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Aug. 2022 (Issue 147)

Science Fiction Stories
- My Future Self, Refused
by Adam-Troy Castro Author spotlight - Among the Marithei
by Mary Anne Mohanraj - SyncALife
by Ruben Reyes Jr. Author spotlight - The Disappearing Dream Engineer
by Rati Mehrotra (available on 8/25)
Fantasy Stories
- Red
by Malinda Lo - So, You Married Your Arch Nemesis . . . Again
by Merc Fenn Wolfmoor Author spotlight - Welcome to Oxhead
by Julianna Baggott - The Clockmaker and His Daughter
by Tobi Ogundiran (available on 8/25)
Nonfiction
- Editorial: August 2022
by John Joseph Adams - Book Review: The All-Consuming World, by Cassandra Khaw
by Aigner Loren Wilson - Book Review: Tune in Tomorrow, by Randee Dawn
by Chris Kluwe - Book Review: Our Shadows Have Claws, edited by Méndez & Ortiz
by Arley Sorg (available on 8/25)
Exclusive EBook Content
- NOVEL EXCERPT: The Book Eaters
by Sunyi Dean
This issue's cover art by
Grandfailure / Dreamstime.