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Summary: Amazing, 2005
Last year I was thrilled to see this magazine revived again -- but almost before we knew it, it had once more died. I suppose there is still a possibility of another revival, but I'm not holding my breath.
There were three issues published this year, the third available only electronically, as a .pdf file. That issue was actually the best of the three, with a very strong, thought-provoking, scary story by Sarah A. Hoyt, "After the Sabines", about the Chinese invading the US to, er, steal our women. It sounds almost silly -- and the story isn't quite believable -- but it manages to be very disquieting nonetheless. March also included an enjoyable Sam Gunn novelette from Ben Bova, "Piker's Peak". Other enjoyable stories: Mike Resnick's "Nowhere in Particular" (January), Gail Sproule's "Jimmy and Cat" (January), and Greg van Eekhout's "Authorwerx" (February).
And as for the statistics: 14 stories, two of them novelettes, for a total of about 62,000 words. Of the short stories, 4 were "short-shorts".
