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An old Space Squid contributor Neil Carstairs posted his publishing history on his personal website<\/a>. In the past few years he’s published a respectable list of short stories, and I just finished perusing them.<\/p>\n

Back in Issue #3, Space Squid<\/a><\/span> published Neil’s story "3:06pm London, England". It’s a brisk and austere heist yarn, bursting out with idiosyncratic oddities. It has a chimpanzee opera singer. How can you not like that?
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\nOn the fantasy side of the spectrum we see Carstair’s story The Lord of Dark Vale<\/a>, a particularly grim tale about a hunter and his pet dragons who stalk a lone girl in the woods.<\/p>\n

In the hard sci-fi department, it looks like Aphelion has been getting the cream of Carstairs crop (so to speak). They have an excellent short story of his called The Eyes of the Storm<\/a>. This has the same fast pace and brilliant flutter of images that I remember from "3:06pm London, England." There’s blood and danger and it’s exactly as long as it needs to be.<\/p>\n

A slightly longer selection from Aphelion is Never Say Die<\/a>. This appears to be another story set in the universe of "3:06pm London, England," but fleshed out and populated by angsty cyberpunk heroes. It’s a world where religious fanatics go toe-to-toe with the casual use of genetic technology. It’s a sophisticated and global vision of the future. I’ll definitely keep an eye out for more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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