David Lewis

Nov 18, 2024 | strangehorizons.com | M.C. Childs |Catherine Rockwood |Amritesh Mukherjee |David Lewis

Content warning:Show warningsSomehow we’re now Harold Lloyd/Jackie Chan, letting go of the minute hand, droppingourselves right onto Magritte’s moving steam locomotive:If we time it just rightI bet we could get it tocatch us,dead on thetailbone. Right betweenthe washout plugsand whistle. Zero-backspin earthunder us, itty bittycloudsall around us. Like this:Like Loading...

Nov 18, 2024 | strangehorizons.com | Catherine Rockwood |M.C. Childs |Amritesh Mukherjee |David Lewis

The stories and poems in Geoffrey W. Cole’s Zebra Meridian imagine the factors that might determine success in extending the lifespan of objects, relationships, people, ecosystems, planets, universes. Salvage and repair are central concerns. Don’t read Zebra Meridian because you want reliably feelgood stories: the book seems to offer odds of about forty per cent on positive outcomes for crisis-driven human(ish) reconstitutive enterprises.

Nov 18, 2024 | strangehorizons.com | M.C. Childs |Catherine Rockwood |Amritesh Mukherjee |David Lewis

Lightvessel requires assistanceHave you encountered ice? Close drift iceOpen drift iceMy starboard warp has partedMy port warp has partedOnset was suddenI have cut the warpsIt is dangerous to stopIt is dangerous to remain in present positionIt is dangerous to proceed on present courseI can only assist if you will make all efforts to followThe Trawls are engagedCan you lead me into port?

Sep 9, 2024 | strangehorizons.com | David Lewis |Ali Householder |Mary Lee |Jan Cronos

Hold fast to dreamsFor when dreams goLife is a barren fieldFrozen with snow—Dreams, Langston HughesA voyager from another planet arrives on a desolate Earth which has seemingly gone grey and lifeless; the alien goes on a quest to remind humanity of its better nature, which ends with the rediscovery and glorious revival of the Olympics and the spirit of human solidarity. That’s the simple analysis of Thomas Jolly’s dystopian SF show at the Closing Ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Jun 12, 2024 | strangehorizons.com | David Lewis |Danilo Heitor |Tajudeen Muadh |Jess Hyslop

Hell is empty, and all the devils are here. —Shakespeare, The TempestMany writers dedicate their books to their ideal readers: partners, parents, and mentors. But few play with the convention like Ananda Lima’s Craft: Stories I Wrote for the Devil, where the Prince of Darkness is muse, integral character, and primary reader. The book isn’t easy to classify.