Thune's Vision

In these eight short fictions, Hernstrom feeds on an autochthon rage, speaks directly but not simply in tones strong enough to convey sibilant victory or the clamor of disaster. Somehow he also manages to imbue dark tales with a mordant wit many admire, but few can match. He sings no simple paean. He tells no careworn tale. He advances no fallen guidon but has instead fashioned his own standard from those of the fallen. A contemporary reader can instantly mark the salient staked out by this collection across a no-man's land mired in imitation. Hernstrom's flag is one to which stout hearts rally. This book is a passport to new country, a point of departure for even wider vistas. Here is a voice which can tell of beauty in a moment, a heretofore unremarked weirdness in the old constellations, a sly joke. Here is a voice up for anything.

Literature & Fiction

Hernstrom, Schuyler

Genre Fiction

Pilum Press

Pilum's second anthology of new voices in science fiction and fantasy. Phantasmagoric--even psychotronic!--visions which rally and entertain from Norberto Argentavis ("Elektra and the Laws"), JB Jackson ("Philadelphia"), Jon Mollison ("The City at Dawn"), and Brian Renninger ("Beyond the White River"). 222pp, 3 illustrations

The Wells of Ur: Dreams of a Lost City (Pilum New Voices)

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Argentavis, Norberto

Fantasy

The age from which they spring has nearly drawn to a close. Yet some noble work remains to be done before the end. They come on, knowing that anything left undone, any chance let slide cannot be paid forward. Their game bags are heavy with a wealth meant to nourish the reader through the leanest of times. Four tales of a once-and-future apocalypse. Two meditations to challenge you to play harder in an already hard world. Introduced by Misha Burnett. Some say they are other than human; they are the penultimate men.

The Penultimate Men: Tales from Our Savage Future (Pilum New Voices)

Humor & Satire

Shagduk (De re dordica, Book One)

Jackson, Jb

The year is 1977. Professor Sherwood has gone missing. Between working at the library and playing gigs in Fort Worth holes-in-the-wall after hours, Steven and his pal Randy set out to discover why, unwittingly summoning a demon and setting into motion a chain of astonishing events that could put the entire world at risk of total destruction. This is the debut of a deftly comedic voice capable of circling back to dread in a moment, one strong enough to carry the crackle of North Texas before the oil bust, the solitude of youth spent under the wide prairie skies, resolving in a crescendo of album-oriented rock radio and dire conflict between the hard-bitten optimism of the natives of this strange land and something far more alien and sinister.

How to Win at D&D

Humor & Entertainment

Johnson, Jeffro

Puzzles & Games

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