Last week’s SH fiction: “Obedience”
Forgot to post this last week.
Last week at Strange Horizons: "Obedience," by Brenna Yovanoff. We don't normally publish zombie stories, but we've had a couple of them lately, with a couple more to come in the coming months. This one is about what's left of a military unit in a world overrun; I think it's something of a change of pace from our usual fare.
She checked the cuffs of her jacket, tucked them deep into the tops of her gloves. Outside, pale hands seemed to float, palms flat against the windows. They were laughing, a storm of high-pitched giggles.
Also at SH last week: a poem by David C. Kopaska-Merkel, and reviews of works by James Morrow, Allen Ashley, and Thomas Glavinic.
I'll post about this week's material in a couple days.