Yet another review of ASIM Issue 20 and my story Beans and marbles:

““Beans and Marbles” by Dutch writer Floris M Kleijne goes down the mental illness path as well. Cryo-colony starship engineer John has gone bat-shit on the long-haul, and his single fellow crew member Richard is helpless to do anything about it. […] “Beans and Marbles” sole narrative ‘trick’ is that the story is told in first person from John’s POV. And he is in denial. That said, Kleijne has an easy and engaging style that includes nice touches like an espresso machine that needs to be in the centrifugal toilet to operate properly. So. A one-trick pony, but fun to ride, and therefore well suited to the collection.”

So I guess Beans is not some of the richest and most fulfilling storytelling in the issue, or amusing, but an old Paul Simon album?