BOOK REVIEW: ASSOCIATES BY SHERLOCK HOLMES EDITED BY GEORGE MANN

Associates of Sherlock Holmes edited by George Mann


Synopsis:
For the very first time, famous associates of the Great Detective – clients, colleagues, and of course, villains – tell their own stories in this collection of brand-new adventures. Follow Inspector Lestrade as he and Sherlock Holmes pursue a killer to rival Jack the Ripper; sit with Mycroft Holmes as he solves a case from the comfort of the Diogenes Club; take a drink with Irene Adler and Dr Watson in a Parisian café; and join Colonel Sebastian Moran on the hunt for a supposedly mythical creature…

GALAXY'S EDGE #19

 
Galaxy's Edge #19 by Mike Resnick

A review by Sandra Scholes

As it's  in its fourth year of publishing, editor Mike Resnick has a lot to be happy about after others might have predicted otherwise. People like us, the readers know full well the work that must have gone into the issues before this as it takes time to edit and design the cover and content as well as trying to cater to a new and existing audience. I think partly its reason for using stories that have been published before is that they have already got a readership  to take them in.

GALAXY'S EDGE # 7 BY MIKE RESNICK

Galaxy's Edge #7 by Mike Resnick

A review by Sandra Scholes

After six other issues, Galaxy's Edge is officially a year old, so in order to celebrate it, here's another review from yours truly. If readers missed out on some older stories they have no doubt heard how good they are from their friends, here is a chance to read them as they are reprinted here.

GALAXY'S EDGE #1 BY MIKE RESNICK

Galaxy's Edge #1 by Mike Resnick

A review by Sandra Scholes

Galaxy's Edge is a new science fiction magazine that will be coming out every two months and mixes new stories, reprints, reviews and columns. Of the reprints, they will be written by well-known authors, just as the new fiction will be penned by the not so well known writers. As would be expected, these authors have the same level of talent no matter how well-known or not well known they are. Mike Resnick's The Editor's Word takes readers into the intricate world of the science fiction magazine, starting with Amazing Stories back in 1938 which  had published many of the science fiction greats; Heinlein, Vogt, de Camp, Simak and Sturgeon. His seven pages make interesting reading, especially if you do not know the history of some of the best magazines in their early days.

LGBT REVIEW: WILDE STORIES THE YEAR'S BEST GAY SPECULATIVE FICTION 2015 EDITED BY STEVE BERMAN

Wilde Stories The Year's Best Gay Speculative Fiction 2015
Edited by: Steve Berman
Author: Various
Publisher: Lethe Press
Genre: Gay short stories, various genres
ISBN: 10: 1590212843
Reviewed By: Sandra Scholes

Synopsis:

Wilde Stories showcases the previous year's best offerings in short gay fantasy, horror, weird, and science fiction. This volume offers readers the secret missives of Roman emperors, an ungrateful ghost haunting her father's lover, werewolves, possible vampires, and more tales of the strange and eerie blended with bit of loss and passion. Editor Steve Berman has been collecting the finest stories in the field for nearly a decade.