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Amazing Stories is back with Volume 76, Issue 1, given out at Worldcon! It has a reminiscence by Robert Silverberg, a science column by Jack Clemons, a European author profile interview of up-and-coming author Tade Thompson by Gary Dalkin, a film review from Steve Fahnestalk, an editorial by Ira Nayman and stories by Allen Steele, Lawrence Watt-Evans, Rudy Rucker, Dave Creek, Shirley Meier, Kameron Hurley, Julie Czerneda, Paul Levinson, and Drew Hayden Taylor.

Amazing Stories is back with Volume 76, Issue 1, given out at Worldcon.

The short fiction begins with "Captain Future In Love - Part One" by Allen Steele. As this is part one of a two-part story, I will review it when it is complete.

"Harry's Toaster" by Lawrence Watt-Evans -+- Harry winds up accepting payment from a man in a shiny suit in the form of a strange looking device the man calls a "toaster". He finds that it is not the kind of toaster he thought it would be. Very amusing.

"Apricot Lane" by Rudy Rucker is a reprinted story. I do not review reprints but I hope you enjoy this story.

"Beyond Human Measure" by Dave Creek -+- Carrie Molina is the pilot of a ship and must accept a distasteful job. She must transport a man named Malcolm Vicari, who had abused and killed her sister three years earlier. He has used nanotech to give himself the power to "modulate emotional responses, memory and other functions" in any creature he touches. This is what he used against Carrie's sister. He has been in prison but is on a release because of his power to cure Lykohnel, a Jupiter "whale" that lives in Jupiter's atmosphere. Only Lykohnel can prevent a war between two whale groups. Her job gets more difficult as the story develops. Well-told tale. The story unfolds in a perfect way.

"Flight of an Arrow" by Shirley Meier -+- Hans Veit was a friend of the King when they were younger and the king was the Prince. Now he is blind and has been abused by Siebold who was also a friend. Hans had been a great archer but he has fallen on hard times. Siebold mocks and abuses him in front of his court and sycophants. He gives Hans an impossible challenge. Good solid little fantasy story.

"Sister Solveig and Mister Denial" by Kameron Hurley -+- Poul and his sister, Solveig, have been hired to bring back a thug named Barry's genetically-modified daughter but he doesn't care of she's dead or alive. This sets off a violent adventure in Alaska with some nasty people. Pretty exciting.

"Foster Earth" by Julie Czerneda -+- Ernest and Julia lost their son to a horrible wasting disease. Now, they have wound up as foster parents to a child of a race known only as the Silent because they are uncommunicative. The other extraterrestrial races that are part of the Hub have failed at this. Can these two grieving humans succeed? A beautifully told tale.

"Slipping Time" by Paul Levinson -+- Whenever our narrator slips and falls, he winds up going back in time five hours earlier. Can he use this to make things up with his girlfriend, Vanessa, after a bad argument? He gives it a shot. Another well-told tale.

The fiction concludes with "When Angels Came Knocking" by Drew Hayden Taylor. -+- Angie Coneb is trying to get back to her Native roots by beading leather and failing. Suddenly, the Angel Gabriel appears to her saying that she is to be the bearer of the Second Coming. She does not like that idea. Kind of silly.

I am very happy to see Amazing Stories back. I hope it succeeds.

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