![]() ![]() ![]() here, a young woman at a funeral has to come to terms with meeting the deceased at the church. ![]() Unsurprisingly, many of Willis’ main characters are female. Set in the same world as her ‘Doomsday Book’ this story sees a researcher sent back in time to a London of World War II to become a warden at St Paul’s Cathedral Mail Order Clone (The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction – August 1982) The Sidon in The Mirror (Asimovs – April 1983)ĭaisy, in The Sun (Galileo Magazine – November 1979) Lost and Found (Rod Serling’s Twilight Zone Magazine – January 1982)įather of The Bride (Rod Serling’s Twilight Zone Magazine – May 1982)Ī Letter From the Clearys (Asimovs – July 1982)Īnd Come From Miles Around (Galileo Magazine – September 1979) Service For The Burial of The Dead (The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction – November 1982) The stories range from dark and disturbing (All My Darling Daughters) to the light and humorous (Blued Moon) but all are cleverly conceived and very much character driven. I’ve always considered ‘The Sidon in the Mirror’ in particular to be one of the finest examples of short SF I have ever come across. In the main this is a first rate collection. Willis helpfully provides short introductions to each story, revealing where some of the ideas came from and her methods of working. There are loose themes of women and religion running through the tales These stories cover a writing period of about five years in the early eighties and contain some of Willis’ best work. ![]()
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