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Your Final Apocalypse: Sandra McDonald. Apocalypse meets slice-of-life. An AI and a visiting non-physical alien entity briefly look at the last moments of a student's life before the beginning of an apocalyptic event. There seems to be some parallel here with the experience of a reader of a short story, briefly taking these important moments of a different person into our minds, and then just as easily letting it pass out. Readable, but ultimately left me unmoved, much like the Casual Visitor.Th...
The story is the winner of 2013 Ditmar Award for Best Short Story and 2012 Aurealis Award for Best YA Short Story. I find the quite understandable it is a very well written and meaty story. It is not quite where I will be raving about it, but I think it will stay with me for days, simmering. Read my full review: http://wp.me/p40HVI-ca
My favorite part of this issue was the non-fiction, which is one reason I highly recommend Clarkesworld to everyone - the mixture of fiction and nonfiction is always in good taste.This time around the fiction was definitely a good read as usual, though nothing that was utterly genius. Go read Another Word: The Echo Chamber: Daniel Abraham. It touched on something I've often brought up in subtle ways on Facebook statuses here and there as an issue which, in my opinion, often makes discussions, es...
'Your Final Apocalypse' by Sandra McDonald Extremely melancholy yet sort of hopeful, all in one. That juxtaposition, which is reinforced to great effect at the ending, meant I liked the story. 'The Wisdom of Ants' by Thoraiya Dyer This was an intriguing story about a tribe of people living on land and getting metals from the ants that live on the land. They trade with the Island People, giving metal in exchange for gut bacteria that replenish the bacteria killed by the pesticides that bligh
This issue storiesShort stories:Your Final Apocalypse by Sandra McDonald ***The Wisdom of Ants by Thoraiya Dyer *** 1/2Sweet Subtleties by Lisa L. Hannett ****
http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/dyer_...I should been dusting, but I got caught up in this little tale of "Rivers-of-Milk" and her clan. Another enticing short read from Thorayia, that takes you to another time/world/existence and at the end leaves you a little saddened at what legacy we are leaving behind.
