SF Read of the Week

Vincent knows now that there is no way out of this, that he will die in the asylum. He will never wander the sweet Earth again; his plans, mocked, are in ruins. "There is no hope, Theo," he says. "It is too late for me. It is too late for all of us." Theo looks at him, stricken. Once they were joined, one person in two houses, but this is no longer the case, not since the great burning.

Van Gogh and transubstantiation. A really top notch read by two guys who, between the two of them, have over a hundred books under their belt and have taken home Campbell and Nebula Awards.

It's "The Starry Night", by Barry N. Malzberg and Jack Dann at SciFiction.