I'm not sure how I missed this two issues ago in Locus, but Rich Horton, never a big fan of my stuff in the past, said this about Electric Velocipede #6 in his July short fiction review column:
The Spring Electric Velocipede is very impressive. This is the sixth issue of a 'zine which has previously published some interesting work, mostly slipstream but quite often more distinctly science fictional than similar 'zines. This is far and away the best issue so far. Among several strong stories, two stand out. William Shunn's "Why I Think I'll Be Staying in [sic] Tonight" is told by a man to a woman he has long been interested in, as he refuses her request for a date. Why? Well, he saw this implausibly beautiful woman, see... but it's not what you might think. It's subtly about the danger of getting what you ask for. Even better is Alan DeNiro's "A Keeper," a deliriously surrealistic SF story, set in Brasilia, under the rule of King Juan Juan. An artist, whose job, as with all other artists, is to paint portraits of King Juan Juan, finds himself "cursed" by a "keeper." He ends up flushing a talking goldfish down the toilet to seek out the woman who cursed him; I found it very strange in the best of ways.
Still plenty of time to get your own copy of EV6—or to subscribe and catch my alter-ego Perry Slaughter's fiction debut in EV7.
