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Alphabet Rescue by Audrey Wood
The Avenger of Love by Jack Skillingstead
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Hunger by Elise Blackwell
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Look at Me by Anita Brookner
Lost by Gregory Maguire
The Miracle Life of Edgar Mint by Randy Udall
Poor Poor Ophelia by Carolyn Weston
Recovering Charles by Jason F. Wright
The Ride by Tom Brandner
Shadow-Below by Robert Reed
The Sneakiest Pirates by Dalton James
Sorcerers of Majipoor by Robert Silverberg
The Spiral Briar by Sean McMullen
The Three Little Fish and the Big Bad Shark by Ken Geist
Through Endangered Eyes by Rachel Allen Dillon
Timepiece by Richard Paul Evans
The Tribes of Bela by Albert E. Cowdrey
The Valley of the Giants by Peter B. Kyne
"A Wild and Wicked Youth" by Ellen Kushner
Without Sin by J. Thomas
Zen Shorts by Jon J. Muth

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The Avenger of Love: 05/23/09

"The Avenger of Love" in the April / May issue of Fantasy & Science Fiction is dedicated to Harlan Ellison. I haven't read enough of his work to get the connection between Skillingstead's story and Ellison's writing. Despite the gap in my reading I liked the story.

Norman Helmcke an "aging pit bull" of a lawyer realizes one day that he's lost the vital essence of his first love. Rather than accept these gaps in his memory as part of growing old, he goes on a quest to find the thief who is stealing his memories.

The story reminds me most of "Unpossible" by Daryl Gregory which is another FSF story about lost moments in childhood.

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Comment #1: Sunday, May, 24, 2009 at 16:16:47

lenore

Thief stealing memories? Sounds fascinating. Have you ever heard of CONFESSIONS OF A MEMORY EATER by Pagan Kennedy. Also sci-fi about going back to relive lost memories. Excellent!!



<"comment2">Comment #2: Tuesday, May 26, 2009 at 20:20:14

Pussreboots

No I haven't. It sounds good. Thank you for the recommendation.



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