Rampant Loon Press is excited to announce the release of Stupefying Stories #18, featuring the terrific cover story, 350 K IN MY SHADES, by KARL BUNKER.
AI, ROBOT • by Joel David Neff PRINCESS NICOTINE • by John Skylar A RING, A RING O' ROSES • by Simon Kewin FROZEN TEARS • by Frances Silversmith 350 K IN MY SHADES • by Karl Bunker SLOW STEPPER • by Juliana Rew THE NORTHERN RECESS • by Fred Coppersmith WHAT THE WITCH WANTS • by Aislinn Batstone THE LIFE TREE • by Jamie Lackey
Always fun and exciting, never predictable, Stupefying Stories is the terrific new reading you've been looking for!
I am happy to see "Stupefying Stories" publishing issues again. This is good news for readers and writers alike. "AI, Robot" by Joel David Neff, about the relationship between a dying Japanese man and his AI daughter, might be the most powerful story in the collection. "The Northern Recess" by Fred Coppersmith, about a student who meets his own ghost while working in a historical library , is the most fun. I also enjoyed Frances Silversmith's "Frozen Tears." She turned the fateful Scott expedition into a speculative fiction story. "The Life Tree" by Jamie Lackey is a timely, timeless story that muses about the nature and appropriateness of loyalty to a government. I am a fan of Karl Bunker's fiction, and his "350 K in My Shades" is a clever, ambitious romp about exploring a "new" inhabited planet. All nine stories in this edition have enough substance and intelligence to be worth reading. Welcome back, "Stupefying Stories."