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The Colored Lens: Spring 2020 Kindle Edition

by Carlen Vigo (Author), Franco Amati (Author), Teige M. Weidner (Author), Format: Kindle Edition
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The goal of speculative fiction has always been to examine the real world through the lens of the imaginary. By considering what could be, we gain a better understanding of what is.

The Colored Lens strives to do exactly that. By publishing short stories and serialized novellas every quarter in genres ranging from fantasy, to science fiction, to slipstream or magical realism, we hope to help our readers see the world just a bit differently than before they came to us.

Featuring works by Carlen Vigo, Franco Amati, Teige M. Weidner, Artyv K, Mina Ikemoto Ghosh, Tomas Marcantonio, Danielle Jorgenson-Murray, Jason P. Burnham, Aimee Odgen, D.T. Robbins, Maya Durham, and John Post.

Edited by Dawn Lloyd and Daniel Scott
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    155 pages
  2. Language
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  3. Publication date
    April 5, 2020
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B086T6N196
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Light Spring LLC (April 5, 2020)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ April 5, 2020
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1.0 MB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 155 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
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  • Katrushka
    5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing Spec Fic Collection
    Reviewed in the United States on October 26, 2020
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    A great issue! There wasn’t a weak story at all. My favorite story was probably “There Can Be No Hermits” - tight, paranoia-inducing tale of a utopia that’s really a dystopia. Honorable mention to “This City of Spilt Marrow and Silence,” a pretty straightforward dystopian tale.

    The stories are all, of course, spec fiction, but they’re definitely not all alike - running the gamut from horror (Lovecraftian and otherwise) to fantasy to sci-fi to magical realism and back again. I thought the variety of voices and narratives was very appealing, and I look forward to subsequent issues.
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  • Colette R. Martin
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great Stories!
    Reviewed in the United States on September 16, 2020
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    Was introduced to The Colored Lens by my grandson to enjoy. And I certainly have enjoyed several of the stories in this Spring 2020 edition. Stories I’ve read are well written and very interesting! A great read under $5.00!
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  • Eamonn Murphy
    4.0 out of 5 stars Some excellent stories
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 6, 2020
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    I’ve been meaning to try The Colored Lens for a while now. Finally, I grabbed a free sample courtesy of the world’s richest man and was impressed enough to buy the magazine. It has stories like this.

    ‘The Hero’ by Carlen Vigo is told by the wife of a superhero who didn’t know he was one, only finding out after his death when her husband disappears. Tracking down his secret life is somewhat traumatic especially as she often saw him vulnerable. Interesting take on the Superman mythos.

    ‘There Can Be No Hermits’ by Franco Amati is a scary story of a dystopian future where you’re not allowed to be alone. If the authorities note that you’re not out mixing with folks, and keeping busy on social networks online, someone will come to check on you. This was the story that got cut off halfway through in my free sample and made me buy the mag.

    ‘Cold Shoulder’ by Teige M. Weidner concerns Sarah Stewart who is taken away by the men in black to meet a robot that claims to be her ex-husband, a biomechanical engineer who did work for the U.S. government. The premise is not original, few are, but the treatment brings home the emotional impact of it in a new way.

    ‘The Tollkeepers’ by Mina Ikemoto Ghosh is one of those fantasies based on a daft premise, completely unexplained, that focuses on how people would deal with it. Roadkill is the price of motorised transport, one we don’t pay but animals do. One day the tarmac rises up in the shape of various animals, sometimes mingled, and will not let anyone pass until a toll is paid in human blood. How society and one individual in particular copes with this is the story and it’s great. Entirely original and, sadly, true to human nature.

    ‘On The Rails’ by Danielle Jorgenson-Murray is about Tam, a bureaucrat, a peaceable family man with a wife and child who works in a government ministry dedicated to building a railway. His best friend, Banur, a man he much admires, is with the department for plagues and omens, forecasting disaster. Secondary world fantasies tend to feature muscular heroes so this quiet tale of a minor official is an odd, low-key affair but I really liked it.

    The timing of submission, acceptance and publication for magazine stories probably means that ‘Rivulets’ by Jason P. Burnham was written long before our current viral problem. It’s a touching tale of maternal love in hard times. The notion that archaeological digs can unleash buried plagues is scary.

    ‘This City of Spilt Marrow and Silence’ by Aimee Odgen is set in the City of Wolves which is constantly encroached upon by the World-Woods full of deadly creatures. The Wolves protect mankind but sometimes eat them. Lony loses her baby this way which sparks rebellion in her soul. The prose barrels along with scarcely a pause and evokes a doomed atmosphere with just a spark of hope.

    I enjoy those early pulp boxing stories and I liked ‘The Sisyphus Code’ by John Post. Aris, a black cage fighter is programmed to succeed and his motto is ‘learn by doing’. Now he has a title shot. His programmer/trainer Dade is in debt. Snappy narrative style here. Cuts excess words. Works for material.

    Other stories didn’t hit my mark so much but may hit yours. All were well written and the variety means there's something for everyone. Recommended.
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