Czar Frederico weeps. He's lost his twelfth wife, one he love well. As women prepare themselves to be number thirteen, Frederio receives a silver sliver that connects him to some dream world where he meets the woman who stops his weeping and makes him want to marry again. He sends men all over the world to find her. They worry that they are only dreams--until Frederico investigates something his people have long forbidden. Not only are they correct, but also for a thousand years, a war's been brewing.
This may be may favorite of his Scholes' stories.
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Showing posts with label Ken Scholes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ken Scholes. Show all posts
Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Tuesday, January 15, 2013
"One Small Step" by Ken Scholes
Aeon Speculative Fiction
Chimps have been modified to enhanced intelligence. Helen wonders if Mike, their English teacher, is God. The other chimps want clothing and weapons. Mike want to prevent planet of the apes.
Chimps have been modified to enhanced intelligence. Helen wonders if Mike, their English teacher, is God. The other chimps want clothing and weapons. Mike want to prevent planet of the apes.
Sunday, January 13, 2013
"Hibakusha Dreaming in the Shadowy Land of Death" by Ken Scholes
Japanese Dreams
After WWII, Japanese gods gather in for psychotherapy. Disillusioned, Kintaro breaks down and kills fifteen. Their therapist, an amnesiac, slowly regains memory until he knows what to do.
After WWII, Japanese gods gather in for psychotherapy. Disillusioned, Kintaro breaks down and kills fifteen. Their therapist, an amnesiac, slowly regains memory until he knows what to do.
Saturday, January 12, 2013
"The Santaman Cycle" by Ken Scholes
TEL:Stories
An experimental prose piece focusing on loss and regaining faith in a surreal fantastic Santa Claus.
An experimental prose piece focusing on loss and regaining faith in a surreal fantastic Santa Claus.
Friday, January 11, 2013
"Into the Blank Where Life is Hurled" by Ken Scholes
Writers of the Future Volume XXI
In hell, William Hodgson, a reporter, and Houdini travel to the Ear, in order to talk into it. However, Hodgson fears Houdini might remember what he'd done to him, so he travels under an assumed name.
They encounter a howler disguised as a small boy crying and holding his own head. The fallen seem to have designs of their own. They want Hodgson to bind Houdini again. But the victory is hollow.
A story of reconciliation and renewal. As always, charming voice and scenario, full of heart.
Thursday, January 10, 2013
"A Good Hair Day in Anarchy" by Ken Scholes
Lone Star Stories, June 2005
Best of the Rest 4: Best Unknown Science Fiction and Fantasy of 2005
Ed, a barber in New Texas, is visited by Kid Jackson, who claims to have found outlaw Slope Dobins here in Anarchy. Ed and the Marshall take to the Kid to the bar to convince him Dobins changed his ways. Charming voice.
Best of the Rest 4: Best Unknown Science Fiction and Fantasy of 2005
Ed, a barber in New Texas, is visited by Kid Jackson, who claims to have found outlaw Slope Dobins here in Anarchy. Ed and the Marshall take to the Kid to the bar to convince him Dobins changed his ways. Charming voice.
Wednesday, January 9, 2013
"Soon We Shall All Be Saunders" by Ken Scholes
Polyphony 6
Genius title.
Phil Saunders earns a plaque for sales. Now, Bill, the narrator believes that everyone's becoming a Saunders.
Genius title.
Phil Saunders earns a plaque for sales. Now, Bill, the narrator believes that everyone's becoming a Saunders.
Tuesday, January 8, 2013
Action Team-up Number Thirty-Seven" by Ken Scholes
Shimmer Magazine
Available online (Baen)
The Night Maurader, once famous crusader, is now ninety and lives in a nursing home. He discovers his arch nemesis lives in the same home under an alias. His old sidekick fails to join him. However, they team up.
Monday, January 7, 2013
"The Man with Great Despair behind His Eyes" by Ken Scholes
Talebones, Winter 2005
Available online (Baen)
Meriwether Lewis is sent to the Pacific, not only to find a way west and map it, but also to investigate a note that has a picture of Andrew Jackson twenty years older, and on a twenty-dollar bill is his picture.
Out west, Lewis discovers an old man named John Fitzgerald Kennedy who will translate for Lewis an exchange with The-Man-from-the-River, who decorates his dirt floor lean-to with thousands of dollars bills from the future.The-Man-from-the-River talks Lewis into swimming the dream waters.
They use the bills to smoke herbs that allows Lewis to see the future, but Lewis' deepest question remains.
A creative play with history, if not resonant, quite moving.
Available online (Baen)
Meriwether Lewis is sent to the Pacific, not only to find a way west and map it, but also to investigate a note that has a picture of Andrew Jackson twenty years older, and on a twenty-dollar bill is his picture.
Out west, Lewis discovers an old man named John Fitzgerald Kennedy who will translate for Lewis an exchange with The-Man-from-the-River, who decorates his dirt floor lean-to with thousands of dollars bills from the future.The-Man-from-the-River talks Lewis into swimming the dream waters.
They use the bills to smoke herbs that allows Lewis to see the future, but Lewis' deepest question remains.
A creative play with history, if not resonant, quite moving.
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