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Electric Velocipede, #15/16

By Rochita Loenen-Ruiz ⋅ February 15, 2009

There are three novelettes, eighteen short stories, nine poems, and four nonfiction pieces in issue #15/16 of Electric Velocipede.
The issue begins with novelette “Strains of Last October” by Darren Speegle. Laila, a revenant, is ferrying orphaned children from Mainz to an orphanage in the city of Treeves, where she will tell the headmistress Klara [...]

Electric Velocipede #14

By Marshall Payne ⋅ July 22, 2008

Electric Velocipede #14, in acknowledgement of WisCon, the leading feminist-oriented SF/F convention, is a special issue featuring all women writers.
The first offering is “Hermit Crabs” by Elissa Malcohn. Fifteen-year-old Mandy is a bright student yet unpopular. Mandy is a cutter, finding relief from her pain with a razor blade. She meets up with Noah, [...]

Distillations: Assonance

By Jennifer Mercer ⋅ January 16, 2008

This month we continue our exploration of poetry techniques with assonance, defined as the repetition of vowel sounds. Last month, I referred to assonance as “alliteration’s crafty cousin.” The reason for this is that assonance is much less visually obvious. Although the English language is quite free with the correspondence of spelling to sound, this [...]

Electric Velocipede #13

By Paul Abbamondi ⋅ November 15, 2007

Electric Velocipede is an eccentric zine edited by John Klima with work ranging from literary fantasy to slipstream science fiction to the quirky and comical. A host of mostly unknown authors find a home in its pages in issue #13, but several pieces of fiction read as if crafted by pros thirty years past their [...]

Electric Velocipede #12

By Martin McGrath ⋅ November 2, 2007

Electric Velocipede (No. 12, Spring 2007) is a very well put together little magazine. It is straightforwardly but comfortably designed, there’s nothing in the way of internal art, but the presentation and sensible typography mean that the plain pages of text are easily navigated and contribute to a pleasurable physical experience. The quality of the [...]

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