Game Day may be cancelled due to snow -- freaking Pennsylvania spring weather -- but that doesn't mean we can't still dream of what might have been.

Tonight's game was/is supposed to be Risk 2210 (check it out on Amazon) the science fiction re-imagining of the classic Risk board game of old. The game retains its fundemental Risk nature -- which means one army can hold off 50 thanks to oddly lucky dice rolls, and the goal is to conquer the world by invading and controlling as many countries and continents as possible.

Flash fiction web site AntipodeanSF features 10 new short stories in its 105 edition including "The Shadow" by Amanda Pillar, "Timely Loss" by Derek Smith, "Ten Past Two" by Elaine Kemp and "The Year The Zombies Came For Christmas" by Peter M. Ball. There's also reviews of the novels Nova Swing by M. John Harrison and New Moon by Stephenie Meyer.