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Childhoods (Should) End
The Iron Dream Is Alive and Well
by Geoffrey Dow

There's little in this world quite so insulting as the realization one has been played for a fool. Whether in affairs of the heart or of the mind, discovering one has been suckered creates anger and embarrassment, resentment and shame.
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A Winter's Tale


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(In which the author discusses his preference for one good magazine over another; digresses briefly on the value of short fiction; and argues that you should subscribe to one or both, if you care about the long-term survival of popular short fiction.)

10 times a year I open my mailbox and am rewarded with the latest issue of Analog Science Fiction ( Read more... )