Tuesday 19 May 2009

Hub, Issue 83

Special treats in Issue 83 of Hub. There's a poem as well as a story.

Story first, as usual, and it's Mother Sponge by Mur Lafferty. This is really good. Exposition is handled in great dialogue and adds to the story rather than slowing it down. It builds from a strong start into a gripping finish - something that I now realise is rare. Stories often seem to start strong and falter towards the end but this gets better as it goes along.

The poem is The REAL Easter Bunny by Peter Roberts. It's cute in a horrible sort of way. I should mention that I don't read much poetry, although I do appreciate some of it. I'm interested in form and prefer stuff with some structure rather than free verse, so the rhyming couplets appealed to me.

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