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Hardwired Humanity by Sarah Wagner

By Jim Stratton ⋅ January 15, 2009

Hardwired Humanity is a themed collection of short fiction written by Sarah Wagner and published by Altered Dimensions, an imprint of Cyberwizard Productions. All six tales revolve around the impact various forms of genetic and electronic enhancements for humans could have on society and ultimately question whether these modified folks are still human or some [...]

Fool’s Gold by Hank Quense

By Z. S. Adani ⋅ November 19, 2008

Fool’s Gold by Hank Quense is a novella that blends space opera, Cthulhu mythos, and Norse mythology with a satiric flavor.
Fafner, an immortal alien criminal sentenced to a postapocalyptic Earth for crimes committed in several galaxies, is bored. Mime is another alien criminal, whose brother, Albrich, has found the lost Rhinegold, which he is working [...]

The Baum Plan for Financial Independence and Other Stories by John Kessel

By Alvaro Zinos-Amaro ⋅ May 14, 2008

Invest. Invest now. As John Kessel reveals through the multiplicity of hard satirical gifts borne in his latest collection, The Baum Plan for Financial Independence and Other Stories, odds are that you will become a hapless down-and-outer if you don’t—or perhaps, even if you do. Tomorrow may be a bitter pill to swallow—a descent into [...]

A Slip of Wormwood by Heather S. Ingemar

By Fábio Fernandes ⋅ March 31, 2008

The Echelon Press e-book, A Slip of Wormwood, is a parable on greed and what consequences may come of it. Heather S. Ingemar tells the story of a man after the death of his brother. The man is nicknamed Mr. Frog (not, mind you, Mr. Toad a la The Wind in the Willows) because [...]

i am this meat, edited by Adicus Garton, James Maddox, and Rev. Brian Worley

By Ziv Wities ⋅ November 28, 2007

i am this meat is an anthology with a creative premise: stories that focus on different aspects of the human body. The idea has both novelty and scope going for it; there’s certainly no lack of interesting directions to take the theme (most stories are speculative to some degree or another, but there are [...]

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