Horton's Year-End Review of _BCS_

[Scott H. Andrews]

Editor Rich Horton had high praise for BCS in his year-end review of the magazine (http://ecbatan.livejournal.com/91782.html?view=143494). He said we “routinely publish fine adventure fantasy” and “have become a really important source of fantasy.”

The novelettes he praised by name included Holly Phillips's "Thieves of Silence" (http://www.facebook.com/note_redirect.php?note_id=242830998790&h=da0c4823130a64418549f80831618b59&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com%2Fstory.php%3Fs%3D43), Sarah L. Edwards's "The Tinyman and Caroline" (http://www.facebook.com/note_redirect.php?note_id=242830998790&h=85c09e69712c22f87f8d9e3047e485f3&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com%2Fstory.php%3Fs%3D35), K. D. Wentworth's "The Orangery" (http://www.facebook.com/note_redirect.php?note_id=242830998790&h=82050d76aba0170178f9f0c0c8f149c2&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com%2Fstory.php%3Fs%3D25), and others by Aliette de Bodard (http://www.facebook.com/note_redirect.php?note_id=242830998790&h=b8f932eb9fb07da584afb7107d4d7ad0&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com%2Fstory.php%3Fs%3D17), Matthew David Surridge (http://www.facebook.com/note_redirect.php?note_id=242830998790&h=487a6665c8df5dbee55713bf71a042ec&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com%2Fstory.php%3Fs%3D22), P. E. Cunningham (http://www.facebook.com/note_redirect.php?note_id=242830998790&h=62d12bf2b67d1e382c7838a2d49652da&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com%2Fstory.php%3Fs%3D16), and Jonathan Wood (http://www.facebook.com/note_redirect.php?note_id=242830998790&h=7d5e758ae6a1523068ae2e8450575097&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com%2Fstory.php%3Fs%3D54).

The short stories he really liked included Grace Seybold's "Unrest" (http://www.facebook.com/note_redirect.php?note_id=242830998790&h=c2fa14e0c6b3e534d8ec495ceb6a0729&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com%2Fstory.php%3Fs%3D60), Tony Pi's "Silk and Shadow" (http://www.facebook.com/note_redirect.php?note_id=242830998790&h=a652c82d28bb7cef6e6c8049d01a98ce&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com%2Fstory.php%3Fs%3D24), T. D. Edge’s "System, Magic, Spirit" (http://www.facebook.com/note_redirect.php?note_id=242830998790&h=7b1a8c6110c4e04ea8b555066fcde2c8&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com%2Fstory.php%3Fs%3D36), Marie Brennan’s "Driftwood" (http://www.facebook.com/note_redirect.php?note_id=242830998790&h=9914deebe24d6434ea85d0664f28ffdc&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com%2Fstory.php%3Fs%3D29), and Saladin Ahmed's "Where Virtue Lives" (http://www.facebook.com/note_redirect.php?note_id=242830998790&h=075901d7724e5f8770b7075191daf12c&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com%2Fstory.php%3Fs%3D32).

Thank you, and congratulations to those authors!