More and more of the best fiction to be found in the speculative genres of science fiction, fantasy and horror is now first published online in a growing number of webzines, e-zines and online digital magazines.
The Albedo 2.0 Fiction Showcase series aims to publish exclusively online some of the very best original fiction that the Albedo One team can lay their hands on. The showcase series is designed to complement Albedo One's goal of providing excellent, free, online content on the Albedo One website. Eventually, we aim to provide an excellent previously unpublished story here every quarter.
Albedo 2.0 Fiction Showcase #2, Autumn 2010
"The Million Pound Shop" by Ian Wild
Read "The Million Pound Shop" by Ian Wild.
Albedo 2.0 Fiction Showcase #1, Summer 2010
"A Falcon Sharp and Passing" by Donald Mead
We are proud to launch the showcase series with a fine horror story from the estimable Donald Mead. The story is entitled "A Falcon Sharp and Passing", and is certainly one of the Albedo One team's favourites in 2010. The story placed in the top six shortlisted stories of the Aeon Award 2009 short fiction contest for horror, fantasy and science fiction, beating over 300 competing entries to the contest that year. Grand Judge Ian Watson described the story as "ballsy and hard-bitten".
World War II fighter ace Chuck Adler had laughed when the government sent him to shoot down the ghost of the Red Baron. He lost his humor when the Baron ended up hot on his tail in a Nazi jet fighter, and he was downright livid when he found out it was the Baron who'd chosen him for the mission in the first place.
Read "A Falcon Sharp and Passing". |
