“The Djinn Prince in America: A Microepic in 9 Tracks” is lyrically beautiful but at the same time exhibits an edge. The rhythm of the words read like poetry but the structure reads like prose. Do you prefer writing one over the other?
Read MoreInterview with Saladin Ahmed author of “The Djinn Prince in America: A Microepic in 9 Tracks”Congratulations on having your first story, “The Whispered Thing”, published with Apex. Were you familiar with Apex before submitting work? Do you have any other works in progress or slated for publication?
Read MoreInterview with Zach Lynott author of “The Whispered Thing”One of the great strengths of science fiction is its ability to present philosophical questions like “What does it mean to be human?” and “Where are the boundaries of our perception and reality?” in broader, more interesting terms simply by the function of its form.
Read MoreFive Genre Books that Raise Mind-numbing Philosophical QuestionsI have a friend who can barely string a sentence together. She’ll place a word on a page, and then agonize over the resulting ripples as though the word were a stone thrown into a deep lake.
Read MoreThe Whispered ThingIt was afternoon, after school had ended for the day. Sash had been working in the hydroponics gardens, helping the adults with the delicate work of picking the buds. It was flowering time, and the ganja plants were at the end of their cycle.
Read MoreThe Secret Protocols of the Elders of ZionDo you remember when we were young, and we played at hunting Tigers in your backyard? There was a long rectangular pool, wrapped around it, summer-colored tiles, terra cotta, and a green gazebo with a swing hanging over one edge of the water by the pool shed.
Read MoreThe Tiger Hunt“The Widow and the Xir” is both lyrically beautiful and emotionally compelling. It is a striking fantasy but also an engaging love story. Sanih, after losing her husband, is unable to place her grief aside.
Read MoreInterview with Indrapramit DasUsually, when people start hammering out on the blogosphere about experimental, weird, crazy science fiction and fantasy (or horror) we get the same names and titles popping up every single time. I’ve got nothing against these people (or their works) but you have to wonder if that’s it—if that’s all?
Read MoreThe Top 10 Experimental Books You’ve Never Heard OfI sit in one of the cafés in Szent Endre, writing this letter to you, István, not knowing if I will be alive tomorrow, not knowing if this café will be here, with its circular green chairs and cups of espresso. By the Danube, children are playing, their knees bare below school uniforms.
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