Compelling Science Fiction Issue 13
2019
First Published
4.00
Average Rating
90
Number of Pages
We start with LA Staley's "Steps in the Other Room". An elderly woman reports that her husband has been kidnapped. This seems difficult, since he has been dead for many years (2040 words). Our second story is "Sasha Red" by Tyler A. Young. In it, a woman fights to rescue refugees from Mars (6100 words). The third story this issue, Mark Parlette-Cariño's "Bodybit," is a story about the social effects of a fitness device that tracks sexual performance (4630 words). Next we have "What We Remember" by Mark Salzwedel. This one is first-contact story about a telepathic fungus (2800 words). Our fifth story is "Love and Brooding" by M. J. Pettit. Inspired by mouth-brooding tilapia, this story explores a very alien life cycle (5000 words). Our final story is "Steadies" by returning author Robert Dawson. A doctor is conflicted when she decides to prescribe her husband an anti-cholesterol drug that has also recently been found to strengthen relationships (3400 words).
Avg Rating
4.00
Number of Ratings
10
5 STARS
30%
4 STARS
40%
3 STARS
30%
2 STARS
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1 STARS
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Authors
Mark Salzwedel
Author · 1 books
Mark Salzwedel grew up and went to college in the Midwest, moving through a variety of disparate and eccentric careers, including religion/philosophy editor, national public speaker, massage therapist, hypnotherapist, TV/film/stage actor, puzzle and game designer, and now advertising copywriter. In his spare time, he records music videos, composes songs, and writes mostly fantasy and science fiction stories of various lengths.
