“This well executed story deserves a 'thumbs up,' for its well-crafted writing.”
--KJ Hannah Greenberg, TANGENT online
“The herd of ghost elephants is a neat idea and a great premise for a story.”
--Lois Tilton, LOCUS online
“This was another well-told story that I enjoyed immensely.”
--Sam Tomaino, SF REVU
Honorable Mention, "Best Horror of the year #3", 2010, Ellen Datlow ed.
Honorable Mention, "The Year's Best Science Fiction" 2010, Gardner Dozois ed.
In this imaginative fantasy story, originally published in the Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, a mysterious herd of phantom elephants rampages across Amboseli National Park. How can they be stopped? It falls to Professor Nicholas Falconer, an arrogant British academic who specializes in ‘psychical studies’, to solve the case.
From GHOST ELEPHANTS:“Merrian closed her eyes and they were all around her, flapping ears and snorting trunks. The ground trembled. She felt the mammoth thud of pulverizing feet as they came on. Her hair blew wildly about her face. She staggered one step backward, driven by the sheer tonnage of animal momentum rocketing invisibly past. She could almost feel the rough elephant hide grating along her skin.”
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