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Cirsova: Heroic Fantasy and Science Fiction Magazine
Novella
In the Land of Hungry Shadows, by Adrian Cole
Short Stories
Galactic Gamble, by Dominika Lein
The Iynx, by Michael Reyes
The Legend of Blade, by Jason Scott Aiken
The Great Culling Emporium, by Marilyn K. Martin
The Toads of Machu Hampacchu, by Louise Sorensen
Criteria for Joining the Galactic Community, by Michael Tierney
Anna and the Thing, by Abraham Strongjohn
My Name is John Carter (Part 6), by James Hutchings
In the Land of Hungry Shadows, by Adrian Cole
Short Stories
Galactic Gamble, by Dominika Lein
The Iynx, by Michael Reyes
The Legend of Blade, by Jason Scott Aiken
The Great Culling Emporium, by Marilyn K. Martin
The Toads of Machu Hampacchu, by Louise Sorensen
Criteria for Joining the Galactic Community, by Michael Tierney
Anna and the Thing, by Abraham Strongjohn
My Name is John Carter (Part 6), by James Hutchings
106 pages, Kindle Edition
First published February 15, 2018
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December 7, 2021
Adrian Cole delivers, of course, with the Dream Lords story "In the Land of Hungry Shadows" and it's a little striking to compare the product of an established author with the less polished work of lesser-known writers. Much of those struck as stories that were rushing to conclusion.
Michael Reyes introduces Clock the Chaos Mage in "The Iynx", and this is a use of some very specific occult imagery. The author is not just creating a story or set of characters but a system of magic that abides by certain rules. I may have to look into the further adventures of Clock.
"The Toads of Machu Hampacchu" makes use of the Lovecraftian elder earth explored in a previous issue of Cirsova and I approve heartily.
Cole's Dream Lords stories have always been an odd duck because it never felt like the author had full control over the ideas and images in play. This was particularly true in the early novels but even now he attempts to wrangle the vast imagery of a psychic battle and phantasmagoria with the ruined Earth setting and cosmic horror. And the Goat/Satanic images sort of wedged in there and I don't think that part works particularly well.
Michael Reyes introduces Clock the Chaos Mage in "The Iynx", and this is a use of some very specific occult imagery. The author is not just creating a story or set of characters but a system of magic that abides by certain rules. I may have to look into the further adventures of Clock.
"The Toads of Machu Hampacchu" makes use of the Lovecraftian elder earth explored in a previous issue of Cirsova and I approve heartily.
Cole's Dream Lords stories have always been an odd duck because it never felt like the author had full control over the ideas and images in play. This was particularly true in the early novels but even now he attempts to wrangle the vast imagery of a psychic battle and phantasmagoria with the ruined Earth setting and cosmic horror. And the Goat/Satanic images sort of wedged in there and I don't think that part works particularly well.
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