Crossed Genres
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Issue 4 of Crossed Genres mixes scifi/fantasy with crime. I was looking forward to this as I’ve been known to dabble in the fantasy thriller. The first story is amazing. The Near-Sighted Sentinel by Adam King is the tale of a superhero dealing with ageing and failure. The Sentinel has to face loss of status…
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Issue 5 of Crossed Genres is sci-fi/fantasy crossed with humour. There are five stories. The first is Archimedes Nesselrode by Justine Graykin. The start of this put me off. I think perhaps this information could have been worked into the story as part of the narrative, rather than as an introductory scene. The setting is…
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The day job is going well but naturally a lot of my headspace is being used for learning about the job. Fortunately it’s not completely new and I’m looking forward to being able to write in the evenings once I get to grips with it. I plan to blog at lunchtimes. Currently I’m reviewing Crossed…
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The Romance issue. Five sci-fi/fantasy stories with a romance theme. First up, Laugh if you Love me by TK Read. It’s a little heavy on the adjectives and adverbs for my taste which makes the writing dense and treacly. That aside, I liked the Galliwoogers and it’s a neat little story that’s short enough for…
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Crossed Genres is a new online magazine that specialises in scifi/fantasy stories that have elements of another genre. Issue 2 has four dystopian scifi/fantasy stories. Of the four, Nesting Instinct is the best. It may be a result of the dystopian theme but I found the stories hard work. Too much telling, too much description…
Boudica Marginalia 