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Monthly Archives: June 2012
Cleansing the Palate With Language
Something jumped out at me from two well-known series of books. It seems that both the recently re-read Miles Vorkosigan books by Bujold and the Dresden series by Butcher use beautiful language to help the pacing. When there is a … Continue reading
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“In the Mythic Wood” by Sandra Kasturi
Sandra Kasturi In the Mythic Wood The forest had surrounded us at last, the birdsong ceased when night crept down from the evergreens on its secret paws. The breadcrumbs went before we had even noticed, and then there was nothing … Continue reading
“At the Dinosaur Rodeo” by Robert Borski
Robert Borski At the Dinosaur Rodeo Calf roping officially opens the extravaganza, and offers the usual challenges of trying to get a loop over the huge frill of bone and not get gored at the same time by any … Continue reading
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“Solarized” by Wade German
Wade German Solarized The sun again was god, so we returned To ancient ways and bowed in solar prayer, Abandoning all earthly hope and cares Before the benediction rite – then burned. Now bathed in ebon light of black hole … Continue reading
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“New Worlds” by Alexandra Seidel
Alexandra Seidel New Worlds I would make my world from blood and stone a place where hungry gods find solace in granite, in basalt, in marble that looks like rosy flesh frozen in time I would make my world … Continue reading
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“B53 Elegy” by Ann K. Schwader
The day that they dismantled Armageddon, We wiped our brows & drew a righteous breath To see contentions that the Cold War fed on Now cooled another few degrees from death. Nine megatons of bunker-busting madness Had joined a rusted … Continue reading
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“Astronauts Anciently Out of Eden” by Howard V. Hendrix
Howard V. Hendrix Astronauts Anciently Out of Eden if naked to the invisible eye from space all of us ever since Adam from Eve saw that they were and everybody was as the voice still on legs hissed who … Continue reading
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“Lessons from Swimming” by Lida Broadhurst
Children swim back and forth in the pool, their skins mirroring greens and blues, as if slowly, slowly, they are changing into aliens. Their hands and arms slice the water into runes, shaping messages to ancient … Continue reading
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July 2012 Small Press Book Reviews
The Chosen by Jay Hartlove (Damnation Books) Okay, this I was not expecting. Chosen by Jay Hartlove is sort of black-Jason-Bourne-meets-Egyptian-Voodoo mashup. It chronicles an ancient rivalry between the chief magician of the Pharaoh mentioned in Exodus and his replacement … Continue reading
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Abyss & Apex : Third Quarter 2012: In Dust and Feathers
“In Dust and Feathers” by Emi Makanry The house was decaying, walls crumbling with a smell like ash, windows audibly gathering grime, and Ireille loved it. She lay on her sofa (which was also decaying) and breathed it in, steeped … Continue reading
