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It’s Banned Book Week! Check out the list of Banned and Challenged Classics and the Top Ten Most Frequently Challenged Books of 2008.

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Soldier!

My flash fic piece “Soldier” is up at Brain Harvest. It’s short and unsweet.

While you’re there, check out the rest of the stories, including last week’s “Inventory” by Jason Fischer.

Reviews of “The First Time We Met”

Lois Tilton at The Internet Review of Science Fiction”

This is a story about a relationship. The fantasy element is secondary, although it is at the center of the relationship; still, the story would not have been all too different if the element were non-fantastic. The question “What will our relationship be without your power” is much the same as “What will our relationship be now that you are sick/old/poor.” It is a complex thing, a relationship between two people who love each other, and this is what the author shows us.

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Jason Sanford at the Fix Online

While the story was a little scattered for my tastes, it was still a good read, which is always a great thing to say about an author’s first professional publication.