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Ideomancer, December 2008, Vol 7, Issue 4

By David Hebblethwaite ⋅ January 23, 2009

The December 2008 issue of Ideomancer begins with Rachel Swirksy’s “Exodus,” a short-short about escaping chickens who have a rather unusual rescuer. Although the story does not carry much actual surprise, the idea is neat and amusing; and Swirksy’s writing is evocative—there’s a strong sense of the thrill and rush of escape.
In “Zorroid” by George [...]

Ideomancer, September 2008, Vol 7, Issue 3

By David Hebblethwaite ⋅ January 18, 2009

The fiction in the September 2008 issue of Ideomancer has the broad theme of families, but “Mother of Exiles” by Steve Nagy is also a war story, though not necessarily of the conventional kind. The Second World War meets the contemporary war against disease, as a scientist makes a last-ditch attempt to save her father [...]

Ideomancer, June 2008, Vol 7, Issue 2

By Alvaro Zinos-Amaro ⋅ June 25, 2008

Marsha Sisolak, the publisher of Ideomancer, comments on the website that “this month, our theme seems to be dead people. Or if not quite dead, not quite your typical zombie, either.” Be that as it may, there is no doubt that the June 2008 issue of this imaginative magazine is alive and well, offering three [...]

Ideomancer, March 2008, Vol 7, Issue 1

By Alex Dally MacFarlane ⋅ March 15, 2008

The first story in Ideomancer’s March 2008 issue is “Seer of Cities” by Nicole Kornher-Stace. The eponymous boy is climbing a tree in his back garden, only to fall from a rotten branch and seriously injure himself. Paralysed in his legs, he begins dreaming of a city that he sees from his tree. In his [...]

Ideomancer, December 2007

By Alex Dally MacFarlane ⋅ December 23, 2007

The December issue of Ideomancer opens with “How to Draw the Dark Lord” by Jon Hansen, which takes the style of a children’s colouring book and offers a ten-step set of instructions on how to draw the archetypal Dark Lord of fantasy worlds. Hansen’s observations are spot-on for the archetype, and a sprinkling of humour [...]

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