Tangent reviews by Victoria

[Victoria Silverwolf]

Two more, one long and one short:

Fantasy & Science Fiction, July/August 2017


Strange Horizons, June 5, 2017

 

[Victoria Silverwolf]

And another:

Asimov's -- July/August 2017

 

[Victoria Silverwolf]

A short one:

Strange Horizons, June 12, 2017

 

[Victoria Silverwolf]

Another short one:

Strange Horizons, June 19, 2017

 

[Victoria Silverwolf]

One of medium length for a change:

Flash Fiction Online #46, July 2017

 

[Victoria Silverwolf]

Another of moderate length:

Aurealis #102, July 2017

 

[Galactic Journey]

I have been accepted as a reviewer for Tangent, an online publication which reviews short stories, novelettes, and novellas of speculative fiction. I'll provide a link to my first review when it appears. Here's the zine:

Tangent: the genre's premiere review magazine for short SF & Fantasy since 1993

Many thanks to J-Sun for the suggestion that I apply!

Congratulations, Vic! I know better than anyone what a boon you'll be for them.

(You can see Vic's excellent work at the Journey here)

 

[Victoria Silverwolf]

Thank you for the kind words.

Latest review here:

Tor.com -- July 2017

 

[Wruter]

I started to read the Snodgrass story on Tor.com but was too dismayed by the following sentence to continue:

I'm your typical Englishman. A bit too skinny, rather horse faced, and I’ve got that prissy BBC accent

The truth hurts sometimes.

 

[pambaddeley]

But it's not the truth and never was - the average English man or woman never had a prissy BBC accent for a start!

 

[Wruter]

But it's not the truth and never was - the average English man or woman never had a prissy BBC accent for a start!

I'm not sure. The author of the story, Melinda M. Snodgrass, is American, and I'm struggling to think of any English regional accent which wouldn't sound "prissy" when compared in isolation. And I still think we're all ugly compared to them and a good number of other peoples. Maybe I should stop comparing.

That description just seemed fantastically rude and sterotypical when I first read it but then I realised - this is how Americans see us. This is how we are.

Basically, that story didn't do a whole lot for my confidence. That's my review, Victoria.

 

[Victoria Silverwolf]

We Yanks have a lot of stereotypes about people from other places. I'm sure it works the other way around, too.

Latest review:

Flash Fiction Online #47, August 2017

 

[Victoria Silverwolf]

Another:

Compelling SF #8, August/September 2017

 

[Victoria Silverwolf]

Mostly posting these here so I can find them more easily in the future:

Strange Horizons, August 7, 2017

 

[Victoria Silverwolf]

Another small one:

Strange Horizons, August 14, 2017

 

[Victoria Silverwolf]

A new one:

Analog, July/August 2017

This is a "special double review" because the other person was a little late in turning in an article, so it was reassigned to me, then the original reviewer turned it in under the wire. It's interesting to see two views of the stories.

 

[Victoria Silverwolf]

A quick one:

Diabolical Plots #30, August 2017

 

[Victoria Silverwolf]

Another small one:

Strange Horizons, August 21, 2017

 

[Victoria Silverwolf]

A big one:

Weirdbook #36, August 2017

 

[Victoria Silverwolf]

Small one:

Aurealis #103, August 2017