Wednesday, April 15, 2020
A Strange Uncertain Light, by G. V. Anderson
No link to this one, it's in F&SF and nominated for a Nebula for 2019. This is kind of a throwback story--set in late Victorian England, post Great War. We have two protagonists, one in the novelette's present, one in its past. They are "chime children", born as the hour bells ring, and it is said they are special in various ways. They both see specters. The setting is classic British--a shabby mansion set among bogs and heather, two people with dark secrets married on a whim. Ghosts. It's well done but been done, many times. A contender, not a winner.
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