Science Fantasy Romance 14 - The Littlest Barnacle

The Littlest Barnacle 

SF014

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Blurb

If a small boy lives, does anybody care?

Memories

before reading

Looking back on my notes, this story was supposed to be a fun story of a boy stowaway with no particular skills, but a lot of heart. Apparently deciding that that was lame, Creative Voice wrote a super-depressing story about an abandoned boy who gets screwed by life. OK, then.

Review

after reading

...the fact that the story is really short is, when you think about it, even more depressing. This is a very well-written story, though, and I know for a fact that Mr. Editor had nothing to do with it. Except for the very last line, where he inserted himself, and thanks be to him.

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War of the Possible Future 

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Science Fantasy Romance 13 - Swift Invasion

Swift Invasion

SF013

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Blurb

The aliens were completely unprepared for one completely prepared human. So was Humanity.

Memories

before reading

This story evolved out of a conversation I had with a tech who had completely screwed his jack-ass employer over merely by being fired, and then having been found to be indispensible after the fact. I’d just read a lot of Heinlein, and the classic Competent Science Fiction Protagonist was roiling in my brain. Here’s the result.

Review

after reading

This is a dialogue-heavy story that proceeds with humor to a good punch-line. But! In the midst of that, there is an amazing character speech that I’d completely forgotten about. I don’t know where it came from, but I like it. It raises the story up from “merely” humorous.

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The Littlest Barnacle 

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