Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine Issue 61

by Simon Petrie (Editor), David Barber, Sean Monaghan

ASIM's sixty-first issue is a collection of short speculative fiction -- with some poetry and nonfiction -- by Australian and international authors.


1 • Editorial (Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine, Issue #61) • essay by Simon Petrie
4 • When Jane Was Nine • short story by Fred Coppersmith
15 • Bad Dog • short story by Patrice Sarath
22 • Empty Nesting Velocity • short story by George S. Walker
22 •  Empty Nesting Velocity • interior artwork by Lewis Morley [as by Lewis P. Morley]
35 • The First of His Kind • short story by Sinthia J. Higgen-Bottom
44 • Immaterial Progress • juvenile • [Twinmaker] • short story by Sean Williams
46 • Double Team • short story by Sean Monaghan
66 • Seachange • short story by Rich Larson
66 •  Seachange • interior artwork by SpAE
72 • Dry Run • short story by Mark Bondurant
93 • An Apocalypse in Six Genres • poem by Kathleen Jennings
96 • Long's Confandabulous Clockwork Circus and Carnival, and Cats of Many Persuasions • novelette by A. J. Fitzwater
132 • Alchemy and Ice • short story by Charlotte Nash
140 • In Sheep's Clothing • short story by Kimberly Gaal [as by Kim Gaal]
140 •  In Sheep's Clothing • interior artwork by Shauna O'Meara
152 • A Critic Reviews Pioneer 10 • poem by David Barber
153 • Continuum Guest of Honour Speech • essay by Ambelin Kwaymullina
159 •   Review: Fool's Assassin (Fitz and the Fool 1) by Robin Hobb • review by Zara Baxter
160 •   Review: Nil By Mouth by LynC • review by Edwina Harvey
161 •   Review: Engines of Empathy by Paul Mannering • review by Simon Petrie
162 •   Review: Cherry Crow Children by Deborah Kalin • review by Jacob Edwards
163 •   Review: The Invisible Library by Genevieve Cogman • review by Jacob Edwards

168 pages, Kindle Edition

First published September 4, 2015

About the author

Born on the South Island of New Zealand and now living on the North Island of Australia, Simon Petrie is a Canberra-based research scientist and writer of speculative fiction (SF, fantasy, and occasionally horror). Since 2007, his stories have appeared in various magazines, webzines and anthologies. He has been shortlisted several times for Ditmar, Sir Julius Vogel, and Aurealis Awards, and has won the Sir Julius Vogel Award three times (in 2010 for Best New Talent and in 2013 and 2018 for Best Novella / Novelette).

Simon is a member of the Canberra Speculative Fiction Guild and of SpecFicNZ. He has served on three different judging panels for the Aurealis Awards, in the SF Novel, Anthology & Collection, and Fantasy Short Story categories. He has also edited several issues of Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine, and has co-edited three anthologies.

Reviews

[Jarrod · Rating 4 out of 5]

I enjoyed this collection of stories immensely, particularly the shorter works. The longer work by AJ Fitzwater wasn't really my cup of tea but was still good... hence why I am giving the collection as a whole 4/5. Overall a very entertaining and worthwhile collection.