That is an excellent short story! Reminds me of when I had a subscription to Isaac’s Asimov’s Science fiction magazine which was mostly compilation of shorts as a teenager. Well done! Should submit it for submission to a sci-fi Magazine.
Alas, Asimov's already had their chance on it. The magazine biz is hard, they only have so many slots and want stories which please the most subscribers. The beauty of Substack is I can write whatever I want.
Really enjoyed this one even more than usual. I don’t think I’ve read one of your stores before that could legitimately be classified both as science fiction and horror, although there are a lot of your stories that I haven’t read yet. Good job!
I have to confess I didn't enjoy this one. The viewpoint character isn't sympathetic enough to make this work as horror, but at the same time the other character is too merciless to make it work as a story about a superhero. The frat boys might be made sympathetic, but they aren't central to the story.
That's a fair complaint. I wrote this as a villain protagonist, but didn't like him enough myself to do justice to him. I was mostly focusing on the gadget.
That is an excellent short story! Reminds me of when I had a subscription to Isaac’s Asimov’s Science fiction magazine which was mostly compilation of shorts as a teenager. Well done! Should submit it for submission to a sci-fi Magazine.
Alas, Asimov's already had their chance on it. The magazine biz is hard, they only have so many slots and want stories which please the most subscribers. The beauty of Substack is I can write whatever I want.
Well done! And a fitting end!!!
Really enjoyed this one even more than usual. I don’t think I’ve read one of your stores before that could legitimately be classified both as science fiction and horror, although there are a lot of your stories that I haven’t read yet. Good job!
Thank you! I try to explore the possibilities of where we could wind up . . . and there's some horrible options out there.
I have to confess I didn't enjoy this one. The viewpoint character isn't sympathetic enough to make this work as horror, but at the same time the other character is too merciless to make it work as a story about a superhero. The frat boys might be made sympathetic, but they aren't central to the story.
That's a fair complaint. I wrote this as a villain protagonist, but didn't like him enough myself to do justice to him. I was mostly focusing on the gadget.