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A new month means a new @InterzoneMag - and I couldn't have hoped for better weather to sit down with what looks to be another cracking issue of science fiction, speculative fiction, fantasy, and more.

If you fancy being on the receiving end yourself*, in DRM-free ePub format, subscriptions are available on the Interzone site!

https://interzone.press/

* Subscription only delivers the magazine, good weather not included.

A top-down picture of a circular glass table, finished in a very bright green, on which an eReader is sat. The eReader is showing the cover of Interzone 299 in shades of grey: a character can be seen cradling a glowing orb, with a second orb surrounding his head and what appear to be flames licking all around. Two chairs are partially visible against wooden decking and a wooden wall.

INTERIOR, CLARION UCSD WRITER’S WORKSHOP, 2013

Karen Joy Fowler: Cory told me that you, and I quote, "knocked it out of the park" last week.

Me: (flustered) Uh … I … well, I, uh, wrote a story I thought he might like. As I did with Bob … I mean, I don't TAILOR my stories to each instructor but–

KJF: –but you thought @KellyLink and I would enjoy a story about eating children?

Me: Uh …

Anyway, the story that @pluralistic liked is in ParSec #10 today:

https://angus.pw/writing/ghost-shift/

Falling In Love With Fallout (Amazon Prime)

📹 https://youtu.be/V-mugKDQDlg

If I were to sum up Fallout on Amazon Prime it would be this quote by the character Maximus:

_Everyone wants to save the world, they just…they disagree on how._

I just finished binge-watching the entire season (which Amazon thankfully uploaded all at once) I can say this whole show was a horrific feast for the eyes.

Fallout is a show that mixes humor with gore, while some of the science fiction themes are more fantasy than science, it faithfully remains within the genre as it explores an apocalyptic alternative future history of humanity that is not kind to those without power.

I enjoyed following the adventures of all three protagonists from the show as they were each unique:

- Maximus: is a very conflicted character with something to prove to the world
- Lucy: is an optimistic, albeit …

"Wooden chairs, how... primitive."

The alien looked at the human, detecting some kind of disappointment.

"Wood is very natural and easily compostable," she explained.

The human nodded, "I suppose it has some interesting properties - insect, mold and weather-proof?"

"Oh yes!"

"Why are they all slightly different - carved that way?"

"Carved? No, we pluck them from the Chair Tree - it takes a while for the chair-fruit to grow consistently."

The small aliens frolicked in the waves that were far too acidic for my own skin. Nearby, a larger alien paddled about keeping a close eye on the smaller ones, and two even larger ones, my exchange family, cooked meat or set a table with precooked food and drinks.

"Suvuv, are you okay over there?" the grilling one called to me.

I gave a 'thumbs-up', as the humans called it, then resumed constructing the sand-building with the smallest human.