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sOne of the short-lived competitors to Weird Tales was the magazine Strange Stories. Strange Stories lasted for 13 issues from February 1939 to February 1941. It was a bimonthly publication from Better Publication who put out the “Thrilling” line of pulp magazines. An issue costs 15 cents and probably is the reason Weird Tales dropped […]
SPACE ODDITY: An SF Musical Storytelling Game. Song 2, Clue 4 – Final Clue
Thursday , 10, March 2016 Games, Short Fiction, Uncategorized 10 CommentsYou can see a complete game of Space Oddity played out in the original post. The rules are simple: I’m going to tell you a short genre story that makes sense of the inscrutable lyrics of an otherwise popular song. I’ll do it in very brief parts to keep things interesting. There will be weekly clues. […]
SPACE ODDITY: An SF Musical Storytelling Game. Song 2, Clue 3
Thursday , 3, March 2016 Games, Short Fiction 3 CommentsYou can see a complete game of Space Oddity played out in the original post. The rules are simple: I’m going to tell you a short genre story that makes sense of the inscrutable lyrics of an otherwise popular song. I’ll do it in very brief parts to keep things interesting. There will be weekly clues. […]
SPACE ODDITY: An SF Musical Storytelling Game. Song 2, Clue 1
Thursday , 18, February 2016 Games, Short Fiction, Uncategorized 8 CommentsYou can see a complete game of Space Oddity played out in last week’s post. The rules are simple: I’m going to tell you a short genre story that makes sense of the inscrutable lyrics of an otherwise popular song. I’ll do it in very brief parts to keep things interesting. There will be weekly clues. […]
The infinite stair from Zork III! Extreme daddy issues! Maximum offense for all squares everywhere! Dudes in distress and the women who solve physics problems to save them! Marriage and male privilege in a post-scarcity future! Yes, friends, it’s time to take a look at the short fiction of today’s science fiction and fantasy scene. No […]