successful business plan which he executes (mostly) flawlessly. Now if only he could get a seat on his memory train…
Pairs well with the 1964 film Onibaba.
Karantha Fish by Amal Singh
“Pitch, curl, snatch.” Making a person with a rigid, fixed belief do something for their own good—an allegory for our times. The immoral act in this case is not quite what you think it is.
Longevity by Anya Ow
There may be unique and valuable aspects to NOT being immortal.
A fascinating new take on living Forever™.
Only the ultra-rich and those useful to our Corporate Overlords™ need apply.
All That We Leave Behind by Charlie Hughes
Did you read your book club’s most recent selection? Be sure that you do.
MUCH scarier than “In the Mouth of Madness.”
Twelve Aspects of the Dragon by Rachel Jones
Lovely prose-poem that the mis-programmed poetry center in my brain was actually able to appreciate.
Homework assignment--how many additional aspects can you come up with?
Meeting in Greenwood by R. K. Duncan
Recontructionists fight against Lost Cause revanchists and revenants up and down the timeline with the underworld as the battlefield.
Pairs well atmosphere-wise with Jim Jarmusch’s 1995 film “Dead Man.”
The Pigeon Wife by Samantha E. Chung
A take on the Korean/Chinese folktale Ureongi Gaksi (The Snail Bride),
gently poking fun at modern marriage/companion roles and expectations.
This sly story will have you thinking about it for days after reading.
Los Pajaritos by Sam W. Pisciotta
Creating a memorial to a loved one in the post-apocalyptic world. A sad, sweet story.
Pluto and Tavis D by Brooke Bannon
Two nightclub bouncers who love each other as brothers have to use all their physical and mental skills to manage a very dangerous entity. “Work the Door!”
A wonderfully woven scary story.
New Stars by Christopher Crews
Who will be our children’s heroes when AI eclipses human ability?
Indigenia by Jennifer Maloney
The ultimate in assimilation…with a side of terraforming irony.
High Tide at the Olduvai Gorge by Kedrick Brown
A wormhole intermittently opens in the Great Rift, and a long-lost branch of humanity return after living in a another star system for 50K years.
And boy, do they have some surprises for us!
Respectable-ness for everyone…if you can afford it.
Prisoner 121 is Guilty by Renee Pillai
Patriarchy -> fundamentalism -> Others are not people.
A depressing paradigm and a cautionary tale.
The Many Different Kinds of Love by Geoff Ryman and David Jeffrey
The Greek people had six words for different types of love. Would they have added a seventh for the love and affection between an AI planetary probe and the mega-multi-human memories it carries?
Sure to be short-listed for many awards next year. Intimacy on Enceladus—a story that merits a close re-read.
Portrait of the Dragon as a Young Man by J. A. Pak
A fish out of water—or rather—a dragon out of air story in which said dragon learns much about humans and himself.
A prequel of a sorts to last year’s touching “The Gentle Dragon Tells His Tale of Love” in the Jan/Feb 2022 F&SF.
Fools and Their Money by Meighan Hogate
He is a smelly, bug-infested carrion eater, but has a successful business plan which he executes (mostly) flawlessly. Now if only he could get a seat on his memory train…
Pairs well with the 1964 film Onibaba.
Karantha Fish by Amal Singh
“Pitch, curl, snatch.” Making a person with a rigid, fixed belief do something for their own good—an allegory for our times. The immoral act in this case is not quite what you think it is.
Longevity by Anya Ow
There may be unique and valuable aspects to NOT being immortal.
A fascinating new take on living Forever™.
Only the ultra-rich and those useful to our Corporate Overlords™ need apply.
All That We Leave Behind by Charlie Hughes
Did you read your book club’s most recent selection? Be sure that you do.
MUCH scarier than “In the Mouth of Madness.”
Twelve Aspects of the Dragon by Rachel Jones
Lovely prose-poem that the mis-programmed poetry center in my brain was actually able to appreciate.
Homework assignment--how many additional aspects can you come up with?
Meeting in Greenwood by R. K. Duncan
Recontructionists fight against Lost Cause revanchists and revenants up and down the timeline with the underworld as the battlefield.
Pairs well atmosphere-wise with Jim Jarmusch’s 1995 film “Dead Man.”
The Pigeon Wife by Samantha E. Chung
A take on the Korean/Chinese folktale Ureongi Gaksi (The Snail Bride),
gently poking fun at modern marriage/companion roles and expectations.
This sly story will have you thinking about it for days after reading.
Los Pajaritos by Sam W. Pisciotta
Creating a memorial to a loved one in the post-apocalyptic world. A sad, sweet story.
Pluto and Tavis D by Brooke Bannon
Two nightclub bouncers who love each other as brothers have to use all their physical and mental skills to manage a very dangerous entity. “Work the Door!”
A wonderfully woven scary story.
New Stars by Christopher Crews
Who will be our children’s heroes when AI eclipses human ability?
Indigenia by Jennifer Maloney
The ultimate in assimilation…with a side of terraforming irony.
High Tide at the Olduvai Gorge by Kedrick Brown
A wormhole intermittently opens in the Great Rift, and a long-lost branch of humanity return after living in a another star system for 50K years.
And boy, do they have some surprises for us!
Respectable-ness for everyone…if you can afford it.
Prisoner 121 is Guilty by Renee Pillai
Patriarchy -> fundamentalism -> Others are not people.
A depressing paradigm and a cautionary tale.
January 9, 2024
The cover story The Many Different Kinds of Love by Geoff Ryamn and David Jeffery is an incredible modern SF novella, other favorites include Lovgenity by Anya Ow and Meeting in Greenwood by R.K. Duncan.
January 14, 2024
Several excellent stories in this collection - the cover / "Many Different Kinds of Love" and several others were great!
February 5, 2024
Portrait of the Dragon as a Young Man by J. A. Pak, Meeting in Greenwood by R. K. Duncan, and The Pigeon Wife by Samantha E. Chung were standouts.
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