“… I just need to check…”It looked as if Dottie was inspecting the contents of some giant, walk-in fridge as she opened one of its chrome and enamel doors and leaned inside. The dead man who shuffled up was a sorry case indeed. Somebody’s trying to frame you, and they didn’t even manage a believable job of it. By then the castle rang tothe sound of noisy reunions as men embraced the women and children they hadleft behind.
The Fred Pohl tribute anthology, Gateways (Tor), edited by Elizabeth Anne Hull, was somewhat weaker than had been The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction again published a lot of good fantasy this year, but only occasionally a strong SF story. I turned my head, and the words shifted with my field of view, changing from dark letters to light depending on the background. Novel omnibuses this year included: Young Flandry (Baen), by Poul Anderson; Darkshade (Night Shade Boo
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