My Deal Me In deck turned up spades this week. Spades means Daily Science Fiction, so off I went. This is what I found on Friday, when I read the story. Godfall by Alexander Stanmyer An unmanned probe goes through hyperspace to investigate the source…

My Deal Me In deck turned up clubs this week, and clubs means Chekhov. Yay!!! The story wasn’t ghastly for once, although he does ghastly like nobody’s business. No, this one was superficially meaningless but actually funny. In Passion Week by Anton Chekhov An eight-year-old…

As a “wicked stepmother” myself, and the loving granddaughter of a “wicked stepmother”, and the loving “wicked stepmother” of a “wicked stepmother”, I can really do without the “wicked” tag. That said, I agree that the stepsisters in Cinderella were pretty snotty. But why? Alice…