On "Disposal" by Kieran J. Shea (3575 words) ****

You can't run from nuclear annihilation--just one of the things I learned from Shea's "Disposal," a story that at its start has all the juice one could wish from a narrative voice. It's pulp fiction done well--the tough-guy lilt, with low-class literary language to spare. I found myself reading just to hear the words. But there's a plot here to, something that fits within the whole pulp mileau, not something particularly original but enough to keep one interested when the language is right. And then . . . the story takes a turn that is rather unsettling. Read the story here at Demolition.