Neo-opsis Issue 28
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Neo-opsis Science Fiction
Magazine Issue 28
The twenty-eight issue of Neo-opsis
Science Fiction Magazine is 8” by 5 ˝”, 80 pages.
The cover of issue 28 is Living in a Rock, by Karl Johanson.
Karl’s editorial is The
Nerfing of Data, discusses a major change to the character Data, part
way through the series Star Trek: The
Next Generation.
Karl Johanson’s A Walk Through the
Periodic Chart is about the
element Tungsten. There are brief
asides about Selenium, Helium, and Hydrogen in the news. Illustration
by Stephanie Ann Johanson.
Letters
to the Magazine this issue are from: Nina Munteanu,
Holly Schofield, Kirstin Morell, Laura Elaina Butcher, Imene
Hadh, Melissa McCrosky,
Holly Schofield, Josephine Aucoin, Maria Isabel Bances, Graham Brand, Ryan McCarthy, Chris Patrick Carolan, and Susan Forest.
The
first story in issue twenty-eight is Dissonance, by Ron Friedman. Ron’s short stories have appeared in Galaxy's Edge, Daily Science Fiction and
in other magazines and anthologies.
He received ten honorable mentions in Writers Of The Future contest, co-edited three anthologies, and his novel, Typhoon
Time, will soon be released by WordFire Press. Ron
is a Calgary Herald #1 bestseller author and a Best Short Fiction finalist
in the 2016 Aurora Awards.
The second story is Hindsight by Hall Jameson. Hall is a writer and artist
who lives in the northwestern United States with her
husband and an assortment of other furry and feathered critters. Her work has
appeared in Phobos Magazine, Allegory, Drabblecast, and Fantasy Scroll Mag.
The first poem is Foreshadowing by Lisa Timpf.
Lisa is a freelance writer who lives in Simcoe, Ontario. Her writing has
appeared in a variety of venues, including
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Christmas in Canada, Small Farm Canada, Morel
Magazine, The Martian Wave, Outposts of Beyond, New Myths, and Scifaikuest.
The
third story is Time Beasts by. Barbara
Davies. Barbara’s short fiction has appeared in Far Orbit, The Lorelei Signal, Lacuna, Neo-opsis
#7, and Tales of the Talisman
among others anthologies, ezines, and magazines. Her
website is: www.barbaradavies.co.uk
The fourth story is Broken Dishes by J. Y. T. (Jennifer) Kennedy. This story
was partly inspired by playground games introduced to her by her thoroughly
Canadian children, and is her second to appear in Neo-opsis. She writes stories, and poems,
which can usually be classed as fantasy or SF, including her fantasy novel, Dominion.
The fifth story is The Flight of the Osprey by Robert Dawson. Robert has had work appear
in Nature, AE, and numerous other
periodicals and anthologies.
The sixth story is Wild Irish Rose by Julie Frost. Julie has had short
fiction appear in Cosmos, Azure Valley,
Unlikely Story, and many other publications. She is a Writers
of the Future winner. Her novel, Pack
Dynamics, was recently published by WordFire
Press.
The seventh story is Fuchsia Thought by Corey J. White. Corey is a writer of science fiction,
horror, magical realism, and other, harder-to-define stories. His first book, Killing Gravity, is out through Tor.com
Publishing in May, 2017. Find him at coreyjwhite.com and on twitter at @cjwhite.
The eighth story is He Was So Old, by Lee Widener. Lee grew up in the
Midwest and now lives in Portland, Oregon, where he runs Welcome to Weirdsville Radio. His Bizarro novella
"Rock N Roll Head Case" was published in 2015 and his Weird Fiction collection "Under the
Shanghai Tunnels and Other Weird Tales" in 2017.
The second poem is More than Dreams Alone by John Grey. John is
an Australian poet and a US resident. Recently published in New
Plains Review, Perceptions, and the anthology No Achilles,
with work upcoming in Big Muddy Review, Gargoyle, Coal City
Review, and Spoon River Poetry Review.
Karl has included a write up about Tsukino
Con 2017.
Reviews this issue are of Passengers (movie by Universal Pictures), Dominion of Giants (adult
colouring book by Eric Messinger), and Hidden Figures (movie by Fox 2000 Pictures).
Awards news includes listings for the Hugo
Awards, the Nebula Awards and the Aurora Awards.
There is a write up on the 2017 convention Tsukino Con
in Victoria, BC.
Additional news observes the passing of Sir
John Vincent Hurt, Bill Paxton, and Martin Landau.
The Last Four
Pages is the article Women Leads in SF, by Karl Johanson.
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