Books – Greatest Uncommon Denominator Magazine Issue 4
by chris ~ May 7th, 2009. Filed under: Books.
GUD: Greatest Uncommon Denominator (magazine) Issue 3 by Debbie Moorhouse
My review
rating: 4 of 5 stars
As with each issue so far, GUD issue 3 contains an eclectic combination of short fiction, poetry and artwork, most of it in the sci-fi, fantasy, and horror genres. Once again, the overall quality of work is strong. Particular standouts, to me, where the story “Soon You Will be Gone and Possibly Eaten” (sci-fi with a touch of horror) and the nifty Mezo-American sci-fi story “Night Bird Soaring”. I also enjoyed “The Train”’s incredibly surreal setting.
I have to admit, the “flying machines” theme didn’t really stand out to me. True, every story involved them in some way, but I didn’t feel it made the issue any better or worse than the preceding ones. I might not even have noticed it, had I not been aware of it from their call for submissions last year.
Overall GUD continues to represent arguably the strongest collection of short genre stories that I’ve encountered. I strongly recommend it.
