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Omnilingual by H. Beam Piper (book review).
GF Willmetts reviews Omnilingual, seven H. Beam Piper short stories from 1947 to 1959, from Martian archaeology to Benjamin Bathurst's vanishing.
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November 2026
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Worlds of IF #180: the revived SF magazine lands its fattest issue yet, with Bruce Pennington round the back (magazine news).
Starship Sloane's relaunched Worlds of IF reaches issue #180, nearly 300 pages, with cover art by Ninja Jo and a Bruce Pennington back…
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Just Add Heat : an All That Litters story by: GF Willmetts.
There’s one thing about being on staff. I can actually have staff of my own. My job remit depends on finding something repairable…
September 2026
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All That Litters: a short story by GF Willmetts.
We had most of the theory of teleportation sorted out before we sent something through. Obviously, something inorganic first and then worked our…
August 2026
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The Eclipse Of 2044: a short story by GF Willmetts.
‘You’re going to make the sun disappear, just like that?’ ‘Is that a problem?’ ‘I think people will notice. Darkness. Break in orbit.…
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Having A Preordained Time: a story by GF Willmetts.
Tourist spots in the past get over-subscribed. You would think people would want to see Christ do some of his miracles, which the…
June 2026
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The Hidden Hand: a short story by GF Willmetts.
‘Hello, Alfred.’ ‘Hello, Cathlynn. How are you today?’ ‘I’m fine. Could be I’m on a winning streak.’ She looked around the casino. The…
May 2026
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A Stab In The Murder: a Psi-Kicks story by GF Willmetts (short fiction).
The pathologist pulled the sheet back from the dead woman on the slab and consulted her pad. Identity unknown. Stabbed through the chest.…
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Hack-Job: a story by GF Willmetts.
There are many turning points in our history. The one thing that probably beat them all was the discovery of an alien textbook…
March 2026
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I Think Therefore You Am: a short story by GF Willmetts.
I am FAK, pronounced ‘Fa-act’, not like the swear word, although there were sniggers in the white room the first week, which I…
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Independent Life: a short story by GF Willmetts.
We live in a world where we really don’t know anyone anymore. Not your neighbours. Not even the people at work. They’re there…
February 2026
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A One-Sided Interrogation: a Psi-Kicks Story by GF Willmetts.
Trouble spots tended never to look like trouble when she arrived, Sara Seeker surveyed the scene. Like a lot of Psionics, she disliked…