Fantastic Stories of the Imagination Jan/Feb 2016

Fantastic Stories of the Imagination, edited by Hugo and Wold Fantasy Award nominated editor Warren Lapine, brings you the very best in science fiction and fantasy. Join us as we explore strange new worlds. While I Wait by Layla Al-Bedawi — If you don't feed the strays, they won't go away. Girl in Blue Dress (1881) by Sunil Patel — He made her pretty as a picture. Kvetchula’s Daughter by Darrell Schweitzer — Vampire parents were only part of her problem. The Heiress of Air by Allen M. Steele — Who really kidnapped the Air magnate's daughter? The Held Daughter by Laurie Tom — A princess, forbidden marriage, finds her own way. Reviews: The Fan: Encroaching Worlds — Carole McDonnell looks at season one of The Man in the High Castle series based on the novel by Phillip K. Dick, streaming on Amazon Prime, the movie Attack on Titan based on the anime series, and the Indian epic film spectacle Bahubali-The Beginning. Reviews: The Magic Lantern: Enough with the Endless Yammering About Heroes — Adam-Troy discusses what makes a hero in a free-wheeling rant which takes in Marvel's Netflixed Jessica Jones, Captain Kirk, Mad Max, Sherlock Holmes, James Bond, and the Dark Knight himself. Reviews: Area 51 1/2: January-February 2016 by Steven Sawicki — Our Resident Alien reviews The Traitor Baru Cormorant by Seth Dickinson, Firstfleet by Stephen Case, The Shards of Heaven by Michael Livingston, The Human Division by John Scalzi Lash-up byLarry Bond, and the short film Cargo. Reviews: New & Noteworthy Short Genre Fiction: January-February 2016 by Gillian Daniels — Gillian reviews “Telling the Bees” by T. Kingfisher, “Kaiju maximus®: “So Various, So Beautiful, So New”” by Kai Ashante Wilson, “A Primer on Separation” by Debbie Urbanski, “In the Timeline Where the Moscow Metro Opened in 1934” by S.L. Harris, and “The Painter of Dead Women” by Edna W. Underwood.