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Cirsova: Heroic Fantasy and Science Fiction Magazine

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The Double-Stuffed Winter Issue of Cirsova Heroic Fantasy and Science Fiction Magazine, featuring:

Novelettes:
The Vault of Phalos, by Jeffery Scott Sims

Shadow Visions, by Preston Dennett

Short Stories:
The Lady of the Amorous City, by Edward M. Erdelac

A Suit of Haidrah Skin, by Rob Lang

...Where There Is No Sanctuary, by Howie K. Bentley

The Last Dues Owed, by Christine Lucas

The Witch of Elrica, by Jennifer Povey

The Bubbcat, by Sean Monaghan

Wall Wardens, by Lynn Rushlau

Lost Men, by Eugene Morgulis

The Unfolding of the World, by Harold R. Thompson

The Sands of Rubal-Khali, by Donald Jacob Uitvlugt

The Priests of Shalaz, by Jay Barnson

Dust of Truth, by Joyce Frohn

The Ride, by Edward McDermott

My Name is John Carter (Pt.3), by James Hutchings

The Phantom Sands of Calavass, by S.H. Mansouri

Essay:
The Feminine Force Awakens, by Liana Kerzner

321 pages, Kindle Edition

First published November 15, 2016

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The stuff I liked best was open-ended, inviting more stories and adventure. Or, at least, was set somewhere that I wanted to know more about.

"The Lady of the Amorous City" mashes together two flavors nobody knew would be great together: .

"The Bubbcat", a rare cyberpunk for this magazine series, combines a weirdly unsettling yet horribly plausible near future of unstable currencies, rampant terrorism, and decayed social institutions with a straight science fiction / thriller concept whose premise and backstory is only nibbled at. The 'bubbcat' itself is a McGuffin that participates in its own story, and while it motivates the other characters in obvious ways, the surroundings that would explain its existence are absent and completely irrelevant.

"A Suit of Haidrah Skin" is science fiction in the guise of heroic fantasy, with the trope of a set of ingredient gathering quests before the assault on the wizard's castle. The protagonist impresses not just by fighting prowess but her sheer determination and fortitude against weird adversity.
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