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Issues

February 2024 (Issue 165)

We have original science fiction by Everdeen Mason (“Scarlett”) and Phoebe Barton (“But From Thine Eyes My Knowledge I Derive”). We also have two terrific flash pieces: “Companion Animals in Mahō Shōjo Kira Kira Sunlight” from Stewart C. Baker and “The Pearl Captain” by Christopher Rowe. Plus, we have original fantasy by P H Lee (“A Sojourn in the Fifth City”) and Wen-yi Lee (“What Becomes of Curious Minds”). We also have a flash story (“Further Examination and Capture of Candle Skulls Associated with the Baba Yaga”) from Mari Ness, and another (“An Elegy for the Former Things”) from KT Bryski. All that, and of course we also have our usual assortment of author spotlights, along with book reviews from our terrific review team. Our ebook readers will also enjoy an excerpt of Redsight by Meredith Mooring.

January 2024 (Issue 164)

We have original science fiction by Benjamin Peek (“Shadow Films”) and David Anaxagoras (“We Shall Not Be Bitter at the End of the World”). We also have a flash story (“Five Views of the Planet Tartarus”) from Rachael K. Jones, and another (“Night Desk Duty at the Infinite Paradox Hotel”) from Aimee Ogden. Plus, we have original fantasy by Sloane Leong (“A Saint Between the Teeth”) and Adam-Troy Castro (“Farewell to Faust”). We also have two terrific flash pieces: “In the Tree’s Hollow, a Doe” by Lowry Poletti  and “To Be a Happy Man” from Thomas Ha. All that, and of course we also have our usual assortment of author spotlights, along with book reviews from our terrific review team. Our ebook readers will also enjoy an excerpt from Amy Avery’s new novel The Longest Autumn.

December 2023 (Issue 163)

We have original science fiction by D. Thomas Minton (“Carbon Zero”) and Adam-Troy Castro (“Seed”). We also have two terrific flash pieces: “Dandelions” from Martin Cahill and “Do the Right Thing and Ride the Bomb the Roundabout Way to Hell” by Andrea Kriz. Plus, we have original fantasy by Carlie St. George (“We’ll Never Die in the Woods”) and A.T. Greenblatt (“Mindfulness and the Machine”). We also have a flash story (“Whispers From the Sea”) from Oyedotun Damilola Muees, and another (“To the Waters and the Wild”) from Izzy Wasserstein. All that, and of course we also have our usual assortment of author spotlights, along with book reviews from our terrific review team. Our ebook readers will also enjoy an excerpt from Victor Manibo’s forthcoming novel Escape Velocity.

November 2023 (Issue 162)

We have original science fiction by MKRNYILGLD (“The CRISPR Cookbook (Chapter Two):   A Guide to Biohacking Your Own Eggs into Weapons of Destruction, to Be Forcibly Implanted into One Patriarchist at a Time”) and Regina Kanyu Wang (“A Record of Lost Time”). We also have two terrific flash pieces: “A Review: The Reunion of the Survivors of Sigrún 7” from Lars Ahn and “Confession #443 (Comments open)” by Dominica Phetteplace. Plus, we have original fantasy by Osahon Ize-Iyamu (“Last Ritual of the Smoke Eaters”) and Martin Cahill (“The Moment Before the Moment”). We also have a flash story (“Of Death Deserved We Will Not Die”) from Bennett North, and another (“Dr. Seattle Opens His Heart”) from Winston Turnage. All that, and of course we also have our usual assortment of author spotlights, along with book reviews from our terrific review team. Our ebook readers will also enjoy an excerpt from This Dark Descent, a new novel by Kalyn Josephson.

October 2023 (Issue 161)

We’re be running a two-part serialization of a new SF novelette by A.L Goldfuss: “Where the God-Knives Tread.” We also have two terrific flash SF pieces: “The Void Wyrm’s Guide to Devouring Stars” from AJ Wentz and “Excerpts from a Scientist’s Notebook: Ancestral Memory in Europan Pseudocephalopods” by David DeGraff. Plus, we have original fantasy by Oluwatomiwa Ajeigbe (“Immortality Soup, Or, An Excerpt from the Cookbook of the Gods”) and Jae Steinbacher (“What You Are and the Wolf”). We also have a flash story (“A Small God”) from Jeff Reynolds, and another (“Four Self-Care Secrets for a Long and Happy Life”) from Tina S. Zhu. All that, and of course we also have our usual assortment of author spotlights, along with book reviews from our terrific review team. Our ebook readers will also enjoy a book excerpt from Tlotlo Tsamaase’s novel WOMB CITY.

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September 2023 (Issue 160)

We have original science fiction by John Kessel & Bruce Sterling (“Money in the Bank”) and Gene Doucette (“The Hole in the Garden”). We also have two terrific flash pieces: “Eve’s Prayer” by Victor Forna and “Death by Water” from Maria Haskins. Plus, we have original fantasy by Jo Miles (“Simmered in Their Wealth Like the Richest of Sauces”) and Yvette Lisa Ndlovu (“His Thing”). We also have a flash story (“Instructions for the Broken Hearted”) from Jordan Kurella, and another (“Remains”) from N.R. Lambert. All that, and of course we also have our usual assortment of author spotlights, along with book reviews from our terrific review team. Our ebook readers will also enjoy an excerpt of Tlotlo Tsamaase’s debut novel Womb City.

August 2023 (Issue 159)

We have original science fiction by Scott Edelman (“The Letters They Left Behind”) and Lowry Poletti (“In the Nest Beneath the Mountain-Tree, Your Sisters Dance”). We also have two terrific flash pieces: “The Things You Can Maintain Yourself” by Benjamin C. Kinney and “Monopticon” from Dani Atkinson. Plus, we have original fantasy by Sloane Leong (“The Blade and the Bloodwright”) and David Anaxagoras (“The Boy Who Ran from His Faerie Heart”). We also have a flash story (“All the Colours of the Death Knell”) from Russell Hemmell, and another (“You Will Not Live to See M/M Horrors Beyond Your Comprehension”) from Isabel J. Kim. All that, and of course we also have our usual assortment of author spotlights, along with book reviews from our terrific review team. Our ebook readers will also enjoy an excerpt from Katy Rose Pool’s new novel, Garden of the Cursed.

July 2023 (Issue 158)

We have original science fiction by JB Park (“Six Months After All Life on Titan Died”) and Ashok Banker (“The Bodhi Tree Asks Only For The Safe Return Of Her Beloved”). We also have two terrific flash pieces: “Death Is Better” from Oluwatomiwa Ajeigbe and “The United Systems Goodwill Concert Series and the Greatest Performance of All Time” by James Van Pelt. Plus, we have original fantasy by Sandra McDonald (“Starpoop”) and Isha Karki (“Muna in Barish”). We also have a flash story (“The Real Worlds”) from Lauren Bajek, and another (“Monsters of the Drunken Shore”) from Nic Anstett. All that, and of course we also have our usual assortment of author spotlights, along with book reviews from our terrific review team. Our ebook readers will also enjoy an excerpt of Yume Kitasei’s THE DEEP SKY.

June 2023 (Issue 157)

We have original science fiction by Dominique Dickey (“Spaceship Joyride”) and Ruth Joffre (“Queen of the Andes”). We also have two terrific flash pieces: “Jaywalk the Stars” from Elad Haber and “Always Personal” by Rich Larson. Plus, we have original fantasy by Sarah Grey (“And All the Fields Below”) and Deborah L. Davitt (“Philoctetes in Kabul”). We also have a flash story (“The Bone-Gatherer’s Lament”) from Wendy Nikel, and another (“Bestiary viventem”) from Kyle E Miller. All that, and of course we also have our usual assortment of author spotlights, along with book reviews from our review team. Our ebook readers will also enjoy an excerpt from Lilith Saintcrow’s new novel Spring’s Arcana.

May 2023 (Issue 156)

We have original science fiction by Izzy Wasserstein (“She Blooms and the World is Changed”) and Timothy Mudie (“Blood for a Stranger”). We also have two terrific flash pieces: “Moons We Can Circumnavigate in One Day, or the Space Probe Love Story” from Natalia Theodoridou and “When Shiva Shattered the Time-Stream” by Sharang Biswas. Plus, we have original fantasy by Kat Howard (“One Heart, Lost and Found”) and Wole Talabi (“Saturday’s Song”). We also have a flash story (“The Sword, the Butterfly, and the Pearl”) from Deborah L. Davitt, and another (“The Belfry Keeper”) from S.L. Harris. All that, and of course we also have our usual assortment of author spotlights, along with book reviews from our terrific review team. Our ebook readers will also enjoy an excerpt from Cory Doctorow’s new novel Red Team Blues.

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