The negative comments and nitpicks:
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Read "Empty Clouds": fantastic story, though one niggle - the protagonist is described as wearing a green uniform, though the artwork has him wearing red.
Chris;
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One thing that did confuse me (about "Crocodiles") was midway through the story the main character asks the girl he fancies for her phone number, she says something like "you'll be lucky" and goes off. Then, next paragraph, he's ringing her up. Either I missed something (maybe he is lucky, so she gave him her number!), its an error, or its a subtle way of showing the main character is delusional (and so the rest of the story can be seen as a descent into wish-fulfillment fantasy).
Steven LP;
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My only slight quibble was the use of a simile where layers of coloured light were compared to sheets of silk. Would that be a term of reference that the narrator (the gardener) would've used? It rang slightly false to me - but that's really a minor quibble. Other than that, an excellent story.
Mike A about "The Star Necromancers";
Note: I'm not sure if it's right for me as an IZ editor to react to these remarks. Possibly it's better if the writers and/or artists replied (if they feel like it).
(And on Inspector Chen -- "Empty Clouds" -- sudden change of uniform colour: well I can only say that there are quite a few sand and dust storms in and around Beijng, and supposedly one such has just covered his uniform with red dust...

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(And now either Gary Leeming or Doug Sirois -- whoever I run into first -- owe me a beer...

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More comments (positive, negative, neutral, thirsty) always welcome!