Contents

6 October 2008

[Column by Iain Jackson]

(Column)

COLUMN: Welcome to the Real World, by Iain Jackson

Don't do the crime if you can't do the time. That's the saying, right? So why is it that so many supervillains never quite seem to get around to doing time at all? And why is it that even when they do time, it winds up being strikingly short.

FICTION: Swan Song, by Joanne Merriam

"High fever. Dehydration. Recurring dreams of swans," the doctor has noted in the description area.

POETRY: Laurentia Burning, by David C. Kopaska-Merkel

a singing in the south / a quickening rumble / a great shimmy /

REVIEW: This Week's Reviews, posted three times a week

Monday: Paper Cities, edited by Ekaterina Sedia, reviewed by L. Timmel Duchamp
Wednesday: Paper Cities: an anthology of urban fantasy, edited by Ekaterina Sedia, reviewed by Maureen Kincaid Speller
Friday: The Turing Test by Chris Beckett, reviewed by Colin Harvey

All material in Strange Horizons is copyrighted to the original authors and may not be reproduced without permission. Violators will be prosecuted.

Top