“When the Gentlemen Go By,” by Margaret Ronald (2008) E

Date read: 8.15.09
Read from: Clarkesworld Magazine
Reviewer: Emera

“When the Gentlemen Go By” (title and concept after a Rudyard Kipling poem) is a mildly creepy tale of a mother who lives in a small English town that keeps a peculiar bargain with the nocturnally riding “Gentlemen.” It’s elegantly written but based on a well-trodden and predictable premise, and its psychological basis is shaky to boot, as discussed in the magazine’s comment section. And that’s really all I have to say about it.

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