Contents16 March 2009ARTICLE: Art and the Artist: An Interview With Clive Barker, by Lucy A. SnyderI'm fed up with the world being divided up into the good guys and the bad guys. It just doesn't work for me. It's not a question of black hats and white hats; that's the movies. COLUMN: Eras of Le Guin, by James SchellenbergFICTION: Nira and I, by Shweta NarayanNira and I are six when her eldest brother loses his way in the mist. Three days later his bones get home. An extra finger sprouts from the left hand, and the skull has no eye sockets. But his tattered kurta tangles in the ribs, and finger bones scratch at the door for two days before the King's men come. POETRY: Gills, by Robert BorskiHaeckel would be pleased—although / in his scheme there never was any such / things as mermaids. REVIEW: This Week's Reviews, posted three times a weekMonday: Mind Over Ship by David Marusek, reviewed by Paul Raven All material in Strange Horizons is copyrighted to the original authors and may not be reproduced without permission. Violators will be prosecuted. |