Interzone #275 (May-June 2018)

eBook

English language

Published May 13, 2018 by TTA Press.

2 stars (1 review)

1 edition

A lower than average issue of Interzone

2 stars

A lower than average issue, with not much SF to the stories. The final two stories by Malcolm Devlin and Leo Vladimirsky goes some way to saving the issue.

  • "The Fate of the World, Reduced to a Ten-Second Pissing Contest" by Erica L. Satifka: aliens that almost look like us face off with humans in a bar removed from the earth. That's it.

  • "Looking for Landau" by Steven J. Dines: a horror/fantasy piece about a hunt for a person or entity who leaves agonizing phantoms in its wake. When the pursuer finally catches up, it may be the journey rather than the destination that matters the most.

  • "The Mark" by Abi Hynes: a person, burdened with a personal guilt, leaves the community to attempt to die alone, far away. As the journey proceeds, the nature of the guilt is revealed, leaving the reader wondering how guilty the person is.

  • "The …