Week of 12 April 2023: Patricia Abbott: "Uncle Wiggly in Connecticut" by J. D. Salinger (*The New Yorker*, 20 March 1948 , edited by Harold Ross; reprinted widely, as in Salinger's *Nine Stories*) <https://pattinase.blogspot.com/2023/04/short-story-wednesday-uncle-wiggily-in.html> Joaquin Boaz: "The Second Kind of Loneliness" by George R. R. Martin, *Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact*, December 1972, edited by Ben Bova; "The Nothing Equation" by Tom Godwin, *Amazing Stories*, December 1957, edited by Paul Fairman <https://sciencefictionruminations.com/2023/04/10/short-fiction-reviews-george-r-r-martins-the-second-kind-of-loneliness-1972-and-tom-godwins-the-nothing-equation-1957/> Paul Fraser: "The Big Flash" by Norman Spinrad, *Orbit* 4, 1969, edited by Damon Knight; <https://sfshortstories.com/?p=6682> "Forty-Eight Minutes at the Trainview Cafe" by M. Bennardo, *Asimov's Science Fiction*, November-December 2022, edited by Sheila Williams; <https://sfshortstories.com/?p=6660> "The Burning Girl" by Carrie Vaugh, *Beneath Ceaseless Skies*, 7 October 2021, edited by Scott Andrews <https://sfshortstories.com/?p=6642> <https://www.blackgate.com/2023/04/12/vintage-treasures-the-emflashing-swordsem-original-anthologies-edited-by-lin-carter/> Rich Horton: *Flashing Swords!* volumes 1-4, edited by Lin Carter <https://www.blackgate.com/2023/04/12/vintage-treasures-the-emflashing-swordsem-original-anthologies-edited-by-lin-carter/> ; two novellas: "The New People" by Alex Jeffers and "Elegant Threat" by Brandon H. Bell <http://rrhorton.blogspot.com/2023/04/an-m-brane-sf-double-new-people-by-alex.html> Jerry House: "Dead Man's Head" by Robert Leslie Bellem *Spicy Detective Stories*, August 1936, edited by Kenneth Hutchinson) <http://jerryshouseofeverything.blogspot.com/2023/04/short-story-wednesday-dead-mans-head.html> Tracy K: *Dolphin Junction*, a collection by Mick Herron <http://bitterteaandmystery.blogspot.com/2023/04/short-story-wednesday-stories-by-mick.html> George Kelley: *Kisses of Death: A Nathan Heller Casebook* by Max Allan Collins <http://georgekelley.org/wednesdays-short-stories-120-kisses-of-death-a-nathan-heller-casebook-by-max-allan-collins/> Todd Klein: *Graeme and the Dragon* (linked stories) by Naomi Mitchison <https://kleinletters.com/Blog/rereading-graeme-and-the-dragon-by-naomi-michison/> Todd Mason: "Love is in the Ether" by Laurence Dumartier, *One Story* #90, 30 March 2007, edited by Hannah Tinti; *Bullet* #1, 2004, ten stories, edited by Keith Jeffrey <https://socialistjazz.blogspot.com/2023/04/love-is-in-ether-by-laurence-dumortier.html> Neeru: *Wilson and Some Others *a collection by G. D. H. and Margaret Cole <https://ahotcupofpleasureagain.wordpress.com/2023/04/12/1940-club-wilson-and-others-by-g-d-h-and-margaret-cole/> John O'Neill: March/April 2023 issue contents and reviews: *The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction*, *Asimov's Science Fiction*, *Analog Science Fiction & Fact* <https://www.blackgate.com/2023/04/04/march-april-2023-print-sf-magazines/> James Reasoner: *Smashing Detective Stories*, May 1955, edited by Robert Lowndes; <https://jamesreasoner.blogspot.com/2023/04/sunday-morning-bonus-pulp-smashing.html> *Men's Adventure Quarterly* #7: "Gang Girls" edited by Robert Deis and Bill Cunningham <https://jamesreasoner.blogspot.com/2023/04/mens-adventure-quarterly-7-gang-girls.html> Lisa Yaszek: "Frog Pond" by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, *Galaxy Science Fiction*, March 1971, edited by Ejler Jakobsson <https://www.loa.org/news-and-views/2131-chelsea-quinn-yarbro-frog-pond> --TM Neeru: *The Disappearance of General Jason *by P. C. Wren <https://ahotcupofpleasureagain.wordpress.com/2023/04/14/1940-club-the-disappearance-of-general-jason-by-p-c-wren/> Lisa Tuttle: recent impressive fantasy/sf, from *The Guardian* <https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/apr/07/the-best-recent-science-fiction-and-fantasy-reviews-roundup> ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the FICTION_L list, click the following link: https://ccpllists.cuyahogalibrary.net/scripts/wa.exe?SUBED1=FICTION_L