New Fiction 2021 – January

“The Night Face Up” by Julio Cortazar and Paul Blackburn (trans.) (1967)

A transcendental nightmare.

“The Use of Force” by William Carlos Williams (1938)

Kids will go to war, no doubt.

“A Conversation from the Third Floor” by Mohamed Al Bisatie (2003)

Little time for life together.

“The Mexican” by Jack London (1911)

The white man’s game.

“Battles in the Desert” by José Emilio Pacheco (1980)

Leave the trees alone.

“Second Star to the Right…” by Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens (1999)

Depth to the hologram.

“First Steps” by Kristine Kathryn Rusch (1999)

To stand and lead.

“Dead Man’s Hand” by Jeffrey Lang (1999)

Technobabble’s beginnings.

“Old Souls” by Michael Jan Friedman (1999)

A surgeon’s hands are golden.

“Sins of the Mother” by S.D. Perry (1999)

Control of one’s soul.

“Infinity” by Susan Wright (1999)

The cost of going where no one has gone before.

“Allegro Ouroboros in D Minor” by S.D. Perry and Robert Simpson (1999)

Perfection’s the thing.

“The Music Between the Notes” by Steven Barnes (1999)

Complexity of existence.

“Reflections” by L.A. Graf (1999)

Desperate for meaning.

“…and straight on ‘til morning” by Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens (1999)

The infinity of Las Vegas.

“Guernica” by James Johnson Sweeney (1940)

The terror of a horse and serenity of a bull.

“The Colonel” by Carolyn Forché (1978)

Ears to the ground.

“The Diameter of the Bomb” by Yehuda Amichai (1979)

It is vast.

“Sonnet” by Yehuda Amichai (1958)

What the son must do.

“1937? What did they tell you? Qué te contaron? Ki konte ou?” by Julia Alvarez (2019)

Bloody ribbons.

“The Octopus” by José Emilio Pacheco (1985)

Inheritor of the construct.

The Crossroads at Midnight by Abby Howard (2021)

To pay for the sins.

“How to Fish” dir. Jack Kinney (1942)

Catch ‘em while you can.

Chef dir. Jon Favreau (2014)

Luxurious grease shots.

The Old Guard dir. Gina Prince-Bythewood (2020)

The threat of immortality.

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World dir. Edgar Wright (2010)

Canadian Street Fighter.

The Lovebirds dir. Michael Showalter (2020)

Cults of finance.

Creature from the Black Lagoon dir. Jack Arnold (1954)

The murky dance.

The Midnight Sky dir. George Clooney (2020)

At last, the end.

Promising Young Woman dir. Emerald Fennell (2020)

Inevitable consequences.

Wonder Woman 1984 dir. Patty Jenkins (2020)

Incoherent dreams.

The Little Things dir. John Lee Hancock (2021)

It weighs you down.

Mickey Mouse – “Croissant de Triomphe” (2013)

Buttery brown quest.

Mickey Mouse – “No Service” (2013)

The once crowded places.

Mickey Mouse – “Yodelberg” (2013)

Will we ever get a holiday?

Mickey Mouse – “New York Weenie” (2013)

Better eaten than free.

Mickey Mouse – “Tokyo Go” (2013)

You’ll get there, someday.

Mickey Mouse – “Stayin’ Cool” (2013)

Eternal quest.

The Queen’s Gambit (2020)

But for a moment to think.

The Boys – Seasons 1 & 2 (2019-2020)

Too many boys.

Hunters  – Season 1 (2020)

Seeing the forest for the nazis.

The Mandalorian – Season 2 (2020)

A greatest hits.

Cobra Kai – Seasons 1-3 (2018-2019, 2021)

Alternate karate universe.

Virgin River – Seasons 1-2 (2019-2020)

A cozy place to sip tea.

New Fiction 2021 – January

“The Night Face Up” by Julio Cortazar and Paul Blackburn (trans.) (1967)

A transcendental nightmare.

“The Use of Force” by William Carlos Williams (1938)

Kids will go to war, no doubt.

“A Conversation from the Third Floor” by Mohamed Al Bisatie (2003)

Little time for life together.

“The Mexican” by Jack London (1911)

The white man’s game.

“Battles in the Desert” by José Emilio Pacheco (1980)

Leave the trees alone.

“Second Star to the Right…” by Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens (1999)

Depth to the hologram.

“First Steps” by Kristine Kathryn Rusch (1999)

To stand and lead.

“Dead Man’s Hand” by Jeffrey Lang (1999)

Technobabble’s beginnings.

“Old Souls” by Michael Jan Friedman (1999)

A surgeon’s hands are golden.

“Sins of the Mother” by S.D. Perry (1999)

Control of one’s soul.

“Infinity” by Susan Wright (1999)

The cost of going where no one has gone before.

“Allegro Ouroboros in D Minor” by S.D. Perry and Robert Simpson (1999)

Perfection’s the thing.

“The Music Between the Notes” by Steven Barnes (1999)

Complexity of existence.

“Reflections” by L.A. Graf (1999)

Desperate for meaning.

“…and straight on ‘til morning” by Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens (1999)

The infinity of Las Vegas.

“Guernica” by James Johnson Sweeney (1940)

The terror of a horse and serenity of a bull.

“The Colonel” by Carolyn Forché (1978)

Ears to the ground.

“The Diameter of the Bomb” by Yehuda Amichai (1979)

It is vast.

“Sonnet” by Yehuda Amichai (1958)

What the son must do.

“1937? What did they tell you? Qué te contaron? Ki konte ou?” by Julia Alvarez (2019)

Bloody ribbons.

“The Octopus” by José Emilio Pacheco (1985)

Inheritor of the construct.

The Crossroads at Midnight by Abby Howard (2021)

To pay for the sins.

“How to Fish” dir. Jack Kinney (1942)

Catch ‘em while you can.

Chef dir. Jon Favreau (2014)

Luxurious grease shots.

The Old Guard dir. Gina Prince-Bythewood (2020)

The threat of immortality.

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World dir. Edgar Wright (2010)

Canadian Street Fighter.

The Lovebirds dir. Michael Showalter (2020)

Cults of finance.

Creature from the Black Lagoon dir. Jack Arnold (1954)

The murky dance.

The Midnight Sky dir. George Clooney (2020)

At last, the end.

Promising Young Woman dir. Emerald Fennell (2020)

Inevitable consequences.

Wonder Woman 1984 dir. Patty Jenkins (2020)

Incoherent dreams.

The Little Things dir. John Lee Hancock (2021)

It weighs you down.

Mickey Mouse – “Croissant de Triomphe” (2013)

Buttery brown quest.

Mickey Mouse – “No Service” (2013)

The once crowded places.

Mickey Mouse – “Yodelberg” (2013)

Will we ever get a holiday?

Mickey Mouse – “New York Weenie” (2013)

Better eaten than free.

Mickey Mouse – “Tokyo Go” (2013)

You’ll get there, someday.

Mickey Mouse – “Stayin’ Cool” (2013)

Eternal quest.

The Queen’s Gambit (2020)

But for a moment to think.

The Boys – Seasons 1 & 2 (2019-2020)

Too many boys.

Hunters  – Season 1 (2020)

Seeing the forest for the nazis.

The Mandalorian – Season 2 (2020)

A greatest hits.

Cobra Kai – Seasons 1-3 (2018-2019, 2021)

Alternate karate universe.

Virgin River – Seasons 1-2 (2019-2020)

A cozy place to sip tea.