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Fantasy & Science Fiction Magazine
August 2002

Stories featured in this issue are:

"Leda" by M. Rickert. An interesting re-telling of the legend of Leda, a girl who gets impregnated by...an unusual creature. Told in modern times and via multiple viewpoints, we see the struggle Leda and her husband go through during the pregnancy and their reactions to the birth.
"The Fourth Kiss" by Michael Libling. An interesting story about a boy who gets involved with a girl. Nothing much, you would expect, except that the girl seems to have a strange hold over him, and all boys who get involved with her. Each time they kiss, his emotional and mental state becomes more violent and connected to her until, in their adult life, it is time for that fourth, and final, kiss that will determine their fates.
"Bronte's Egg" by Richard Chwedyk. An interesting story about a group of living, 'toy' dinosaurs, who after being discarded and mostly occasionally mutilated by people, have found refuge in a home. There, one of the dinosaurs starts a project via a computer that could jeapordise their santuary, especially when the dinosaurs may be capable of something their human creators never intended them to do.
"The Unkindest Cuts" by Paul Di Filippo. An unusual story about fragments of a manuscript found among the papers of [famous dead sf writer]. Trying to deciper and figure out just what it means is an interesting exercise if you are an imaginative reader.
"Who Wants to Live Forever?" by Robert Thurston. A story set out as a dialogue between two characters, one of whom wants to live forever, the other capable of that gift. As it turns out, giving the gift of immortality is easy, but what will you do when you can live forever?
"The Synchronous Swimmer" by Harvey Jacobs. A story about a man who suddenly becomes interested in synchronous swimming. After getting into shape for the sport, he decides to come up with an imaginary partner to practice synchronous moves with. But what if the partner is not quite as imaginary as he believes?
"We Came Not to Praise Washington" by Charles Coleman Finlay. An alternative history story set in the early years of the United States where things have gone very differently with the untimely death of an early American leader.

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Fantasy & Science Fiction Magazine August 2002

Fantasy & Science Fiction Magazine
August 2002