Jay Lake, “West to East.” Subterranean, Summer 2014.
This an old fashioned science fiction adventure story, about a ship trapped on a world where the winds are so strong the entire ecology is build around resisting it. Sadly Jay Lake passed away last year.
Rich Larson, “The Air We Breathe is Stormy, Stormy.” Strange Horizons, August 11, 2014.
Cedric works on an oil rig in the Baltic, having fled his father In New Zealand and leaving his girlfriend in Perth. He’s lonely and miserable, until one night he fishes a strange woman out of the sea. Selkie stories may be for losers, but this is a great example of one, with a happy ending even.
Yoon Ha Lee, “Combustion Hour.” Tor.com, June 18, 2014.
A fable of entropy as performed by shadow puppets. Great idea, done well.